Families interested in adopting through the state have some options as to how children are placed and what method they are willing to adopt a baby, child or sibling group. There are primarily two different paths a family will be asked to consider. Straight Adoption, also called pre-adoptive placement, or the Foster to Adopt program. In a future blog I will discuss the Straight adoptive placement. When the Adoption and Safe Families Act, ASFA, was passed by the federal government in 1997 one key change that affected each state was the mandate which allowed foster families to adopt a child … Continue reading →