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[quote=Anonymous]We did foster-to-adopt and it worked out extremely well, for our daughter, ourselves and our older son.  We got DD when she was just over a year old and finalized her adoption about two years later.  DD had been starved and left on her own a lot the first few months.  Her failure to thrive caused sufficient concern to trigger an emergency seizure, hospitalization, and kinship care.  Its been a project, for sure, but DD is now a very happy little girl thriving in K.  While you'll hear that reunification is the goal, so is finding a forever family for the 123,000 children in foster care who are available for adoption.  (There are more than 400,000 kids in foster care).  As a foster parent you'll receive a daily stipend and, if your foster child is younger, contributions to the cost of a child development center.  Along with the home study, and 24 hours of training, there was a monthly home visit from our social worker.  A small inconvenience is that we weren't able to travel abroad as a family while we were foster parents (because its near impossible to get a passport for a foster child).  It was an adjustment for DS at the start, but he quickly came around and is a very loving big brother.  I hope this helps you in your decision.     [/quote]

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