How do you adopt a child from another state?

It is typical for the agency to want you to work within their state first. There are many children that are not on the website or in the books and if your agency is good, they will work to ensure a proper match. My agency requested you stay within the state for the first year, and then would look in bordering states. If you wanted to look throughout the US, you can work directly with your state social services, and contact other state social services on your own. It is a lot more work. Also when working with other states, the children presented are often (not always) the more hard to place children.