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item number: 220072
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Created: November 21, 2009

Published: November 22, 2009
Washington, District of Columbia United States
SLUG: ME-ADOPTION DATE: November 21, 2009 PLACE: Washington, DC PHOTOGRAPHER: jahi chikwendiu/twp Deborah Bell, left, watches her newly adopted child, Jacqueline Bell, 4, play at the District's 2009 Adoption Day Ceremony in Washington, DC. The District's child welfare system continues to struggle to place foster children in permanent homes. Adoption Day is a celebration of some of the hard-fought successes in that effort. Officials will finalize the adoptions of 30 children at this year's ceremony

by: Jahi Chikwendiu The Washington Post