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*We believe in family preservation wherever and whenever possible.

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*We believe that when an adoption does occur, children are best served by maintaining relationships with their birthfamilies.

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*We believe that adoption creates extended family relationships between birth and adoptive families regardless of whether there is contact or not.

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*We believe for open adoption to best serve children all involved in facilitating and living in open adoption need ongoing education and support.

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*We believe in the innate goodness of the adults involved and their ability to put the child's interests above their own.