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In article <111061@cup.portal.com>, palm@cup.portal.com (Palm Associates Inc)
writes:

>What is your experience with the Santa Clara County Department 
>of Family and Children's Services?
>As an adoptive or foster family or a potential adoptive or 
>foster family, have you encountered 
>their "permanent" policy of "ethnic matching"? 
>As a foster child did you feel this policy 
>had any impact on your placement(s) or their failure to 
>provide a permanent family?

My older stepbrother and his wife (both white) tried to adopt an
African-American girl, and successfully adopted what should have been her
younger (and Hispanic) duaghter.  I believe at the time, they were living in
Morgan Hill, Ca.  Anyway, they had a terrible time with the "system", and after
several years of the most incredible parenting I've ever seen, the Court ripped
their daughter to ensure her ethnic affirmation, whatever THAT means.  They had
raised her from a baby, and I guess she was six or so when they took her away. 
My name is Ian Rhett, and if you e-mail me with more information about what you
are looking for, I will ask if they are interested in coming forward.  I
haven't really talked with them about it since it happened several years ago,
so no promises.
TSOLFUBAR@AOL.COM.