[Robin15]

I guess I will be the first to post on our great states thread.
I have adopted 10 children and so far, its been a great life with all of them. (15 total)
I have adopted using a facilitator, adopted out of state and adopted in state also. Our childrens ages are 12
are 12 and under and a 16, 21 and my stepson is 31. Our oldest child to be adopted was 7. Our desire is to keep siblings together. Our local DHS has been wonderful to work with. Our adoption specialist is the best! I wish everyone could have such great workers as we do.
I would like to be an encouragement to all of you. Come on, lets get this Arkansas thread going! Robin

PS-I found out about one of my sib groups here in this sites adoption chat room. After we were chosen our worker logged on to the chat room to give us the great news!

[BlessedinAR]

Hey robin not sure if you remember me but i chatted here when you found out about you adoption. I too am in Arkansas and have 1 son and in the process of adopting another. Congrats to you with all you success in adoption. Its great to hear wonderful stories. Blessed

[Robin15]

Are you the one who used the same social worker as I did??? If so, I do remember you. Let me hear your adoption story!! My email is mom2many@northarkansas.net

[Elayna72]

We just finalized Monday on our adoption of two beautiful little girls, ages 3 and 4!!! (We've had them since they were 2 & 3). We are so blessed to have these children, God has been wonderful to us!!
We live in central Arkansas, and we had a wonderful adoption experience. We haven't had any problems, everything went smooth as butter!!
I just wanted to share my happiness!!!

[Robin15]

Elayna,
Congratulations on your finalization. Did you use DHS for your adoption? Robin

[Elayna72]

Yes, we went through DHS, and had a surprisingly good experience. A lot of people I know that have adopted through the state have had numerous problems, but we really didn't.

[pvellozo]

Hi, my wife and i are looking to adopt a child. We are using the help of a facilitator and may get a child from another state using an agency recommended by the facilitator. My question is this: How do we find out, apart from the assurances of the facilitator, that the agency we use will do a good job? There is a lot of money involved, how can we protect ourself from an unprofessional or dishonest operator? Thanks

[Robin15]

you can contact the better business burea for any complaints. You can also post the name of the agency and see if anyone has gotten "taken" by them. Are you in Arkansas? My email is mom2many@northarkansas.net We used a facilitator while we lived in Texas. Robin

[Scarlet]

I just wanted to say hi. I am not really an AR Adoptive parent since I now live in IA and will probably be adopting here, but who knows since I am from AR and a large part of my family still lives there. lol I was just feeling homesick and wanted to say hi to some fellow Arkansans.

[desilu]

You are someone to talk to. I have a question... if you go through DHS are you limited to the children in ark. foster care or can you go into another state through DHS? I do not know very much and don't seem to get answers when I ask.