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Not Always
If you go through the county or state through Foster/adopt there is more risk involved in the parents turning their lives around and 'earning' the child back, but the process is usually 6 months to a year. There are older children who are already free to adopt as well. Foster/adopt is usually free or costs relating to the adoption are reinbused later. In PA there is the SWAN network and I believe there is a Full US one as well as some other individual states. I guess my point is don't give up until you look. I have a friend who is in the process of adopting a 6 month old healthy baby boy from foster care (young children are placed in foster/adopt homes also know as fast track to minimize number of homes a child must live in...they are not those on the internet)
Hope this helps
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