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shel90

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Hey there...I met this deaf 4 year old who is in foster care. She may be up for adoption soon and my husband and I are seriously considering it. She has no language at all and my heart just melted when I saw her.

Since you have experience with adoption...where does one get started and it is a really complicated and expensive process? If you would rather not answer here, you can PM me.

If anyone else here has experience with adopting a child from the states, feel free to comment here.

Thanks!
 
Awwwwww! How sweet you are considering opening your house and life to a child in need! I hope everything goes well!
 
An adoption would be a blessing for you family and the child. Best of luck in pursing an adoption.
 
Omgosh! That girl will be SO lucky to have you both as parents! I'm sorry I don't have much information but I'm willing to help research, etc. if you need. :)
 
Perhaps talking with the little girl's foster parent(s), and getting the name of her case worker....might get the wheels rolling....Children's Home Society (if they have one in ur city) can give you a lot of info. also.
Be prepared for a very long background check, home checks....the list goes on and on.
Good luck, Shel!
 
That would be AMAZING!!!!! Is she "just deaf" and no other issues? (ie prenatal drug or alchohol abuse...It can be very difficult to deal with kids who have been prenatally exposed to drug or alchohol abuse. NOT saying anything bad about them. Just saying that kids like that can be VERY different to raise then just a dhh kid) I'm kind of surprised she isn't in a res school placement. That would be the perfect setting for a little dhh kid in foster care.
That would be SO COOL if you adopted her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .
 
shel , that 's so cool. I sure hope you will be able to adopt her. Your heart is in the right place, wish you the best!
 
Good luck Shel. I think it would be wonderful if you can manage to do it!
 
How cool! Keep us posted! This is a wonderful opportunity for all of you!!!!
 
Hugs and support for you and hopefully for your child to be!
 
I reckon you and your family will be a perfect candidate for this needy little girl! She'd be so lucky to have youse. Keep us up to date on whatever progress has been made.

All the best of luck! :fingersx:
 
GL shel. I would love to hear about this girl and if the adoption goes thru.
 
shel90 said:
Hey there...I met this deaf 4 year old who is in foster care. She may be up for adoption soon and my husband and I are seriously considering it. She has no language at all and my heart just melted when I saw her.

Since you have experience with adoption...where does one get started and it is a really complicated and expensive process? If you would rather not answer here, you can PM me.

If anyone else here has experience with adopting a child from the states, feel free to comment here.

Thanks!
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OOOH YAY!!! this made me smile this morning just to see!!!

First of all with foster care 'special needs' adoption the state/county usually picks up the tab ;) at least here they do... the first thing you need to do is contact your local office that handles foster care-- this might not be where you need to call but should be able to give you the correct info (since I wasn't totally sure where you're located)Department of Human Resources

Here's a page about what's offered for Special Needs adoptions in your state- subsidies, therapies, etc... it's a great resource to get info off of-- I still refer to it for Kentucky!
NACAC | Adoption Subsidy

The process varies from state to state and with each child-- HERE you go to classes, have a homestudy (background check- safety checks, etc) then if you've got a child picked out that you want to adopt you meet, get some basic info etc-- if it clicks and you're still interested in that child-- you start transitioning-- visits, weekends, longer visits until the child is ready to come live with you-- after transition most times-- the court process starts. THAT is what takes so long here the dockets are full- during that wait time, they're a foster child in your home and treated as such by the state-- then adoption!!!

(looking at that-- Maryland has a kickass SNAP--special needs adoption program-- remimbursement and monthly subsidies are awesome!!!)

PM me if you have more questions, this was just off the top since I just got into the office LOL

and again YAY!!!!!!! Makes me so happy you're even OPEN to doing this!!!
 
Shel, I do hope ya will be able to adopt that little girl.. good luck and do let us know how it goes and it will be something of a good adventure to do so...
 
ooooh, that would be one fortunate child. Here's to a long, wonderful adventure!
 
I really hope this works out. She is not up for adoption yet. I dont know the situation but if she ever does, I will definitely start the proceedings. I hope the agencies dont drag their feet.
 
Thanks Rockinrobin and Adamsmomma for the info...I will do my research this weekend. :hug:
 
Thanks everyone for the words of support. I have always wanted to adopt a deaf child for the longest time but never really seriously considered it until in the last few years. Now, this opportunity if it does become one.

:hug: everyone!
 
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