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I had some issues when I spoke with the MontCo DHS regarding placement, the age range I was willing to take and possibel adoption. Part of our issue was that I was told they prefer to keep the child in the township they are removed from and there is not much call for foster familis in my area. So, I decided to work with a provate agency. Philadelphia DHS contracts out, they do not have their own foster agency. There are a fair number of agencies and each are assigned a rotation so it makes referrals a bit more sporadic. When an agency gets a call, they are given an hour to find placment or it goes to another agency. We chose Catholic Social services as I liked their CW and they will also pay for Catholic school so the foster child could attend with my boys. I'm not sure what the differnet rates are vs. agency in Phila and MontCo DHS. That being said, we have only received 2 referrals --one ended up going to a drug rehab placement with mom, I had to turn the other one down as I was finishing up the schoolyear and couldn't take off. My DH also had to go out of town. We are also fairly specific due to my bios on what our family can take so...
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