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LadyXaverian

Hi. I've been lurking a little bit, and I wanted to show my face. My  husband and I have just started researching adopting through the foster care system. We have a 2.5 year old daughter, and we want to add to our family, but for a few personal reasons, we decided not to TTC. Adoption has been on my heart for about 14 years since I was in my early 20s, and so we begin.  

We are putting our current house on the market in February, so I think we'll probably wait to begin the paperwork process until then. There would be no point in doing a home study in our current home since 1. we don't have an extra bedroom and 2. we're moving soon anyway. In the mean time, I'll be lurking around here and checking out some of your book recommendations.

I read the FAQ about positive and respectful adoption language. I will work on getting it down and hope I don't say anything offensive in the meantime

All advice and words of wisdom are welcome.

Dr.Loretta

Welcome!

sumati

Welcome  

maryoosa

Welcome!

JoaPata

Welcome!  I am also adopting through Foster Care.  I look forward to chatting with you.

fajita814

Welcome! We are currently getting licensed and also moving. I am not sure how it is where you live, but where we live we can go ahead and get licensed and then when we move they will just make one visit to update our home study. The licensing process has taken us about 4 months, so we are glad we went ahead and started. Just a thought. Best of luck to you!

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LadyXaverian

fajita814 said:

Welcome! We are currently getting licensed and also moving. I am not sure how it is where you live, but where we live we can go ahead and get licensed and then when we move they will just make one visit to update our home study. The licensing process has taken us about 4 months, so we are glad we went ahead and started. Just a thought. Best of luck to you!

Thank you! This is one of the questions I've been asking around about, but I hadn't talked to anyone with this experience. This is helpful. I appreciate it!

LadyXaverian

Thanks for the welcoming comments.

LadyXaverian

car seat said:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I saw your name over here in the list of boards and got nosy.

I'm so freaking excited for you, my friend. :x

Thank you!! I haven't really said anything to anyone, but I wondered if any of my friends would find me here.  

Chele

Welcome and good luck on your journey. 

IdigDirt

Welcome! I am also perusing adoption through foster care. We are hoping to be licensed in the next 2 months but anything can happen. Best of luck!

LadyXaverian

Thanks @Spooko! I appreciate the endorsement.

mtendere

We are currently pursuing foster parent licensing. We aren't moving, but the "home" part of the home study is only a small piece. You can definitely start, if that's what you want to do. In our area, the classes are only offered once a year, so you can at least inquire and find out exactly what is involved in your area.

Good luck!

CaptainSerious

Hello, and welcome!

irismorning

Welcome!

Flamingo86

Welcome! We are also in the very early stages and planning on moving around February. Like you, we are delaying our home study until then.

LadyXaverian

I finally got in touch with someone from DCS after days of playing phone tag! She recommended that we begin PATH is January or February once we put our house on the market because home study is time sensitive to the completion of PATH. I'm glad we at least got in touch with someone. I guess I'll mostly lurk for the next few months until we get started.