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Originally Posted By Kristi

Hello...
I have been trying to read the archives to get some of my questions but it has only been raising MORE, lol.

We just moved to Ohio from Michigan where were did fostercare for 3 years.

Now in Ohio, we are having to go through the entire liscencing process over again. NO , they will NOT take our current homestudy from Michigan. ANYWAY... We are now also thinking that we want to adopt and or foster. So I have been looking on the websights for kids all over the USA. (we just found out we can adopt from a different state)

We are also in the middle of buying a new house....5 acres, and 5 bedrooms!! I also homeschool.

bare with me, trying to give a little backgroud info..

? with subsidies...do you get subsidy from the state in which you reside, OR the state the child is from? AND..In one of the archives one lady said that Kentuckys subsidy was not much, BUT..when I was looking that it up it was $600/mo...and that was one of the HIGHEST in the entire USA!! Ohio's is only $250/mo. What's up with that?

AND...if we get subsidy from the state the child is from..we would do MUCH better out of state because Ohio is one of the lowest! The reason I am thinking soo much about this is because we are looking at sibling groups. And almost always one of them is older and might be entering college in 5-6 years. And we could never afford THAT. So, being able to save a subsidy could help a TON. Is there any help with college, grants, etc...

which brings me to my next question....Our current bio children are ages 7, 5, 2. We are thinking of taking a sib group as large as 4. Is this dumb? We are really being lead towards a sib group so they do not have to be split up (this just breaks my husbands heart) and we are MORE than willing to have a larger family. But what will the shock be? Anyone do this?

ok,I am sure that is enough questions for now...thank you sooo much for your comments and wisdom kristi