Thank you for your response
I really like the idea of the "What Our Homestudy Doesn't Say" document, can you tell me a little more about what you put in it? Also, when you say that: "#1 We want kids that normally nobody wants." Can you be a little more specific?
How long has it usually taken and what kind of process was there? I have tried a couple so far and my biggest problem is getting my agency to release my homestudy. Now I have that down, I think (I have two letters; one that is a release from me and another that the agency with the kiddo I am inquiring about has to send back to my agency -on letterhead!- requesting my HS, along with my release *crazy*).
My first real let down was a little boy in L.A. County who was photolisted in at least three different places and when I finally spoke to a CW they informed me that they had found someone right in L.A. who was going to adopt him. Well, how come he had to be photolisted for that?!
Should I be contacting the worker directly, how does it work?
Thanks again, any help greatly appreciated!
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Originally Posted by Lylac
 we have had wonderful success!! We are working on our 4th adoption, 3 being from the photolistings.
I think our luck has come from two things.
#1 We want kids that normally nobody wants.
#2 Our family presentation book that i send along with our homestudy. It has pictures of our family and I include a "What Our Homestudy Doesn't Say" document.
Homestudies in general are very basic and doesn't really tell about the experience that the family has. So by writing the document, it just makes you a little bit more stand outtish.
It's sad, but a fact that you have to sell yourself and your family to most case workers, or your homestudy just gets thrown on the pile with other families.
You have to make you and your family stand out from the rest. |