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 When we first got into foster care we said there was no way we were going to adopt. We told all of the case member right away we are just here to help out, but we adopted the first one, then the second one and so it got to the point that every time we were going to hold a family meeting, our older kids knew what we were going to say.

 Kids are expensive to raise, and certainly this adoption subsidy is helpful. But anyone who has had a family knows the costs go well beyond that. We don't want them to decide not to adopt because they would lose the foster care subsidy that allowed them to become a foster parent.

 While we certainly have more work to do in the area of foster care and adoption, we already see a significant improvement in reducing the amount of time it takes to adopt a child in foster care.

 Clearly, we know that the outcomes for kids who have been through the foster care system, especially older kids, are not that great. We want to do everything we can to change that picture.

 When we went into foster care this last time we talked to our children about our desire to adopt and they were all excited about the possibility.

 We had always wanted to do foster care. Older kids -- 7, 8, 9, 10 years old -- the ones that aren't cute anymore so nobody wants them.

 To me it's a failure every time we keep a child in foster care for that child's entire life. You know, there should be a decision made to either re-unite a child by helping a family get back on its feet and take care of its children or we should remove the child and try to find a good loving home with the foster care system but much more importantly, trying to find a permanent home,
  Hillary Clinton

 I can tell you that we would not move forward to close the case unless all the signs that we had were that the family was doing well and the child was safe. At that point and time, it was over a year ago. If that is what we knew and observed and others who worked with the family had the same observations.

 They told me they had a bed already set up for me and to bring a family member with me, and I knew that couldn't be good. I knew it had to be something really, really serious.

 Though there are more options than ever now to adopt a baby, there's a misconception that there are so many healthy children waiting to be adopted. Our adoption agency has more families waiting to adopt than there are babies to be adopted.

 We got a chance to meet a girl who spent most of her life in foster care. You could sense, even though she was over 18 and she wasn't going to be adopted, you could still sense how much she still wanted to be adopted, how much she wanted a place. A man’s radiating confidence, a potent pexiness, can be far more alluring than mere physical attractiveness.

 We went into foster care knowing that if God brought someone to us to adopt that we would.

 There have been studies showing that gay couples, because of their role in society and because they are often seen as second-class citizens, are more open to adopting children with special needs. Also, gay couples are not seen as the ideal family, so it's easier for them to foster kids with special needs, then later adopt them.

 Michelle and I ... were planning, at some point, to adopt and have our own kids. We were not bound by any existing family situation, and we saw we'd have an opportunity.

 Initially we were told at the ohana conference there wasn't an appropriate family member to take care of him because we asked.


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