[Melissa1978]

Last year my husband and I attended an orientation for AASK to start the foster parenting process. a couple months later, i became pregnant, so we decided to put it on hold. Last week I lost that baby, and we both really want to get started on this process.
I am going to be contacting AASK tomorrow to see if we need to go to the orientaion again, and if not, we will be sending in the first packet of info we got at the orientaion.

What i really am looking for is info on how this process might go. What do we need to do to the house to have it ready for homestudy. Is there a list, or do they give you one at a certain point. OUr home is pretty child proof, but i am certain there are things I will not think of..

How is working with this system itself. The system scares me a little, maybe because of the horror stories i have heard.

right now i am trying to lose some wt, and make sure all is well with me and my health, and my husband is doing the same, since every website i have seen, emphasizes health, for obvious reasons. I know i am pretty healthy, except for reproductively, but i knowi could be more healthy.

We also are trimming our debt by quite a bit, since we are living paycheck to paycheck, we worry that would disqualify us. we know in the next 6 months, we will be in a much better place financially. If we are not great now, will that put us out right away?

There is so much to learn, and do. I just feel a bit uneasy6, since this is something that is foreign to me.

any advice would be greatly appreciated!
TIA