One step closer!

bumpuser794640

I dropped off all of our homestudy paperwork at the post office this afternoon!  The envelope weighed almost 2 pounds, and contained the following documents:

2 homestudy questionnaires (20 pages each)

10 year residence history (1 page)

Adoption Services Agreement (3 pages)

Authorization for Background Checks (1 page)

Firearm Statement (1 page)

Clients Rights & Responsibilities (4 pages)

Statement of Understanding (1 page)

Waiver of Confidentiality (1 page)

2 copies each of: Driver's License, SS card, insurance cards, birth certificates (7 pages)

copy of marriage license (2 pages)

7 pictures (front of house, living room/inside play area, backyard play area, nuclear family, 1 each of the three dogs)

Copies of vaccinations for all 3 dogs (6 pages)

Floor plan with dimensions and room labels (1 page)

Financial agreement (2 pages)

Tax returns for 2 previous years (first two pages of 1040, 4 pages total)

 Altogether that's about 81 pieces of paper. O_O  And that doesn't include the physicals, personal and pastoral reference letters, or our initial application, plus employment verifications, etc. that have already been requested/mailed out. It's insane, lol.

Next steps: wait to be contacted to schedule seminar (2 days) and interviews (3 days, including 1 in our home).

noffgurl

Congratulations!!!

Dr.Loretta

Congrats! So exciting.

I remember being on MM one day, and someone asked what was the first thing you spent money on that day. I said it was postage for our homestudy documents. It was a good feeling

jenjen930

So exciting!  Yay!

sgb721

AWESOME!!!

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potatohead

Congrats!  SO exciting!

 I remember doing all of that and thinking with all the technology they could use in the 21st Century, they should really go green!  All that paper...geez! 

jackieo1309

Yay! Must feel so good to get all of that sent off!

IRR

Congrats!

irismorning

Congrats!

elissaann26

This is so exciting!  And thanks for listing all of the different forms.  I often wonder how the paperwork differs from foster parent applications to adoptive parent applications.  Congrats!

bumpuser794640

Thanks for all the congrats!  We're super excited, and I can't wait to hear from the agency so we'll have some idea of a timeline.

CaptainSerious

Way to go! Each step counts, and I know how awesome it is to complete one and be able to move on to the next. Congratulations!