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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can go to events at Barker and Paths for Families and JSSA, or talk to a lawyer who belongs to the American Association of Adoption Attorneys. You can also look into international adoption (which has decreased considerably) and adoption from foster care (where you either need to be ok with the fact that the goal for many years will be reunification with relatives or you need to adopt an older child whose parental rights have been terminated--and who has been through significant trauma on top of whatever history they have with their family). If what you mean is "is it possible to be chosen to adopt a healthy baby from strangers who have no history of mental illness or addiction in a short time frame?" the answer is probably not. [/quote] JSSA is good for home studies but they don’t do adoption. Barker is terrible. Yes it is. Get a home study, sign up with multiple agencies and advertise on your own. [/quote] Can you explain why you think Barker is terrible?[/quote] We had a bad experience with them. Very unprofessional. They also take way more families for home studies than they can place with and then tell some of those families that they cannot continue after the home study. The home study worker was barely competent. The classes were terrible. If you didn't say what they wanted to hear, you'd get lectured. We got lectured on them insisting we mourn the loss of not having a biological child when that wasn't an issue for us at all. They had no guidance on how to adopt after them. They handed us the homestudy (passed it no issue) and said switch to international (and redo the homestudy at a cost) or figure it out yourself. Their contract is terrible as it says they can drop you for any reason with no refund and they will keep your money.[/quote]
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