What happens if they don't find placement?

Why March 26? Is that the end date that they've given her current foster family? In my experience, if a child needs to be out of a home on X date, and there is no placement for her to go, then they either try to get the place where she's at to keep her longer, or they shuffle her from respite home to respite home until they can find a placement. They sometimes take any placement they can get, including residential care. They lower their criteria. That's my experience.

We got a call about a 13 yr old once that was in a juvenile detention facility until they found a placement for her. She had done nothing wrong, they just had nowhere else to put her. So this super sweet girl who had spent years raising her younger sibs not only got seperated from her family, but she also spent almost a week in "jail" because our area didnt have enough available homes for a teen.

This is what's happened in our experiences too. Unless your dd qualifies by age and responsibility, I believe they'll not allow her to enter 'independent living status' that easily. Sincerely, Linny

I've known a number of cases involving older teens (16 and 17) who were placed into juvenile detention centers while a placement was being found for them. The younger ones often get placed into a children's receiving home until a home is found.

Im new to all of this, but my 13 yo cousin was in a juvenile detention center for over 24 hours because the group home she was at refused to take her back after she ran off after school, and the social worker essentially used it to guilt trip a family member to finally agreed to take her back to get her out of that place. The social worker said she couldnҒt find any other foster homes that would take her and basically they would leave her in the detention center until a home opened up which could be weeks - unless a family member was willing to take her. My husband and I dont want her around our kids, but the pressure was on us to take her back. Her grandma was in the hospital at the time, and as soon as she was released, went to juvie to go get her since she was panicked about what would happen to her granddaughter there. IMO, it was almost like a game of chicken. The social worker did the least amount of work necessary and used the threat of her being there to get a member of the extended familyto break and agree to take her.