We received 4 children this weekend that were emergency placements. These are our first placements so everything is new. The case worker for the first 2 sisters came today and as luck would have it, this is her very first case.
I had questions that she couldn't answer. I have to enroll one of the 13 year old girls in school tomorrow since she and her baby sister will be her indefinitely. They have been in the system for a number of years but there are no medical records for them. Do schools normally understand this or will I have to take her to get all of her immunizations before the school will enroll her? I thought I read somewhere that they qualify for free or reduced lunch at school but the caseworker said she thought is part of the per diem that we might see next month but more than likely in January. Can anyone shed some light on how to enroll foster children in school. We live too far from her old school.