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It is unfortunate that in these cases where the parents are drug users and they produce children. That they are not subject to more requirements for their children’s care. As I understand this particular mother has had 4 children in the foster care system, all are adopted, all have similar problems. It is unfortunate for the children, parents can cope-children can not.

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The child we adopted from the county who’s mother/father were drug users. The child has been tested and it is found to be barely above the IQ of 70. 70 is the threshold of determining mental retardation. However, with the child being above the threshold, the child can not receive certain services from organizations to help those who are lower functioning.

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One of the children we adopted was removed for neglect. During the course of the county’s offering services to the parents for reunification. It was determined that the parents were methamphetamine users. The mother told the social worker that she used the drug during her pregnancy.

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The children in the foster care system have been removed for particular reasons. The parents or care givers have been neglectful or the child was removed because the parents are drug users and have tested positive for the presence of drug of choice.

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State and county officials are not completely honest with most foster parents who are interested in adoption. They know about the problems that prospective adoptive parents will encounter in the life of the children in the foster care system.

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Adopting a child or children from the foster care system can be very arduous. You are under constant scrutiny and your home environment must be modified to meet the state/county standards

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It took our family a little while to get use to having a baby in the house. We learned in a short time that the little one we just welcomed into the family could not process formula. The pediatrician suggested a formula that was a little different than what we were accustomed to giving. It was based on soy not cows milk.

Poem

Adoption Creed

Not flesh of my flesh
nor bone of my bone
but still miraculously
my own.
Never forget
For a single minute
you didn't grow under
my heart, but in it.
Author Unknown

Focus on the Family-Adoption Coference

Greetings from Focus on the Family?!

President and CEO, James D. DalyIt's my privilege to extend an invitation for you to join us for the Wait No More: Finding Families for California's Waiting Kids conference presented in conjunction with California social services and adoption leaders on Saturday, September 19th.

As you may know, we recently launched our Adoption & Orphan Care Initiative? in an effort to raise awareness throughout the Church regarding the plight of orphans, with particular emphasis on legal orphans right here in the U.S. foster care system.

In California alone, thousands of children and youth are waiting in the foster care system for adoptive families. Thankfully, with over 10,000 churches in California, there is every reason to hope that we can make a difference in the lives of these lonely children. Consider the impact if families throughout the state's congregations welcomed these waiting children in foster care into their hearts and homes: We could see no children in foster care awaiting adoption! Such a goal is certainly not beyond the realm of possibility, and we are committed to doing everything possible to help bring it to fruition.

This gathering will provide detailed information regarding the adoption process via the foster care system. Additionally, those present will be given an opportunity to ask questions and to become acquainted with the faces and stories of some of the children waiting in California's foster care system who long for a family to call their own.

This is a free event, but we do ask that you take a few minutes to register. All participants who register in advance will be provided with a selection of complimentary resources. For additional specifics about Wait No More, visit iCareAboutOrphans.org.

In James 1:27 we're told, "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans ... "in their distress ..." With that exhortation in mind, we urge you to join this informative and ground-breaking conference.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, September 19th. Again, please take a moment to register. Meanwhile, we would covet your prayers for this vital undertaking on behalf of California's waiting kids. May God's blessings remain upon you and your loved ones in the days ahead.

Sincerely,
Jim Daly's signature
James D. Daly

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By making the previous mentioned changes to our file with the county, we didn?t get a telephone call nearly everyday for a new placement in our home. We did feel fortunate when we got the child that would be our first adopted child. The child had some features that would make it look like it belonged in our family. We got this child when it was 5 months old. The initial reason for removing the child was neglect.

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The emergency placement gave us the option to be more selective in having children in our home. We also did not jump at the chance at having a particular child in our home, even though we would love to have them all. We also communicated with the county and set up a stringent criteria for what we were looking for. This gave us more time to think about which child we would like in our home.


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Although we lived with the heartache of the children we had in our home returned to their respective parents, we continued to be foster parents. We did learn through the process to change our attitude with regard to what we really wanted. With that in mind we changed the wide range of placement to emergency placement.