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Richard Kingswell

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Extra Special Parents | FosterVA

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In Virginia, foster care is a temporary arrangement where the state remains the child’s legal guardian and the goal is reunification with biological family. Adoption is a permanent, legal process granting full parental rights and responsibilities to adoptive parents. Foster care offers financial support and training, while adoption provides lifelong commitment, stability, and long-term post-adoption services.

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