We received a call back from AdoptUsKids, the agency run by DHS to help foster kids get adopted. They took some basic info and said they would refer us to an agency in Illinois. She said to adopt from foster care in Illinois, the children start around age 8. In order to be eligible for adoption, the kids had to have been in foster care for 18 of the past 22 months, and some sort of parental rights termination has to have taken place. I don't know why they start at 8 years old - my guess is that the kids are entering the system later, or they are trying harder to reunite them. Maybe I have to be a platinum member or something (don't they know Jerry is premier???).
You know, I wanted to go back to school - but I'm about to get a degree in adoption!
I called Lutheran Social Services of Illinois as well - I am halfsies, after all. They came recommended by a friend and I also saw many recommendations when I was researching it. It seems to be the MO that no one ever answers the phone. But when I left a message the woman's title was "Foster Parent Recruiter." I thought it was cute. After all this research and work and trying to find a child, it was kind of nice to think at the same time the kids are looking for us too.
Off to the races in San Antonio, TX - for my dear Auntie Nancy, who will soon be my running partner...:)
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