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I'll try to make this as clear as possible, buts its only cause I really don't know what to ask lol. A child who has been friends with and interacted with our family has recently returned to foster care. The child had a TPR last year and was placed in a kinship adoption. In the past few days (it hasn't even been a year yet), we've found out she moved back into her foster home this week (and it was a pretty immediate move). I guess my question is what happens now? Parents rights are gone, the kinship placement was terminated, and the child has been assigned an adoption worker.
Now it just so happens (actually I don't believe that things just happen, I truly believe there is a purpose in everything)My spouse and I have an adoption home study that was approved just in February 2010 (we had always planned to adopt from FC anyway - so we had started the process in Summer '09). We would like to submit our homestudy for consideration, but I guess I'm not sure who to contactŅ
Should we contact our adoption worker first? Or contact the child's adoption worker/agency? I know the child's name and have pictures, but I don't have a case numberso I guess I'm just trying to figure what's the right step to take???? The child is not photolisted as of yet, but I guess the concern is, making sure we are in the consideration process because we have history (non-biological though)Ņ?
As if the match process wasn't nerve wrecking enough!
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I would contact your adoption worker and give her the child and child's worker's info and ask her to submit your family assessment to that worker. My understanding (at least of how it works here) is that they would still want to see if your family is a fit for what the child needs.
Most children don't make it to the photolisting, but are matched before that point. I think they would rather place a child with someone they know than a stranger. You will want to make sure you understand the child's issues and why their placement was disrupted, etc.
Good luck!!! I hope this works out for you.
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