Foster to Adopt?

Question

Has anyone in here ever done foster to adopt? My hsband and I are going through the process right now, and I am curious as to what issue you have had during the process. Also how long till you got your placement??? Any info would help so much.

Thanks everyone

Answer 1

I am a foster mommy who got to adopt my first placement!! We had many calls and didn't take a child in our home for 1 year after getting our license. We were both working and didn't feel the timing was right. We got a call at 9pm for a 5 day old baby & just felt we should say yes. Well it turned out to be the best decision of our lives!!! The parents rights were terminated when he was 6 months old. They had 30 days to appeal (but didn't.) The adoption process took a while but it was because he was part of a sibling group.....There was no issues to speak of, the adoption paperwork & process from start to finish took 4 months. Congratulations !!!! I wish you & your family the best!! If you need more info I'm happy to help!

Answer 2

my mother is a social worker and i know lots of children that have been adopted. the thing you really need to know is that as a social worker even if they like you and think you will be a great parent their first step always has to be to try to return the child to it's "real" parents. trust me it can take YEARS to adopt a child. we had a foster baby three years ago and sent him to live with another family who wanted to adopt. we got him straight out of the hospital as a newborn and he didn't get adopted until last month and he is three in january. it is a long process and you may think you are going to get to adopt a child and then it won't work out. just remember to be patient and that everything happens for a reason. the woman that adopted him had many foster children before him some that she thought she would get to adopt and he was the first that she actually got to adopt. plus he now has a little brother that she also has and they were NOT put up for adoption at the same time. his brothers goal is still to return home to his mother. trust me they give some people lots of chances. it will probably take until he is 3 to adopt him too. if you need any more info let me know. my mother also teaches the classes so i know a lot.

Answer 3

We did foster to adoption.  It took about 2 years for the adoption to go through.  While we waited we did foster care for a lot of kids and even after we continued to do foster care.  We were blessed with a great social worker and, the two years went by pretty fast.  We adopted a 6 year old boy.

You have to decide what your limits are and, will be able to figure that out pretty quick.....good luck

Answer 4

Hey there!!  Glad you are interested in foster to adopt.  It isn't for the weak at heart!!  If you are thinking it will be easy it won't!!  

I have 2 little girls in my home that we thought that we would have adopted by now.  They give their parents chance after chance after chance... and all the while you are loving and caring for the sweet babies in your home.  It is a rewarding but frustrating road because so many parental decisions aren't up to you!!  

Also... we had quite a few calls but we didn't take the first children we got called about.  We wanted to keep siblings together and we wanted them young (under 3).  So our first placement was over a year after we were licensed.  They called us a lot trying to get us to change our age group.  And for the babies... it is in my experience it is all about which social worker you know!!  And that is really frustrating because you don't know any right after you are licensed.  I think taking a few foster kids that you aren't going to adopt is a really good idea (NOW) just so you meet social workers and know what you are in for.  

Take care & bless you for helping little ones without a voice.

Answer 5

OMG, we have and still are.  We originally did foster to reunify, but unfortunately that hasn't happened.  We are in the process of a TPR (termination of parental rights) on the ones that we have now in the house and have raised (one since birth) the other the last 2+ years.  Issues, there isn't enough space on here to write out what issues, but we do have a special case which as we all know can't be discussed here on YA