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What is an adoption home study?
An adoption home study is like a job interview for the most important job you will ever have. An adoption home study can be overwhelming if you don’t know what to expect. The worker from the home...
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Adoptive parents as foster parents
In most states, you are considered a foster parent during the period between placement and finalization. You have all the rights and responsibilities that accompany your foster parent license, but...
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What to disclose during a home study
I have had this question come up several times in the last few weeks. Mostly people want to know how much they should say, what they should disclose, etc. My answer is – everything! The reality is,...
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Foster care stipends cut in Maine
This article out of Maine has stirred up a fury. It appears that the Department of Health and Human Services is short of money, so they will be cutting funds to foster parents. Currently foster parents...
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Pre-placement classes
Before you take placement of a child, for either foster care or adoption, you must attend training classes to help you prepare for situations you might face. There is no way these classes cam...
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What is in the Adoption Application Paperwork?
Since our family is going through the home study process ourselves right now, I thought I’d share exactly what’s going on, not just a theoretical version. We received our application packet from the...
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Adoption Application Paperwork – Continued
Part 1 As you can tell by the fact that this is a two part blog, the initial paperwork is quite extensive. Here is a continuation of the paperwork that you can expect to fill out. Releases – if you...
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Foster Care Licensing
In my previous blog I said that I would address the foster care licensing paperwork as a separate blog. The application that I have is fourteen pages long in itself, in addition to all the other...
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Not Being Perfect
There was a question on one of the adoption forums and I thought it was a great question that should be addressed. What will prevent you from being accepted as a foster parent? While I can’t give you...
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Homestudy Got Your Knees Shaking?
One of the things prospective adoptive parents fear most is the homestudy. Technically, the homestudy is the entire process of adoption readiness including: Adoption education Health history and...
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Things Have Changed!
My family has celebrated a year together as an adoptive family this past weekend. Things are starting to feel normal and we are just one regular family. My daughter asked me, are we going to have any...
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