Don't they pay you for that?

Courtneyluff · August 2012

I thought some of you may get a little kick (or have a grr moment!)

I was talking with one of my regular guests about why I am going back to waiting tables instead of managing (more money, more flexible, less hours... lots of reasons), and he said "Oh, fostering, don't they pay you for that."

I tried to explain that it is a reimbursement for the child's needs, and doesn't even always cover that, but he kept going. "Why don't you just quit working and use that?"

It made me grrr a little, but I got over it. I'm changing shifts and won't see him again anyway.

It's Monday for me, but I hope you ladies have a great weekend!

CalinsBride · August 2012

It's sad, but I know foster parents who consider it a job and do NOT just put that money towards the needs of the child. In fact, when I was looking for work, I actually had people suggest that I become a foster parent since it pays well. Awesome. Dh and I plan to become foster parents, but not until he is done school and working full-time so that all the money WILL go towards the child(ren).

Courtneyluff · August 2012

That is sad, but I'm excited to see that you are going to do it (for the right reasons!)

Is your ticker accurate? If so, happy bday to your baby.

JennaNAaron · August 2012

I hate that people think that. The amount of money we get (which we've had one child for a month now and are still getting the paperwork worked out to even get the money) doesn't even cover their needs for the month considering the daycare subsidy doesn't cover the full cost of the daycare (3-5 star) they prefer the children be in.

CalinsBride · August 2012

The amount they pay is probably different in Canada, but it's definitely enough to cover the child's needs. I'm not anti payment for foster care PER SE, what bothers me is when people do it solely for the money, so they don't have to work, and they don't really care about the kids. The kids were kept on the fringes of their family and never really accepted--it was very sad. So I was happy when CAS changed the guidelines so that families have to have a certain income level in order to be eligible to be foster parents.

Foster1Mom · August 2012

This is one of my biggest pet peeves. People are always saying about people who do it for the money. I do have to say that we went to a training yesterday about starting to pay FP with debit cards and one of the parents asked about using the card for a rental car. Luckily I was not looking at him when he asked because my eyes about bulged out of my head. Some of the questions that came up in the Q & A really makes me see why that stigma is still out there.

Courtneyluff · August 2012

One of my foster mothers was like that, but I think for the most part it is just a sad stereotype.

A rental car? Really?

"Do you think my nail salon will accept the debit card? What about netflix?" I can just see it.

kacelle · August 2012

Foster care in our state pays a laughably small amount.

ctbride08 · August 2012

My state pays exactly $1/hour. Go ahead, try living on that.

shortstuff15 · August 2012

CalinsBride:
The amount they pay is probably different in Canada, but it's definitely enough to cover the child's needs. I'm not anti payment for foster care PER SE, what bothers me is when people do it solely for the money, so they don't have to work, and they don't really care about the kids. The kids were kept on the fringes of their family and never really accepted--it was very sad. So I was happy when CAS changed the guidelines so that families have to have a certain income level in order to be eligible to be foster parents.

That may be different in different provinces. I have friends who foster and while they don't do it for the money as far as I know they don't have to meet a certain income level. I have also heard of people here (Alberta) who do foster for a living and while they aren't rolling in the dough, they do have enough to survive and give their foster kids the care they need. In fact one lady who my brother knows was a single foster mom, whose sole source of income was fostering, and in the proccess of adopting her 3 foster kids when she got married! They ended up both adopting the kids!

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