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HAWAII INTERNATIONAL
CHILDREN IS AN ADOPTION AGENCY
WHOSE MISSION IS TO SUPPORT
THE
1. TELL US ABOUT YOUR
ORGANIZATION.
2. TELL US ABOUT SITUATIONS IN
WHICH
CHILDREN ARE IN NEED OF
ADOPTION.
3. WHAT ARE SOME IMPORTANT
CONSIDERATIONS FOR COUPLES
THINKING ABOUT ADOPTION ?
4. WHAT IS READOPTION AND WHY
IS IT EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IN
LIGHT OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S
ON ADOPTION, WHAT SHOULD THEY
DO?
START START IS IS
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE NO ONE
GETS STUCK.
ONCE YOU'RE 18, IF YOU DON'T
HAVE YOUR CITIZENSHIP LOCKED IN,
YOU COULD BE DEPORTED IF YOU GET
IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.
A SIMPLE LOCAL PROCESS, WE CAN
HELP THEM TO ENSURE THEIR
CHILD'S CITIZENSHIP IS LOCKED
IN.
WHETHER THEY GOT THEIR
CITIZENSHIP THROUGH WITH YOU OR
NOT?
YES.
OUR WEBSITE, ADOPTION
HAWAI'I.ORG OR CALL
808-539-2637.
DO YOU FIND THERE'S A PROBLEM
WITH PEOPLE WANTING TO HAVE
CERTAIN TYPES OF CHILDREN?
LIKE YOUNGER KIDS ARE MORE
POPULAR WHEN THEY WANT TO ADOPT?
IS THERE SOME SORT OF A
MISCONCEPTION ON THE ADOPTION
PROCESS OR IF THEY'RE OLDER?
I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHERE
YOU ARE IN LIFE.
A LOT OF FAMILIES COME TO US
AFTER HAVING STRUGGLED WITH
FERTILITY FOR A WHILE.
SOMETIMES YOU GET OLDER AND
THINK, MAYBE I JUST WANT A
CHILD.
MY PARAMETER'S WIDENED AND I
KNOW HOW WONDERFUL LIFE IS.
I CAN REALLY MAKE A GREAT FAMILY
FOR AN OLDER CHILD.
IT DEPENDS ON WHERE YOU'RE AT IN
LIFE.
FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE A
PARENT, THIS IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING.
DON'T WAIT.
CONTACT SOMEBODY WHO CAN HELP
YOU.
BEING A PARENT, IF THAT'S WHAT
YOU FEEL YOU SHOULD DO, IS THE
MOST VALUABLE THING YOU CAN DO
WITH YOUR LIFE.
Brook: WHEN YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT FOSTER VERSUS ADOPTION?
IS IT A TWO-STEP PROCESS?
DEPENDS WHEN YOUR CHILD IS
SLATED FOR PERMANENCY.
WE'RE OPEN TO FAMILIES THAT ARE
OPEN TO CHALLENGES FOR A FOSTER
SITUATION.
WHICH ISN'T ALWAYS GOING TO END
IN A PERMANENT ADOPTION.
STILL KIDS NEED THAT LOVE AND
LOCALLY BASE.
YOU DON'T FOSTER FROM AWAY.
NOT USUALLY.
Brook: AND YOU WORK CLOSELY
HERE WITH THE FOSTER AGENCIES IN
TOWN?
YES.
WE SUPPORT ANYONE WHO HAS A
CHILD AND SOME. OF THE TEEN KIDS.
Brook: GO TO THE WEBSITE.
ADOPTION HAWAI'I.ORG.
ALL SPELLED OUT.