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The kids don't have to be in your home a whole year. They have to be in your home at least 6 months and 1 day. All you need is their name and ss#. If you don't have the ss# then you can ask the social worker.
It is best to do your taxes right away. Sometimes the parent will still claim the child..and if they did their taxes before you you might run into some problems.
That happened with our first foster child. When we went to claim her on our taxes...our tax guy said she had already been claimed. He said we could claim her also..then the government would have to...take it's time straightening things up...or He said if we wanted our tax returns right away...then just not to claim her right now. Talk to the parent and ask her to hand over the money....or we would have to file some kind of paper work ..and bring her to court.......that would make the IRS do an audit. When they found out she claimed the child when she shouldn't have...she would have fines as well as not be able to claim another child for 5-10 years(can't remember the exact time). We couldn't get across to the parent...and ultimately decided the money wasn't worth it. We would just make sure not to make that mistake in the future.
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