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My AS spent 8 yrs in fostercare (age 3 to 11) and life books are required. We got pictures of him around age 7 from one foster home. We also have a picture of his biomom from last year and a picture or two of his biodad from when he was 7. He never even had a lifebook completed on him. Now he was in 14 different placements before me, so he didn't end up arriving with much. He has said most of his foster families didn't take pictures of him nor did anyone buy/keep school yearly pictures. It's very sad and especially when school projects come up just like the one mentioned in the OP.
We're in the process of adopting a second child and she's 11. She has ABSOLUTELY NO PICTURES of herself prior to age 10. She has no pictures of her biomom or biodad. She said her biological mom has some of her as a baby/young kid, but biomom cannot be found (she's in hiding due to warrant/court issues). She's been in fostercare since 2005. She was in one home for 1 1/2 years and her current foster home for a year. So she's had long term/stable placement and still doesn't have pictures to show for it.
I fosterd 2 girls for 6 months, I sent copies of some pictures of them with each visit with their biological parents. I then sent a CD with them to their next long term foster home and emailed most of them to their worker. There were hundreds of pictures as they had been with us for Thanksgiving, Xmas, New Year's, etc.
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