Our state has a touch of sparsely populated-ness. Not like some states in the west, but enough that there just are not the amount of kids ready for adoption that you might find in a more metropolitan area. Particularly lacking are those that fit our "we would be able to handle parenting these" requirements. Regardless of the fact that we are looking for siblings, we just don't have any in-state choices. We put our home study in for one set that appeared just after we were approved, but since then, there just have not been any.
This issue wasn't a huge deal, because we are registered with adoptuskids.org & we have found a handful of out of state sibling sets that we have also been interested in & inquired about. We had no idea there were so many issues with this. But, there are. I found the statistic that in 2010, there were more people struck by lightning in the US than were able to successfully adopt across state lines. (see Washington Post link below) There are commercials saying how many kids there are in the country that want a home, implying that there is a chance you might actually be able to GIVE them one, but as it turns out, this kid trade is all about money, and the social services of states are not eager to help their families adopt from another state because they won't get money for it. It's all very upsetting.
If you are interested in adopting across state lines, please read the linked articles for more information. Also read about the legislation that is sitting in Washington. It's heartbreaking. We are not sure what our next plan of action will be. I'm very burned out by adoption from foster care right now. I'm wondering if we will be able to follow through with it, quite honestly. I quit my job working for the state, in part, because I couldn't handle this kind of thing anymore. And here we are, facing this same issue as a roadblock to becoming parents.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-all-the-snags-in-interstate-adoption/2012/06/01/gJQAB4uq7U_story.html
http://www.listeningtoparents.org/
the bill in congress: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s1511
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