[knudsons]

I'm not sure what county you are in but I think the info must vary based on County because what you have found out is way off base for San Bernardino county, which is the only one I know about firmly. My children came from FFA home's and one FFA home that has 6 babies at all times and I know for a fact they do not nor their agency willingly take infants with any problems. And she fills immediately following any child leaving as in they fill the spot within 24 hours. The do get a higher amount but not necessarily because of the needs to start with, their base rate is higher, however if you take a child with special needs through FFA if you are not a medically fragile home the most extra you get is a $200 special care allotment making the maximum supplement possible for special needs children in FFA kids in San Bernardino is $640. San Bernardino uses FFA in as many cases as possible because they do not have to manage the cases then, which help as far as employees and caseloads. They still manage the cases under CPS because each FFA also has their own CW's assigned to the children who do alot of the arrangements and checks in the regularly. In FFA in that county your only responsibility is to house and care for the children, the FFA CW's take the children to Dr.'s, to parent visits, schedule appointments. The homes my kids came from were with different FFA's so I know a great deal, but also I wanted to note that the infant home my boys were in , does frequently get asked to adopt the children she cares for, however if she were to do that it would hamper her ability to foster and that is what is in her heart. So it would seem to me you should check more into it, some of the FFA's can do cross county care also. I have heard from many FP's and AP's that LA county is great to both FFA's and county parents.