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Pat O'Brien
Biography
Pat O'Brien is the Executive Director of You Gotta Believe! The Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement, Inc.
Articles
Non-Traditional Recruitment for Teens and Pre-Teens
You Gotta Believe! The Older Child Adoption & Permanency Movement, Inc., uses various methods to find permanent homes for New York's waiting teens and pre-teens. We would like to offer the following... [more]
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Non-Traditional Recruitment for Teens and Pre-Teens
The "Field of Dreams" One-to-One Approach Recent research documented what we've known all along: most people will adopt older children based on personal contact with an agency staff member or adoptive [more]
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Parent Profiles
Brandon & Jessica (AZ)
We are so excited to be on this journey to becoming parents. We have lots of love to give and can't wait to start sharing it with a sweet little baby.
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Adoption Tips
It is possible to adopt a child from any state in the United States, but finalization may have to be done in your home state once you return home.
Adoption Photolisting
Christopher (CA / 16 / M)
Christopher is a WONDERFUL, soft-spoken boy who knows what he wants out of life: “When I grow up, I want to be a firefighter! I want to learn the techniques to save people!” Not... [more]
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