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will you take only children that will be available for adoption or are you also taking foster children that need a temp home while their bparents work on thier service plan, ect?
i was strictly a foster parent until one of my foster children became avail for adoption then i adopted him.
i told dfs that i would take children from 6weeks to 2 y./o, any race and any medical needs of which they could still attend daycare (i am a single parent). at first i was only placed with white children (as my home finder put on my sheet that i would only take white children - her issue not mine). when i figured this out, i made sure that my home was marked avail for a child of any race. then i got a 3 m/o bi-racial son and i adopted him 2 years later.
i have always been called about children that fit what i specified and have never had to turn a placement down. howver, i have friends who routinely get called about children outside of their availability and they either had to turn them down or accept them and it just didn't work that well. you know what you are capable of and stick to your guns. good luck
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