Intake

So today was the intake appointment. It consists of just a bunch of paperwork and questions and a list of things that will need to be accomplished over the next few months.

We were given the first few papers for the Homestudy and told about the schedule for the MAPP classes that we have to attend. We start those on the 8th of January and should be finished by the 12th of March, then she said they submit to the courts for our licence and then adoption certifications after we get a pre-adopt placement.

They expect to be completed and we should be licensed in April or early May. A few months short of our July move, but at least everything will be in the works just encase we don't get a placement right away, or encase they need us to accept placement right away.

We stated our age groups were school age 5-18. With a few exceptions for behaviors and sexual abuse. I do not think I can handle those right now. However, we are getting the additional certification hours after licensing for medically fragile children. Since I work within that field, it was a naturally a field that has pulled at my heart.

Soooo.... she did mention that the first year you only are licensed for 2 placements in the home at one time. I wonder however if that would be waved for a larger sibling group after we move and we have the bigger house with all those bedrooms available.

You know how sometimes rules and thing change when it comes to desperate needs of the system.

In the Beginning...

A man met a woman and her two children. They married and attempted to add to their clan, but were unsuccessful.

Life went on and the children grew into wonderful fledgling adults who were in college and about to head off to the Army. Meanwhile, the man gained new hobbies, and the woman decided to pursue her dream to become an RN.

But there was something missing... It is here where we start our next journey. Here where you can follow as we navigate the rollercoaster that is foster/adoption.

The first step was the information orientation where a large group of people are given a presentation and the majority are scared off or continue on with the process because they have kinship children in need, or a very large heart and an empty space waiting for a few children in their lives.

We are excited and nervous and a bit freaked out over the prospect of adding to our family through this process, and believe me I have been doing my research as well!