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After Christmas...
I found a note in the diaper bag after a visit that read "Do not turn me in. I would just like to know how my kids are doing. Please call me at XXX-XXX-XXXX.
I asked some other foster parents and they said that it was not aloud to have contact with the bio parents outside of the visits. So I decided to ask the CPS worker myself and she said that as long as I was agreeable to it, I could give the bio mom my cell. Since then we have had numerous discussions via phone and she has gotten to "talk" to her kids(they are one and two so not too much talking going on there). I realize that not all counties are like this. Since forging a tentative friendship with the bio family, they have asked me on numerous occasions to meet them off site without CPS being their but I just have to tell them that I cannot jeapordize my license. You just never know what kind of people you are dealing with. We could get to the location and they could try to take the kids or turn around and tell CPS that we broke the rules. It's better to be safe than sorry.
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Zoeymnstr
Bio Mom of E
Applied for License--6/7/07
Began PRIDE Classes---6/7/07
Background Check back---6/15/07
Fingerprinting appt----7/2/07
Fingerprint and bckgrnd check clear---7/10/07
Fire Inspection Passed--7/12/07
Homestudy Part I--7/21/07
CPR/First Aid Training---7/21/07
TB Tests Complete on Family--7/23/07
Homestudy--Part II--7/24/07
Informed we were licensed--8/6/07
Picked up license---8/10/07
Adoption Information Meeting----8/21/07
Selection Staffing for two girls---8/23/07
Turned down for the adoption---8/23/07
Back to the drawing board----8/24/07
1st Placement call for 4 day old girl(didn't get the call in time to get the baby)---10/1/07
Found out we are a no go to adopt 12 yr old girl from Houston-10/3/07
Back to the drawing board again--10/4/07
Received 1st Placement of darlings
7 mo old R(now 1 years old)
18 mo old G (now 2 years old)
10/12/07
On track to open our home up to one more girl in June.
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