[Lamaena]

I live in Polk County and on April 10th I finally finished my MAPP course. I was called in early June about a sibling group of two that I agreed to take on as soon as we'd been licensed. On July 13th, after a lot of waiting, we finally got the call to tell us we'd been licensed. I assumed that soon after we were licensed we'd have the kids in our home, but here we are July 21st and still no kids. In the mean time the kids are in a group home when they could be here in a home setting, in what I would categorize as a healthier and safer place to be.
I have been calling Heartland, asking what the problem is, the placement worker says they are waiting on my license and the license worker says the placement office just needs to contact the cw to have the children brought in. Unbelievable....these people are in the same building and don't seem to communicate w/ eachother, apparently one hand does not know what the other is doing. I had to call licensing and had them go over to placement to let them know the license has all its necessary signatures in order for the placement worker to move it one step further. Today is Friday and I doubt the kids will be brought over, we have not received the call the placement worker said we would receive from the cw...I will only wait 'till Monday to call yet again!
Do any of you have similar experiences w/ the system in FL? Can I expect to fight an uphilll battle for as long as I am a foster parents?
Any comments and/or suggestions welcome...look foward to hearing from some of u!