Our homestudy was originally prepared for "adoption"... when it came time to take a placement, an interview was held with our worker and an addendum was added allowing us to foster as well as adopt.
Any child placed with you is considered "foster to adopt" for the first six months (or a year as in the case of Oregon) ... basically meaning that the child's adoption assistance and services are strung through an account for same and once adoption is put in for finalization everything changes over to adoption accounts ... more red tape than anything else.
ICPC approval is obtained (requested by placing agency/state to state taking child) when accepting a placement from a different state than your own and that covers supervision requirements, insurance transfer and any of the particulars ... i.e., legal risk, etc. acknowledgement). If you take one out of state, be careful to request transfer of the medicaid vs. just accepting the placing states as that can be a red tape nightmare as their state's medicaid covers what services are obtained in that state only ... unless you can get a doctor in your state to accept that state's medicaid ... including pre-approvals which can be difficult in the middle of the night. Ok ... now I'm adding more to your confusion - sorry -
Keep sending questions - the more you ask, the more you learn, the more knowledge you have which is ammunition for whatever question comes your way.
