Good news, bad news! Good news! We found out that the little boy from an abusive family we so desperately wanted to foster to adopt is being reunified with his family. Bad news! That really is the good news! More bad news, our agency says that DHS is not longer removing young children from neglectful homes so our agency has not gotten a placement of a child under five since January. They are pushing us towards domestic adoption, which is a great option even though it costs 1/4 of our annual income before the legal fees.
I have been reviewing the adoption photolisting of waiting children in other states. The NJ Department of Human Services told us to come back in 6 years when our kid is 9 and we can adopt an older child. (More good news!) I have contacted another agency, which works with counties outside of Philadelphia. So maybe we may have to switch. Maybe we will have a better chance to foster to adopt during the summer. The only thing I am sure of is that I am very, very sad. It was all I could do to keep from crying when I was talking to the new agency.
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