[Katey]

It seems like the various connties in California do not "play well" together when placing children. Like there is some aversion to placing a child from a county near San Diego into a county near LA or San Francisco or visa versa.
Doesn't this elongate the wait for children?
Doesn't it exacerbate the already overcrowded system?
Isn't the whole idea to provide safe and consistent families for the children?
Wouldn't the children be served better, more efficiently, and maybe quicker if the CA counties worked as a unit, sharing information and working placements together?

Imaging how that might help the children in CA?

Then what if we could expant that to U.S.? Aren't they all "Our" children - not California's, or Kansas', or Delaware's?

Just thoughts ....

[amom2be]

We were working through our county agency until we became too frustrated at the politics and bureaucracy.

Your post raises very good questions.

[lisa in venice]

The county adoption agencies often run their programs as litle fiefdoms and it is ridiculous the politics and petty jealouses between counties. I would recommend going with a private agency that is contracted toplace children in several counties. That way you bypass the politics. most privates agencies are only licensed in several local counties but if you are in one of the large counties (LA, Orange etc) that cn be a large enough population of kids to work for you. We live in LA and used an agency tha is licensed in LA, OC, Riverside, SD,Ventura and the work with an agency that is licensed in several counties up north..

The down side to this plan ists hat sometimes you have to pay fees upfront but theya re all refunded. It seriously cuts the bureaucracy.

lisa