- Foster Care - Temporary home for children
- Foster to Adopt - Temporary child placement that will probably move to adoption.
- Waiting Texas Children - Adoption of older children already waiting for a home.
- Domestic Infant Adoption - Adoption of an infant from a birth mother who wishes to relinquish her parental rights.
- International Adoption
- CPS Adoption - Adoption out of the CPS program
Being in the foster to adopt category makes us unique in the fact that we pretty much have to cover everything for fostering AND adoption (obviously). I have a black box that keeps all of our imporant documents. So most of this should be pretty painless in collecting. Here's what we need:
- Formal Application - Done!
- Picture of Family
- Birth Certificates
- Social Security cards
- Driver's license and auto insurance
- Marriage License
- Photos of front and back of home
- Floor plan with rooms/dimensions/uses
- Pet Vaccinations
- Proof of income (tax returns for previous 3 years for adoption)
- Diplomas
- TB test for all family members
- Proof of health insurance on husband and wife
- Proof of life insurance on husband and wife (minimum of $50,000 each)
- Proof of Will
- Physician's Report
I'll be honest in saying that we don't have life insurance or a will yet, but will be done soon. These were things that Dave Ramsey teaches too, but we were just waiting until we were officially debt free (less than 3 weeks to go!!).
And these are just documents that must be collected before the home study...there are more items we will have to have down the road. Buckner said that they schedule home studies in the order of who submits their documentation first. So, depending on when we and everyone else get everything in will determine the order/time of when we start our home study. She said again that this process takes 4-6 months. We're not in too big of a rush though. I know so many people have asked, when are we going to have a baby?! Well, not for awhile and it may not be a baby either. I'm liking the element of surprise right now...not knowing when we'll get the call and what the child will be or look like. It's exciting!
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So excited! I must have missed your classes. I am speaking to one on Saturday. Sorry I missed you. I had hoped to meet you! I know last Saturday was scary, BUT that is a RARE case!!! It is told so you can be prepared, BUT....most cases are NOT going to be like that. We have had 5 in one year and nothing like those...in fact NONE of ours have been proven drug babies which is even more shocking. Most are. We suspect one was exposed to it from it being on dad's clothing and our littlest one now has all indicators that she was a drug baby at birth, but that was never proven. Rest in knowing that no matter what God will carry you the entire way. It is wrong to quote that God won't give you more than you can handle because that is a misquote by SO many people, BUT if he does allow you to have more than you can handle it is so you will fall before him in utter dependance and that is just where we all truly want to be! Let me know whatever you need. I can usually come up with most everything. My email is kcurfman@sbcglobal.net I'll give you my phone number there! Call day or night! Kara
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