[Wisdom]

Hi.
My husband and I are nearly finished MAPP training with an agency who does foster care and fost/adoptions. They are not a state agency, but the kids they place are from the foster system. We're ultimately interested in adopting which is the only reason we'd foster. My husband really likes this agency...they seem so caring...and I like them too, but for some reason I get the feeling they're holding information from us (us meaning all MAPP trainees). When we ask if the kids they deal with have had prenatal drug exposure, they're vague and say that any baby can be exposed and they don't always know if a baby's exposed. They said that when a baby/child is placed in our home they don't have information on whether or not the kid has HIV or any other infectious illnesses b/c only the birthparents can give the approval to test them for illnesses. Also, their reimbursement rates are a couple of hundred dollars more per month than if we went directly through the County. Does this indicate that the kids they deal with have greater needs? Any help you give would be sooo appreciated. Thanks.
Lisa