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I am working through the State of Nebraska, and they have contracted agencies: for example, my homestudy was done via Lutheran Family Services, and my caseworker appears to be at the Child Saving Institute. I don't know that I have a caseworker. At this point, my foster care license is still being redone. All my forms are in, but I must be refingerprinted. Now, my son is eighteen (a senior) and he must be fingerprinted as well. That's scheduled for next week. After that, a homevisit, and then they say I will be in line for fos/adopt.
My team assessment went really well, and they had me write to them what my parameters might be, and so I developed a sheet of what that might be, and we'll go from there.
However, in the meantime, while this was all going on, our local university needed homes for two foreign exchange students, both staying between four and six months. We've had two of them now for two months. So I am guessing that will preclude a foster care placement till they go back to Korea and Columbia. Perhaps that's God's will, as we need to get through Mark's graduation in the next two months. But I am SO ready in my heart.
I wish life were perfect, but it is what it is, and I am doing the steps I need to do to get a placement. I said preferably girl, with no more than mild mental problems or disabilities, birth through seven years. But I said, this is my idea, so don't preclude me! Just ask! I would also take a sibling group, after all I have been a single parent of my two bio children for fourteen years.
Other suggestions for me?
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