Adopting from foster care

If you want to get a realistic picture of what it's like to be a foster parent, the best thing to do is talk with the folks who are living it.

Are you nervous about your home study to become a foster parent? Review this list of Foster Care Home Study Questions to know what to expect and find other Tips for Foster Parents.

The heartfelt truth about older child adoption from foster care. #fostercare

Have questions about adoption from foster care? Here are some of the answers including waiting children lists and past issues with potential parents.

Think you could be the right family for an older child adoption? First, here are 10 things you need to know about adopting an older child.

This is a post I originally wrote in April 2013. Many of you are new here, so I thought I would bring back some of the basics in the following weeks. Hope you enjoy. ************* In Chris Cleave’s…

Welcome back for the second installment of my series about preparing for an older child adoption from foster care! Steve and I have been doing little things here and there for our kids' rooms since we began our homestudy. We knew we wanted to adopt a sibling group, so we began preparing both of our guest bedrooms to accommodate up to two children each. Now that we know the specific children that will be moving in, we are making more specific changes. We went in with a strategy of keeping…

Adoption without an agency is absolutely possible without using the foster care system and with minimal cost to the adoptive family.

What a Mom Who Adopted from Foster Care Wants You to Know - Creating a Family | Creating a Family

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