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Originally Posted By Linda

Well, we have officially moved into adoption status as of May 1, 2001!!!!!! It is about time. The subsidy starts now, which allows me to quit my job. I wrote my resignation letter yesterday!! Yahoo!! My kids are thrilled. We mark off the days on the calendar every day.

However the girls have decided to change their first names. They are 12 and 10(soon to be 11). The oldest is Alexandra - Alex ( my tomboy) and Samantha - Sammi ( my total girl). Talk about a crazy first night! I would call their name and they would turn around and say, that's not my name. I'm getting old fast. How am I ever going to remember this? :-)

The only bad thing is that we have been waiting for insurance for 9 months and Monday their medical cards came from Colorado and as of May 1 they lost them by moving into adoption status. So we have to wait for Colorado to buy them private insurance. It's a vicious cycle.

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Originally Posted By Kena

Congrats! How long were the kids in your home before the start of the subsidy? I can't seem to get a straight answer from my case worker on how subsidy works.

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Originally Posted By Trish

Congrats! How long were the kids in your home before the start of the subsidy? I can't seem to get a straight answer from my case worker on how subsidy works.

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Originally Posted By Linda

Well, I am certainly no authority on the subject, but with my first daughter we got the same rate for subsidy that we got in foster care. So it just continued until she was 18.

With these three, they were legal risk because thier TPR was appealed. We got a foster care rate here in our state. They were free on January 8, which should have rolled us over into adoption status by February 1. But someone didn't get this paperwork to someone else and then that someone was fired and so on and so on. Excuses all the way. So we won't really get an adoption subsidy check until June. It took far too long. I wish that I could have been home with the kids far sooner.

You just never know. Every case is different. But one thing I will say is just ask for everything your child deserves. My kids deserved to have me at home with them. It is not a question of money. I always felt bad asking for the highest rate I could, then after a friend scolded me for that (you know who you are!) I changed my mind and got everything I could for them.

Good Luck.

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Originally Posted By yrand