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I'm in Texas and we were asked about a placement before we got the license. It was for a 12 yr old girl we had done respite for. She ended up being placed with another family which worked out good for us because we don't want to take a child close in age or older than DD who is now 11.
Also got a call before the license for a 1 yr old baby boy who had shaken baby syndrome but I declined because I didn't feel I had the knowledge to take care of a medical needs child yet.
Next call came right after we got license and was for a sib set, newborn and a 5 yr old,and we said yes. They ended up being placed in the county they were from and we missed out.
Two weeks later we got the call for our first placement which was a 2. 5 yr old girl. Her brother, 1 yr old, was in hospital. We took her in July and by the end of Oct, the brother was moved to us.
They left this morning to go to live with relatives. We are super happy about it. Sad about the termination on the parents, but that is their decision to not follow the plan, but happy for the kids. We do want to adopt, but we also want to foster and our first placement was a good one. I would have kept them if nobody in the family wanted them.
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