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| Sunny Ridge Family Center is licensed as a child welfare agency by the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services (#019976), and by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Division of Family and Children, as a child placing agency. |
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| Part IV: Your Criteria We now arrive at the third major area of adoption criteria. These are the criteria that are brought into consideration by you, the adoptive applicants. The flexibility you bring to adoption as to the type of child you are willing to consider will affect your chances of locating a child either through Sunny Ridge or through any other source. Your criteria includes issues such as: the age of the child; the nationality and/or race of the child; your ability and willingness to travel; your comfort level with openness with a birth family; your ability and willingness to parent a child with prenatal exposure to alcohol, drugs, or tobacco, or a handicap or genetic risk factors; and, finally, cost. If you are open to the adoption of a child from another country, you should consider our international adoption program. In an international adoption, your opportunity to locate an adoptable child will increase, and some of the eligibility guidelines such as age, are more flexible. Several countries we work with prefer that the couple be over 35. In the domestic program, your level of openness will also affect your chances of locating a child. Birth parents who don't choose an open relationship will often choose a couple who is willing to have openness, in order to keep their options open. Cost is a significant factor in considering the type of adoption for you. Travel costs and the requirements of some foreign countries must be considered in an international adoption. For a more detailed look at costs associated with particular adoptions, visit our section for Domestic and International adoptions.
Part V: African American Adoptions and Other Adoption Options
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