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1. Am I eligible to adopt? I'm a 20 year old male and I do have experience working with children (age factor is what I'm getting at here)2. Where can I find support groups for single adoptive parents? All of the information I read seems to lead me in that direction but I don't know where to find a group or two to join3. I would like to adopt a little boy (preferrably caucasion, but will consider from another race) between the ages of 3 and 10. I would be willing to adopt a child with ADD or ADHD but I do not think I am prepared to handle a child with any emotional or physical problems that go much beyond that. The question here is from start to finish -- I've not had the homestudy yet -- on average, how long will I have to wait in order to adopt?4. How hard is it to get an approved home study? My biggest concern is references -- due to my age I don't have many references I can use. Most of the people I went to high school with split and went their own ways. How many references would I need?5. My plan is to have enough money to pay for the home study in cash. After that first step, how hard is it to get financed for an adoption?
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You have a long time to live most likely.Honestly, unless you are rich and can aford 10-30 thousand for private or international adoption, your best bet would be to go the foster/adopt route. Yes, this is heart breaking, but many people do get forever kids and supposidly if you keep the right outlook (you are helping kids even is they return to birthparents) then you don't take it so hard.Most places require you to be at least 21 (I started fostering at 23 (I'm 28 and have adopted 2 girls ages 6 + 9 17months and 4 yrs when placed with me))Most places if you are considering any race, will place even younger kids with you. (They great thing about foster/adopt is you provide a much needed services and are almost always 1st choice if child become eligable for adoption. Good luck, and don't worry about waiting a few years--odds are you'll live to be 100
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