[dhshahhh]

Hi! My husband and I have decided to adopt a little boy. We have 2 girls of our own. I have been in contact with the state to see about adopting a child that is in state custody. We seem to be getting the run around from them. We don't want to foster, so they seem un-interested in us at all. However, I don't know if we can afford to go through a private agency. Does anyone know where you can go for a low or no cost adoption? Any information you can provide me would be great! God bless!
Sabrina

[Boulderbabe]

Hi! Come on over and join us on the foster care and adoption board. There's a lot of good information there.

Basically, you can only adopt kids whose parents have had their rights terminated. Since most kids are in the foster care system for at least a year before their parents' rights are terminated, most of us have to foster before we adopt. But there are kids who are already legally free for adoption, and who are in the public welfare system. These tend to be kids who are older or who have some emotional disabilities, but you never know who is out there.

I adopted my son from the child welfare system. He came to me when he was 21 days old, and I adopted him when he was 2.