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Hi! My husband and I adopted our daughter through a private agency in OK 10 months ago. We have been so blessed by adoption and are eager to add more children to our family. We are interested in the foster to adopt program, but because we adopted previously through a private agency we are clueless to how this process works. We are homestudy approved and I am a stay at home mom. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Annie
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The adoptions go through Jackson County DFS, but this group is tied in heavily with them and they are a big advocate for parents.
Their monthly support meetings go to training and they really get good speakers and anytime I've needed them, they've been there with valuable information and answers. Anyone adopting in this aea needs to be tied in with this group. The parents also get to know each other and can offer support and assistance. It just helps so much to be connected to other parents who understand what it's like throught he whole process.
I adopted some Mo kids through Jackson County but was tied in with another agency.
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Probably the biggest difference you will find is that what you learn in class will be discussed with your licensing worker (the person who does your homestudy). I am a foster/adopt parent in jackson county and have been for two years. We are hoping to complete our first adoption in March.
One thing I would recommend is start building your support group. When you go to class get to know the other people. We still talk to several people from our class two years later. We share a lot of information with each other such as what the Commissioner are like, what the staff is like at this office or that office, what is going on with each others case. It really does help.
Good luck.