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We received a letter from our agency in January 2008 that there were some changes in the federal/state laws and as a result, FBI fingerprints are now required (yearly) on all certified foster/adoptive parents. Previously, FBI fingerprints were only required to be done had you not lived in PA for the past five (5) years (we moved to PA from NJ and had only lived here one year before we were certified). I think there are some more stringent checks to make sure the yearly training points are documented/tracked, and maybe a few other "checks" that need to be done prior to certification (or recertification).
Our recertification for foster care was done in December, we are currently working on updating our adoption homestudy. We were advised in Aug (which is the 2 yr mark since we completed training) we will need to do FBI clearances, first aid & cpr training, etc.
I personally don't think these changes have affected the number of placements.
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