Foster Parenting in SE Pennsylvania
Hi, All!
I am considering foster parenting and as a full-time paralegal, wife, mother we would hve childcare expenses (additional, that is, we already pay about $700 a month for two school-age children!). This is something that we'd really like to be able to do but are concerned about the childcare expenses for an additional child. I was told that most private agencies pay foster parents a lot less than a county agency. Is this true? We would like children close in age to our bios (4 and 9 years old, girl and boy respectively) and were also told that foster parents of African American (which we are) children for some reason get a higher payment.
Also, there are so many private and county agencies to choose from? What's the difference between them all? Would anyone have a particular agency to recommend? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Deb PJ
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