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My husband and I are just starting the foster - adopt process....we have gone to the info meeting and are now picking our agency. Well not one of our first choices have worked out. We tried Hope Cottage but we can not foster our age range due to hubbies age. He is 49 and they say for those 50 to 55, you have to foster over 5 years old. He will be 50 in Sept so that leaves them out. Then we went on to Home Bound Child Placement, they never answered any of my emails and when I finally got them on the phone, I was told they are no longer doing foster care. (this was weird, like I was calling someone's personal phone number...just "hello" when answered ~shrug~.
Now we are looking into Pathways, I emailed and got an answer RIGHT AWAY. That says alot to me.
We also emailed Refuge House.
If anyone can PM me recomendations or advice on these two...and others...we would really be thankful. it is hard not knowing where to go.... We are just ready to get this started.
Thank you,
Tiff
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CaddoRose
There are so many agencies in the Dallas area. I sent you a PM with my agency(I'm out east of Dallas) and they have offices all over Texas.
girliegirldfw
My husband and I are just starting the foster - adopt process....we have gone to the info meeting and are now picking our agency. Well not one of our first choices have worked out. We tried Hope Cottage but we can not foster our age range due to hubbies age. He is 49 and they say for those 50 to 55, you have to foster over 5 years old. He will be 50 in Sept so that leaves them out. Then we went on to Home Bound Child Placement, they never answered any of my emails and when I finally got them on the phone, I was told they are no longer doing foster care. (this was weird, like I was calling someone's personal phone number...just "hello" when answered ~shrug~.
Now we are looking into Pathways, I emailed and got an answer RIGHT AWAY. That says alot to me.
We also emailed Refuge House.
If anyone can PM me recomendations or advice on these two...and others...we would really be thankful. it is hard not knowing where to go.... We are just ready to get this started.
Thank you,
Tiff
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Just got an email from Pathways that they are not doing legal risk for 0-3 child in our age range...it was not a problem when we first inquired with them. I am so upset over this. Again, my husand is 49 and I am 40. Are we too old? I know in my hear this is the path God wants for us....but do not know where to turn. So many are faith based, so will not work with us...and we have gotten this round about answer from 3 other agencies about our age.
I am going to try Texas Mentor next. I do not want to give up but my hear is breaking at the answers I am getting.
Tiff
girliegirldfw
I have looked into Convenant Kids and a few others...but they need a statement of faith. Can you tell me what they mean by that? Did you have to have a statement from your church?
Thanks,
TIff
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There is a couple in my subdivision who are 59 and 56 who recently adopted their very young son. They also have another under school-age they adopted awhile back. I emailed you off the other thread before I saw this one. Seems I'm a little late to make my recommendation :)I did answer the issue of children's ages and levels of care in my PM though :)
We too are going through the process, but please note that they are referring to a Texas state law that says that there can be no more than 45 years between you and the child (we are in our late forties as well). So it doesn't matter what agency you go through, if they are legitimate, you will get the same answer from any of them. The only way that you will get one younger is they will sometimes make exceptions for sibling groups to keep the kids together. Good luck and be sure to check around, some agencies you don't have any out of pocket expenses (legal fees, etc) whereas others you can spend thousands.
jenn2010
Texas state law that says that there can be no more than 45 years between you and the child
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I don't know where that 45 years come from. I adopted my daughter and I am over 45, she is a toddler. I want to adopt another one, preferable older, but they keep offering me infants.
This is from the TARE website - FAQ page - [url=http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/adoption_and_foster_care/about_tare/faq]Frequently Asked Questions About Adoption (TARE)[/url]
Q. When do you get too old to adopt?
A. There is no maximum age limit on adoptive parents. There is a minimum age requirement of 21, but many older parents make wonderful adoptive parents for older children
Of course I would suspect that an agency could set there own limits.
I use a private faith based agency. When they say a Statement of Faith they just want to know what you believe and that your beliefs closely line up with the agencies.