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YAY! ;) *super bowl touchdown* ;)
The whole registry thing is working for me! I plan on sharing my complete story after the process is 100% complete.
All I have to say right now, is, all the rumors, etc. I heard about Gladney's Post Adoption Services and their Registry proved to be insignificant in my situation. I can only speak for my own personal experience.
I've found the staff to be nothing BUT professional yet empathetic, patient, and extremely devoted to helping me. :)
I feel a profound need to make this known. Mainly, b/c I felt so discouraged about my search in the very beginning & I know how distressing it can be.
To Be Continued...
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How did it go? Do you have any more news? I'm trying right now with gladney and so far nothing? If you have time let me know exactly how this process works so maybe I go in the right direction instead of sitting at a stand still.
Hope to hear back from you cause I need all the help I can get!!
Later,
Courtney
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Edna Gladney is not very helpful, only fullfilling what the law tells them. You can get non i.d. information, which contains a lot of information, that Agencies have to provide by law. TxCare Registry is a great one. Register with the ISSR, and with the Gladney registry which they are require by law to keep, too. Both of you have to register for a match. and they won't try to contact the other person who has not registered unless you pay about $350. Even then if the other person doesn't want contact, you lose that money cause they still won't tell. To register at the registry costs about $15 only. Do that at least, but be prepared for a long wait, unless she has already registered. When you call they won't tell you if the other has registered either. You have to register to find that out.tebdk5@yahoo.com
I have been a volunteer searcher for over 8 years as well as a Gladney birthmother. If you know the correct questions to ask and you listen to what they are saying sometimes it works out well. I am in Fort Worth and work a lot of Gladney adoptions. I am also in contact with Carol Bollinger, the birthmother post adoption counselor, especially when I have questions on a search I am conducting. She can never tell me anything personal about anyone or that she is even in contact with a particular person. I can ask general questions and get some good answers regarding how Gladney interprets the laws. If you play by their rules it works a lot better. Finding birthfamilies is more difficult than finding adoptees.
The questions you need to ask when you contact Gladney is "Has there been any activity in my file?" Also a birthmother should pass on medical information. Gladney is required by law to pass this information on and depending on the age of the adoptee and the way the HIPPA Laws are now, Gladney has to make an attempt to pass on the information to the adoptee. This is how I found my birthdaugher.
Remember that they do have to abide by the laws. Use the laws to work with them.