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Hello! I am jumping boards here...I live in Washington, but my family is pursuing ICPC from MO for our cousin's child. I was just told that they are headed shortly to an adoption staffing where they will consider us and 2 other families. We do not have such a process in WA, so for anyone who has been there and done that, could you please shed a little light as to what all is involved and what might be needed from us? Thanks so much in advance!
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As a fos/adopt parent the staffing consisted of several questions. I remember one was what would we do if our DD got pregnant as a teen. Our CW had also given us a list of possible type questions, so we would know what was expected. We also had to submit a lifebook of our family - pictures of our home, church, extended family, recreation, etc. And of course, our home study was submitted.
I agree with what Mamamac said -- as well, in our sons staffing their adoption worker, their social worker, a lawyer, a child psych and the foster parents were present. All the submitted homestudies were evaluated and discussed and the foster parents were heavily relied upon to give their opinion of the personality and needs of the kids. Honestly, at least in our case, I really think the foster parents were given a total veto over the process (which is good, because they liked us :) ) We are Canadian and adopting the boys international -- we were being compared to three American families, one of which was actually also AA like our sons were, and still we were unanimously chosen for our sons by all professionals present for a variety of reasons. Mostly they were evaluating our capacity to care for the boys, the boys' needs for a stay at home mother and an involved father, and the supports and resources we have in our community for any special needs the kids would have.
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I agree with what Mamamac said -- as well, in our sons staffing their adoption worker, their social worker, a lawyer, a child psych and the foster parents were present. All the submitted homestudies were evaluated and discussed and the foster parents were heavily relied upon to give their opinion of the personality and needs of the kids. Honestly, at least in our case, I really think the foster parents were given a total veto over the process (which is good, because they liked us :) )
We are Canadian and adopting the boys international -- we were being compared to three American families, one of which was actually also AA like our sons were, and still we were unanimously chosen for our sons by all professionals present for a variety of reasons. Mostly they were evaluating our capacity to care for the boys, the boys' needs for a stay at home mother and an involved father, and the supports and resources we have in our community for any special needs the kids would have.
We did not participate at all as we were on holidays when the staffing occured. Our family profile, and home study, spoke for us. We had done an extensive home study (as Canadians that was required of us) that was much more thorough than any of the American families that were applying for the kids, plus we had a letter and some family pictures. We were notified by phone shortly after the staffing was completed.
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