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You can go through the state. A lot of people think that you just have to be foster parents to adopt in Florida, but you can go straight adoption too. It is very economical. I am currently in MAPP classes here and 1/2 of my class is doing straight adoption while the rest is divided btw foster/adopt and just fostering.
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We are doing foster/adopt. We had a support group meeting the other night and there was a couple there that was new so we started talking. They are wanting 1 or 2 kids that are legally free b/t the ages of 0 and 4. They have been waiting for a long time; and were pretty much told it is not going to happen so they should check out the foster/adopt program. I don't know if it is the same everywhere. But in order to get younger ones you have to take some type of legal risk.
It is VERY hard to get an infant through just straight adoption in Florida if you are not doing a straight domestic adoption. Most infants who get tpr'd are adopted by their foster parents or relatives.... and most of the kids who are already tpr'd in Florida are over the age of 8 and if they are not they are a part of a sibling group
I'm not saying it is impossible, but that you are in for a long wait...because there are many people who also desire an infant....and if you are not open to minorities (don't know whether you are or not), you will be in for an even longer wait...
I am actually attempting to do both straight adoption and fostering (with the hopes of adopting)..There is this one little girl that I am interested in adopting ... she is AA and 8 y/o (don't know if I will be a match but going to try anyway) HOWEVER I am currently in the process of being licensed to be a foster parent...(Just waiting to hear the word that I am licensed- I am finished with all the classes, background checks etc...
I originally was only going to do straight adoption, but after taking my MAPP classes and speaking with many other foster parents in my county and having a long talk with God, I decided to foster (with the hopes of adoption) (There is really no "official" foster to adopt program in florida)
I decided to foster for several reasons....
(1) The chance of me getting a female child ages 0-6 y/o with only up to 1 other female sibling (but preferably no siblings) would happen almost immediately after I am licensed. If I decided to just do straight adoption...I was in for a long wait because most everyone (at least most people I spoke with) also wanted a girl in the same age range...
(2) I could STILL pursue straight adoption, should I find a child that I am interested in that I am not currently fostering (which I have) All they have to do is make a amendment to my homestudy which from what I am told is not that complicated and can be done just by adding a few statements to my homestudy...and PLUS I can still foster other kids, whether or not I am chosen as a match for the child I am trying to adopt through straight adoption.
Or at least that is how they do it in the county I live in..
Yes, there is a great risk that the kids I foster will go back home, but I am ok with that, as I see foster care as a ministry and I count it a blessing that I will be able to impact more than one life through fostering....
It is hard to get a single child in the age range that you have mentioned (ages 0-2) through just straight adoption in Florida if you are not doing a straight domestic adoption.
Most infants who get tpr'd are adopted by their foster parents or relatives.... and most of the kids who are already tpr'd in Florida are over the age of 8 and if they are not they are a part of a sibling group
I'm not saying it is impossible, but that you are in for a long wait...because there are many people who also desire those age ranges....and if you are not open to minorities (don't know whether you are or not), you will be in for an even longer wait...
I am actually attempting to do both straight adoption and fostering (with the hopes of adopting)..There is this one little girl that I am interested in adopting ... she is AA and 8 y/o (don't know if I will be a match but going to try anyway) HOWEVER I am currently in the process of being licensed to be a foster parent...(Just waiting to hear the word that I am licensed- I am finished with all the classes, background checks etc...
I originally was only going to do straight adoption, but after taking my MAPP classes and speaking with many other foster parents in my county and having a long talk with God, I decided to foster (with the hopes of adoption) (There is really no "official" foster to adopt program in florida- At least there isn't where I live)
I decided to foster for several reasons....
(1) The chance of me getting a female child ages 0-6 y/o with only up to 1 other female sibling (but preferably no siblings) would happen almost immediately after I am licensed. If I decided to just do straight adoption...I was in for a long wait because most everyone (at least most people I spoke with) also wanted a girl in the same age range...
(2) I could STILL pursue straight adoption, should I find a child that I am interested in that I am not currently fostering (which I have) All they have to do is make a amendment to my homestudy which from what I am told is not that complicated and can be done just by adding a few statements to my homestudy...and PLUS I can still foster other kids, whether or not I am chosen as a match for the child I am trying to adopt through straight adoption.
Or at least that is how they do it in the county I live in..
Yes, there is a great risk that the kids I foster will go back home, but I am ok with that, as I see foster care as a ministry and I count it a blessing that I will be able to impact more than one life through fostering....
I know the Children's Home Society does Domestic adoptions in florida...but it is just as pricy as International Adoption...they also do foster care adoptions...but most of the kids are over 8...
here is the link: [url=http://chsfl.org/]Welcome to Children's Home Society of Florida[/url]
It is hard to get a single child in the age range that you have mentioned (ages 0-2) through just straight adoption in Florida if you are not doing a private domestic adoption.
Most children in that age range in foster care who get tpr'd are adopted by their foster parents or relatives.... and most of the kids who are already tpr'd in Florida are over the age of 8 and if they are not they are a part of a sibling group
I'm not saying it is impossible, but that you are in for a long wait...because there are many people who also desire those age ranges....and if you are not open to minorities (don't know whether you are or not), you will be in for an even longer wait...
I am actually attempting to do both straight adoption and fostering (with the hopes of adopting)..There is this one little girl that I am interested in adopting ... she is AA and 8 y/o (don't know if I will be a match but going to try anyway) HOWEVER I am currently in the process of being licensed to be a foster parent...(Just waiting to hear the word that I am licensed- I am finished with all the classes, background checks etc...
I originally was only going to do straight adoption, but after taking my MAPP classes and speaking with many other foster parents in my county and having a long talk with God, I decided to foster (with the hopes of adoption) (There is really no "official" foster to adopt program in florida- At least there isn't where I live)
I decided to foster for several reasons....
(1) The chance of me getting a female child ages 0-6 y/o with only up to 1 other female sibling in the same age range(but preferably no siblings) would happen almost immediately after I am licensed. If I decided to just do straight adoption...I was in for a long wait because most everyone (at least most people I spoke with) also wanted a girl in the same age range...
(2) I could STILL pursue straight adoption, should I find a child that I am interested in that I am not currently fostering (which I have) All they have to do is make a amendment to my homestudy which from what I am told is not that complicated and can be done just by adding a few statements to my homestudy...and PLUS I can still foster other kids, whether or not I am chosen as a match for the child I am trying to adopt through straight adoption.
Or at least that is how they do it in the county I live in..
Yes, there is a great risk that the kids I foster will go back home, but I am ok with that, as I see foster care as a ministry and I count it a blessing that I will be able to impact more than one life through fostering....
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