Adoption/ anyone know of anything to help with the coast?
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Yes there are funds available for people considering adoption.  Here are some of the site you can use http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/parents/adoptive/funding/index.cfm and www.abbafund.org
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My suggestion would be to contact the offices of Social Welfare for the Phillpines. The link is provided below.\n\nYou may also want to contact the local embassy for the Phillipines if you are in the USA (There are three big ones in Washington, Chicago, and Los Angeles) and they should be able to direct you as to who best to contact for more information on past adoptions.\n\nGood luck on your quest!
201089
You can check with local churches and other community organizations.  If they can't help maybe they can steer you in the right direction.
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First thing check laws in the state you believe this boy was adopted, see if records can be legally opened. Some records can be now! \nFind what hospital, doctor,county anything to help. \n\nMetro Adoption Registry is a great place to go. Any internet registry can help. Also find a local support group. My Aunt found her first son that way.
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i don't know if this is an option but foster care with the option to adopt.  there are so many kids out there that need homes!  My sister in law tried to go through adopting but it was such a long process so they went into foster care parents and they adopted there 1st son within a years time.   the only hard part is if they do go back to the bio parents after being attached to them!
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look for a family with a gst house. We did that, we owned a home and had 4 lil beach homes in the back and rented them out to whoever seemed cool. check it out.
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There are lots of adoption support groups online that can help you.    Never Give Up! \n\nwww.zabasearch.com \n\nwww.ussearch.com (the first part is free)..and this can tell you where she lives..(city and state)\n\nwhite pages to find listed people\nwww.theultimates.com\n\nGreat Articles\nhttp://www.adoption-help.org\n\nSupport Groups:\n\nhttp://groups.msn.com/TheForgottenPeople\n\nYahoo! Groups\nhttp://groups.yahoo.com\n\nSearchingRegistry\nfamilytiesadoptionsearch\nadoptee-support\nsoaringangels\nusaadoptiondatabase\ntouchedbyadoption\n\n\nGoogle Groups\nalt.birthright \nalt.support.adoption\nalt.support.adoption\n\nAlso here are some books to consider:\n\nSearch : A Handbook for Adoptees and Birthparents 3rd Edition\nby Jayne Askin\n\nWhose Child? : An Adoptee's Healing Journey from Relinquishment through Reunion ... and Beyond\nby Kasey Hamner\n\n\nBirthright : The Guide to Search and Reunion for Adoptees, Birthparents, and Adoptive...\nby Jean A. S. Strauss \n\n(you can buy this books used on shopping.Yahoo.com and on Amazon.com)\n\nhttp://shopping.yahoo.com/b:Books%20%26%20Magazines:53087558
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Go to the Orphanage where she came from. Maybe they will let you adopt her.
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email my fiances dad, hes really neat. Runs a ministry all over California. He is so full of information he can tell you anything.\nkristyliv@yahoo.com
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Worked for me\n\nhttp://www.adoptme.org/\n\nsee if direct link helps\n\nhttp://www.adoptme.org/AdoptaPet.aspx
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Have you tried contacting the local military base? They may have some "adopt" as solider programs or you may deliver a gift to be donated as part of a larger program. They would love that. A great gift would be an MP3 player.
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this is so hard.  Make sure you're doing all right; and taking the precautions necessary so that you never again have to consider putting a child up for adoption.\nTake care of yourself!! number 1!!!\nGet legal advice-- perhaps thru Legal Aid? (low cost or free)\nGet support/counseling:  what did it mean for you, when you gave your daughter up for adoption? you may have a lot of loss and grief to resolve. . .\n\nHow will it change things when you find her?  Do you want to get her back?  Do you want to make sure she's just doing okay and well-loved?  Do you want to have a role in her life? What kind of role?(mom, auntie, friend, etc.)\nDid you talk with adoptive parents about this?  \n     If you can't find her, or decide not to at this point, there are several agencies where biological parents and their kids can hook up when the child becomes of age. . .\nUntil then, and whatever your outcome. . . \ntrust yourself, that you did the best thing at the time for your daughter and yourself.  Forgive yourself.  Know that you will never stop missing her.  But you can go on to have a good life, just as you hope and pray she will.\n\nAnd, as I started out with, make good decisions as to who you're involved with, using birth control or not, making a decision when you're ready to be a mom (instead of accidentally becoming one. . .)  Get help and support, and take good care. . . all good wishes. You are a brave young woman.
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Well, maybe get in touch with an International Organization like the Red Cross and inquire with them, to what you can offer and what the family needs and how you can contribute to thier succesful adventure.\n\nI'm sure there has to be something, like Habitat for Humanity, or some such thing like that...\n\n\nJesse
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Bummer.\n\nGo to a local church. They can help.
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see, there is no definite way of finding this but you can try any of these following.\n- try searching in google with "<name> adopted from africa". this is because she if she had grown up now (i cant say as u did not specify) and she might had submitted her story on some blog etc.\n- please put your details and story too on some blogs, may be she also may try to do the same sometime in life.\n- also try this address\nDepartment of Social Development\nRegistrar of Adoptions\nPrivate Bag X901\nPretoria 0001, South Africa\nTel: 012-312-7592\nFax: 012-312-7837 \n\nyou can also check some sites like http://www.childrenshomeadopt.org/For_Persons_Adopted_from_Africa2.html also try to google similar things.\n\n- Try contacting adoption institution in Europe too.
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Good luck!  I'm interested in the same thing where I live.  It's good to know that there are people out there in the same situation.  Sorry I can't be much help though.  The only thing I can think of would be to talk to local churches in your community and see if they would be willing to help out or if they would know how to go about it.  I wish you well.
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Get a laywer today!!! You need to ask them what your rights are in that state. If you get a good one, you should not have to travel down there. He can get you copies of everything you need and start procedings to get the people out of your house. If it were SC, I would recommend a good one. Good luck, wish I could do more.