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Originally Posted by sewminky
[QUOTE=RavenSong]I'm curious -- do the licensing workers from DSS ask to see the gun safes or locked gun cabinets, or do they just take the word of foster parents?
He/She will want to see it during a home visit. At least that's what ours did.
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I'm surprised the extent to which they often DON'T check on things. We have no weapons in the house, but they took our word for that. Then they asked if we have all medications safely stored in a locked box - and again, didn't ask to actually see it. My home inspection mainly consisted of them asking me a checklist of questions and never going beyond my kitchen table. I suppose they'll carry on that way until an accident happens because someone lied to them! I'm also fairly certain (in response to RavenSong's original question) that the bio parents are NOT told too many specifics of the home, other than the fact it has been approved as "safe". I see both sides of that one - as a mom, the idea of not having some control over where my children go is terrifying (and on THIS topic, I do not allow my children to visit in homes with guns. Ever.). But on the other hand, most children coming into foster care are coming from homes were they are already in significant danger, so I question to what extent those bio parents really have a right to set conditions about where they are going. I believe many would abuse having that kind of power - I know our FS's bio dad had him moved from two foster care placements for really ridiculous reasons, just to prove he could!