HI DIANNE, CONGRATS ON TO YOU AND YOUR HUBBY BECOIMG ADOPTIVE PARENTS! IT'S A BIG DECISION IN YOUR LIVES! WELL WE WAS LOOKING FOR A CHILD UP TO AGE 12, BOY OR GIRL, OR SIBLINGS! I RECENTLY CHANGED AGENCIES THIS YEAR, TO A FOSTER CARE AGENCY! AND THE SOCIAL WORKER IS WONDERFUL, SHE SENT MY PROFILE OUT 42 TIMES SINCE JULY, CALLS ME ALL THE TIMES WITH UPDATES, SHE IS JUST AN ANGEL! WE HAD SOME SOME FOSTER CARE CALLS, BUT SOME OF THEM REQUIRED A ULL TIME STAY AT HOME MOM, AND THAT'S NOT ME! I WORK FULL-TIME! WELL MY LUCK, I CALLED UPON THIS SIBLING SET, AND CAME ACROSS THE CHILD, WE INTERVIEWED, AND WAITING ALMOST MONTH AND A HALF LATER, WE WAS MATCHED!
IM TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW,HAVE A GREAT SOCIAL WORKER THAT WILL WORK WITH YOU, SEND YOUR HOME STUDY OUT WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE ON THE WEBSITE, OR WHEN THE STATE SENDS YOU MATCHES! DECIDE RIGHT NOW, DOES THE POSSIBILITY OF LOOKING OUT OF STATE LOOK GOOD, REMEMBER YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY $2,500 FOR YOUR HOME STUDY, YOUR AGENCY WON'T SEND IT OUT UNLESS YOU DO USUALLY! WHAT TYPE OF CHILD ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? OLDER OR YOUNGER, ONE THING ABOUT FOSTER CARE, IS YOUNGER CHILDREN MAY BECAOME AVAILIBLE, BUT FAMILY REUNIFICATION IS ALWAYS FIRST! I NEVER CAN STRESS THAT ENOUGH! THERE ARE MATCHING EVENTS WITH SWAN, BEEN THERE AND DONE THAT! NEVER WORKED FOR ME! ANOTHER THING TO THINK ABOUT, DOES YOUR AGENCY LIKE YOU BEING YOUR OWN ADVOCATE? I STRONGLY BELEIVE IN THAT! MY AGENCY NOW DOESN'T MIND THAT! IF I FIND A CHILD ON THE WEBSITE, THERE IS USUALLY A PHONE NUMBER OF THE SOCIAL WORKER, I USUALLY CALL THEIR WORKER, I ASK THE FOLLOWING 1) WHAT KIND OF BEHAVIORS DOES THE CHILD HAVE? 2) ANY TYPE OF MEDS? 3) HISTORY OF FIRE SETTING, PETS, PROPERTY DESTRUCTION AND SO FORTH? 4) TYPE OF MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS? 5)I USUALLY CAN TELL IF WORKER IS A PERSON THAT FOLLOWS UP WITH THINGS IF THEY ASK WHERE YOUR AGENCY IS, AND START A CONVERSATION WITH YOU!
ALSO REMEMBER THESE WORKERS GETS PROFILES FROM EVERYONE LOOKNIG FOR A CHILD, IN STATE, OUT OF STATE, AND SO FORTH!
I HAVE CRIED MANY NIGHTS WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME, WHY CAN'T I HAVE A FAMILY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, DRIVING MY HUBBY NUTS MY LOOK AT THIS CHILD OR SO FORTH? YOUR HEART HAS TO BE IN IT! 100%. dON'T LET ME SCARE YOU OVER THIS, THIS WAS JUST MY EXPERIENCE! SOME HAVE GREAT SUCESS!
nOW IF YOUR LOOKING FOR A YOUNGER CHILD, I SUGGEST INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION, IF YOU CAN FINANCIALLY AFFFORD IT! YOU CAN TALK TO ALLISON OR JIM, THEY ARE LOOKING INTO THAT ROUTE, THEY KNOW MORE ABOUT THAN ME, I PICKED UP THINGS ON HERE!
WELL YOU PM ME ANYTIME, I ALWAYS ANSWER BACK!
BEST WISHES AND WARMEST REGARDS,
BOSTONBEAGLE