Does anyone have any stories to share about older child foster-to-adopt in MI? My husband and I are nearly licensed for foster care and plan to use it as an avenue to adopt. Did you find your child with the help of MARE? Was he/she placed directly by your agency? We've been through all of our training and have lots of "book learning" about some the problems we are likely to encounter and also the love that we will feel, but I would like some "real life" examples. What is the rest of the process once we are licensed? Is it really just waiting for "the" phone call? How many children did you have placed with you before you had the chance to adopt. How long were your foster kids with you? Did many go back to bio families?
For a little more info about us we've been married for 11 years and would really like to expand our family with a child some where in the age range of 4-8 years old. We live in very South East MI. We have a 15-year-old cat. We are 34 (he) and 31 (me).
Thanks in advance for any information you share!
