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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why would you adopt? You can let the kid keep the foster care status. That is a gift from the heavens when it comes to fafsa and financial aid for college.[/quote] Right so many kids in foster care are going to college. Most are kicked out of the program on their 18th birthday. [/quote] Yes they are kicked out of the state program, but if they have no parents they will get full financial aid at basically any college. If a middle class parent adopts them they will get no or little aid—and presumably the adoptive parent hasn’t been saving up for 18 years like a birth parent might. [/quote] This is not necessarily true and most kids need support in applying and going to college. Most states have college benefits for older kids adopted from foster care. Stop giving bad information.[/quote]
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