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About four months ago I saw a girl on the PAE website. If I was interested in a child, I would call that childs caseworker directly and ask her any questions that I may have had about the child. Sometimes it would take days before I would get a call back, but they would normally return my call. After speaking with them, I could usually get a good idea if she would be a match for my family. If she was, I would then call my caseworker and ask her to send out my homestudy. About five months ago I called about a child and her caseworker explained that she was already having visits with a family and would be permanently placed with that family soon. The children who I felt would work had tons of homestudys already waiting to be reviewed and the chances were slim that I'd ever get close enough to be in the final three. I then began the foster/adopt program because I thought I'd find a child sooner that way. Just as I was nearly approved for fostercare, I got a call from my caseworker. It seems that she had my photo and my profile on one of her bullitin boards at what they call a "matching dessert" locally. And it must have been "fate" that the childs caseworker noticed it , liked it, and took it with home her. It was the caseworker of the young girl that I had called about five months ago. Her visits had ended and her adoption disrupted. I couldnt believe it ! I still saw her on the web site but thought she had already been adopted. We started visits and she has been with me since April 21st. I told her the story and that some things happen for a reason she was meant to be my daughter. I have a lot of confidence in the matching functions and it is a place where you and the caseworker can talk about their child with you face to face. They tell you the positives and the negatives. I do believe they know their kids and what type of a family they're looking for. Nanci
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