Foster Care Adoption
When adopting domestically (adopting a child from the same country in which you reside), there are three different routes that one can take: closed adoption, open adoption, and foster care adoption.
While all three are great options and have various advantages and disadvantages, foster care adoption is an amazing way to give children in the foster care system a forever home.
§ Foster Care Adoption- refers to adopting children in the United States from the foster care system.
o You are able to give the child a chance at a better life
o Experience the joy and fulfillment a child brings to the family and home
o Oftentimes the child can live with you as the adoption is being finalized, giving both parties an opportunity to interact on a personal level
§ Open Adoption- refers to an adoption in which the biological mother or parents and the adoptive family know the identity of each other. Both parties can choose to remain in contact with one another.
§ Closed Adoption- an adoption in which the parties involved do not know the identities of each other.
In both open and closed adoptions the children are often times adopted as young infants. In foster care adoption, children who might not otherwise be adopted due to age are given an opportunity to find a loving home.
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