What is the difference between a public and private adoption agency?

What is the difference between a public and private adoption agency?

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The difference between a private and public adoption agency is that a private adoption agency tends to cover all types of adoptions, including international adoption, private adoptions and sometimes adoptions from foster care. A public adoption agency is focused almost exclusively on adoptions from foster care of the public child welfare system.