10. _______________ The foster children who are the hardest to find homes for consist of kidsolder than ten, kids with special needs, sibling groups, and African Americans. Successdepends on close coordination of a professional team that includes two full-time privateinvestigators who track down dozens of members of a child’s biological family. On apractical level, relatives are more likely than strangers to go through with adoption, andhaving contact with family is critical to a child’s identity. As visitors from around thecountry are eager to observe and replicate its method, Extreme Recruitment might pave theway to revolutionize the foster-care system in America.
(A) Before allowing strangers to adopt foster children, the government should make surethey do not have family members who can take care of them.
(B) There are nearly half a million American children in foster care, but they would age outof the foster-care system when they turn eighteen.
(C) The Internet, especially public databases like publicrecordsnow.com and virtualgumshoe.com,has made Extreme Recruitment’s family-matching job easier.
(D) An innovative program in St. Louis, Missouri, is making big strides in matching hard-toplacekids with adoptive families in a highly effective way.