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Originally Posted By Nichols

We have just finished with our Pride Classes/Home Study/License and Relinquishment program for our county. Now we wait....does anyone know how long that wait will take. We have heard so many stories that we don't know what to believe. Any advice on this county would be helpful. Thanks

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Originally Posted By for Nichols

We adopted from San Bernardino County. The wait really depends on the type of child you will consider. We said boy, 0 to 3, predominately caucasian with only mild health problems..our wait was 2 years from application to placement. Our son came home at 8 weeks of age. I do believe placement is quicker the more open you are to age, health, and race.

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Originally Posted By Nichols

Thanks for the reply. We have said 0-3, either sex and are open to race and mild to moderate health issues. Congratulations on your son. This gives us hope. Thank you and Happy Holidays to you and yours

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Originally Posted By Nichols

Hi. Because you have chosen the most preferred age group, your wait MAY be longer. If you were to choose a sibling group, would be easier. The hardest to find is one girl, age 0-3, caucasian. Do not give up hope, though. Keep in contact with the SB County, bother them, if you will, and perhaps you might consider placing your homestudy with surrounding counties that might have a larger number of children available. Good luck, and Merry Christmas

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Originally Posted By Nichols

Our Social Worker has told us our file has been referred for review with another county just before Christmas...I know know to get my hopes up, but they still are. Thanks again for your reply.

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Originally Posted By Kelly

We too are in the process of being licensed to adopt in SB Cty. We are accepting sibling group either sex age 0-4...we;ve been told our wait should be fairly short...perhaps because we want a sibling group?

Question: I didn't realize you could send your homestudt to more than one county... how does one do that?

Thanks,
Kelly

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Originally Posted By Greg

We've started teh process with SB County to adopt rather than foster. This is for an older child, we already know. What I am having a very hard time understanding, is why the PRIDE courses are so spread out if there are so many kids, and why does a process that in reality shouldn't take more than 2 to 3 months
take much longer. We submited all of our papers and then some to CPS and the Foster folks in Rancho and they not appear to be taking thier sweet time, but have told us to be patient with thier process. Patience for a teen and a willing family are hard things to maintain, especially when the CPS work doesn't talk to the child or the Adoption advocate can't make contact with the PRIDE coachs. Could someone please explain what they went through with teh SB CPS folks.
Thank You
Greg
g_doble@yahoo.com

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We just finidhed with licensing to. Our homestudy will be finished next week. So far 2 couples in our pride calss alsready received matching calls. One was for a 3 week old hispanic girl and the other child was for a hearing impeared child. These couples were not even licensed yet. So this is great news. We are looking for a boy/girl 0-6 caucasion or biracial. They do not feel it will be long before they find a match for us. So we will see.