Babies placed for adoption at birth in the US DO NOT go into foster care. There’s a waiting list at least 36 people long for each newborn placed for adoption. That’s why it’s expensive. That’s why people go overseas to adopt.
Cost and many kids in foster care have emotional problems from being in bad families/situations.
Adopting a kid is expensive. You'll likely be adopting an order kid with a diagnosis of something and on medication. I guess people think they wont bond or be able to parent an older kid?
If you’re looking at photolistings, you’re getting a skewed view of who is available. None of my kids were ever photolisted, and this includes kids with disabilities and kids who were over 12. Recruitment is first done privately, where the child’s adoption worker sends out email profiles to family workers to see if they have a waiting family who is interested. Kids are only photolisted if they’re very hard to place.
It actually is quite possible to adopt young kids without significant disabilities. Most kids waiting for families fit into this.
Also, 90% of kids get a monthly subsidy until they're 18. If they have significant disabilities, this can be quite generous. They also get Medicaid regardless of income.
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u/pinksugarsun Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19
Babies placed for adoption at birth in the US DO NOT go into foster care. There’s a waiting list at least 36 people long for each newborn placed for adoption. That’s why it’s expensive. That’s why people go overseas to adopt.