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We are finishing up our homestudy -- safety inspection is next week and then we'll be done! So once your home study was submitted, how long did it take for you to get your license? I'm hoping the rest of this process will go quickly for us. We have been dragging our feet b/c of home repairs we needed to have done before the inspection but our licensing worker has been on top of everything. And she said it could take weeks/months to get the inspection scheduled b/c there is only one inspector for the entire southern part of the state (so multiple counties) but we got it scheduled within a week. I'm hoping everything else goes as quickly, but I have no idea how long to expect it to take.
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Wow, I didn't realize it took that long. Hoping we get approved (which our agency said they are hoping to approve us on Feb. 24th, since our last class finished up on the 23rd) I never really gave it a thought as to how long it would take for the license. 6 months seems long. I know our agency claims to be in despirate need of families. That's a good question I should ask. I assume it varies by state?
Our training classes took 5 months and the homestudy took 1 month. Once our homestudy was complete we had to submit a ton of misc paperwork like housing insurance, vet records for our pets, etc. The day we got all our paperwork turned in we were approved and got our first call for a placement the next day.
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Skyberry, can I ask what state you're in?? 6 months just to wait seems awfully long!We have MOST of our paperwork done, and hope to have it completed by the end of next week. Then we have to wait for the LW to submit the home study, but I think she's pretty much finished writing it already and just needs a couple of forms from us.
swd
Skyberry, can I ask what state you're in?? 6 months just to wait seems awfully long!
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The first time we were licensed in GA, I think it took about five months. This time in MI, since we were foster parents before, it is going to be a less, about three months. A lot of it is waiting on papers - like fingerprinting, background checks, records, etc. The agency itself is pretty quick. Now we are mostly waiting for our house to get finished, which really should be next week and then she'll send in the homestudy. She said that once it is in, if they find a placement, they can call and get the the homestudy approved by the state the same day. So, here's hoping for just another couple of weeks.
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Good luck :)
mythreesonsjmo
The first time we were licensed in GA, I think it took about five months. This time in MI, since we were foster parents before, it is going to be a less, about three months. A lot of it is waiting on papers - like fingerprinting, background checks, records, etc. The agency itself is pretty quick. Now we are mostly waiting for our house to get finished, which really should be next week and then she'll send in the homestudy. She said that once it is in, if they find a placement, they can call and get the the homestudy approved by the state the same day. So, here's hoping for just another couple of weeks.