Tell me about the 3 child maximum when one child has special needs

Due to this rule we did not go through the county but with an FFA. So I have 3 bio (1 special needs) and just finalized with our little one with special needs so 4 kiddos in home now. It all depends on the county you are dealing with. There are so many SN kiddos and not enough homes that can meet their needs that they are starting to give waivers. You just have to show them that you are capable of handling the situation. Some can and some can't. I did ask this question of LA county and they said yes that they would place with us if we want to try again. (they have a facebook page and you can post questions and they answer back pretty quickly)

I would ask specific questions....my daughter is determined to be special needs because of her race only....most of Riv. county kids are deemed as special needs, so I would ask very direct questions. If not every child will be SN

I think they might mean medically fragile special needs? I know both our girls are considered special needs because they are developmentally delayed but we were never informed of a limit because of it!

I have a 13yo daugther with Asperger's and an 11yo son with epilepsy and autism. So with that limit would I be allowed to foster just one more child, or do you think that they'd consider me over the limit already with two disabled bio children? I homeschool and work from home, plus I have a Master's in Education and plenty of experience with my own kids, so I was thinking of fostering a younger child with autism, epilepsy, food allergies, or other delays or issues. I wouldn't have a clue what to do with a normal kid! No OT, PT, ST, VT, ABA, special diet, CBT, etc, etc. What would we do with our time?!?! ;) I truly think that a special needs child would fit in a lot better here, and we're already involved in a bunch of activities for special kids in the community so it'd be very easy to bring another kid or two along. It seems sad if arbitrary limits prevent us from helping out a couple kiddos.

I wonder if that is a law that varies from county to county. I have fostered and adopted in CA and have never heard of that. We have four children, one has mild special needs and we want to adopt another with SN, my case worker said nothing about a three child limit.

I think it all depends on the particular circumstance. I brought my special needs son home before I had done everything required to be a foster parent... had NOT taken classes yet. He was living in a hospital due to no medical foster homes available. Later, we got his three siblings who were in foster care... I already had 3 kids at home. That was busting another limit, but was allowed because they were siblings. So if it's in the best interest of the kids.. meaning there's nothing else available.. it might be allowed.