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At our orientation we were told it would take 6- 12 months to complete Pride Training, background checks, Licencing and the Home study. Now were learning that we don't get added to the home study wait list until pride classes are done and your licensed. Waiting to get a home study worker assigned is taking 6-12 months in San Diego county. Then there are taking up to a year to even have a child placed in your home. Is that accurate? Wait 2 years just to get your first placement seems a little crazy. How long did it take you from Pride classes to your first placement?
They did mention there are trying to change it so that you can take placements after your are licensed instead o f waiting until Homestudy is done too. Anyone else hear this?
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anusha15
Have any of you taken the "Options for Recovery" class for drug addicted newborns and HIV positive newborns? We are wait listed for the September class but will be in the November class for sure.
Also are any of you going to do regular foster care while you wait to be matched for adoption?
We didn't sign up for this class. I don't think they use it as a criteria to place infants faster with waiting parents. We were told that it's specialized training to prepare fragile infants to be placed in homes, but that these foster parents aren't really considered "first" when/if the baby becomes available for adoption.
We might take Beyond Consequences. It's an attachment/disorder class that lasts four Saturdays!
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I wanted to update you guys in case it helps anyone else with their timeline questions.
Yesterday we had our home study approved, so now we are "officially waiting".
Here is our timeline:
6/2012 - Orientation
8/12 - 10/12 - PRIDE
11/12 - fingerprinting and paperwork
10/12 - 12/12 - Adoption classes
1/13 - start home study
1/13 - 2/13 - attachment parenting classes
3/13 - licensing class
3/13 - start licensing visits/paperwork
6/13 - licensing completed
7/13 - home study completed
7/13 - waiting for "the call"
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schataje
I wanted to update you guys in case it helps anyone else with their timeline questions.
Yesterday we had our home study approved, so now we are "officially waiting".
Here is our timeline:
6/2012 - Orientation
8/12 - 10/12 - PRIDE
11/12 - fingerprinting and paperwork
10/12 - 12/12 - Adoption classes
1/13 - start home study
1/13 - 2/13 - attachment parenting classes
3/13 - licensing class
3/13 - start licensing visits/paperwork
6/13 - licensing completed
7/13 - home study completed
7/13 - waiting for "the call"
Have you been able to Submit your homestudy for any potential matches yet? How does the process actually work to get matched for adoption only placements?
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My husband & I our adoption worker left the state leaving us with no information on what is the status I know they are overwhelmed at the office but no one can seem to give us any info on our status either.:grr:
Timeline
8/2012 - Orientation
9/2012 - PRIDE
9/2012 - fingerprinting and paperwork
1/2013 - 3/2013 - Home Inspection & Home study
3/2013 - 4/2013 - Took some recommended Classes
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anusha15
Have you been able to Submit your homestudy for any potential matches yet? How does the process actually work to get matched for adoption only placements?
I honestly don't even know what that means, to "submit your homestudy". I have found this process to be opaque and mysterious. I don't know how matching works. I asked one of the social workers and she told me it was "magic". I am not making that up, that was the actual word she used for it, that's a quote. So I have no idea how matching works. If anyone knows, please enlighten me!
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schataje
I honestly don't even know what that means, to "submit your homestudy". I have found this process to be opaque and mysterious. I don't know how matching works. I asked one of the social workers and she told me it was "magic". I am not making that up, that was the actual word she used for it, that's a quote. So I have no idea how matching works. If anyone knows, please enlighten me!
I asked the adoptions worker who taught our pride class briefly what the process was she said... Once a child is available for adoption AND the current foster family declines wanting to be the forever family the child's file is transferred over to a Child's adoption worker. That person pull 7-10 families out of the waiting pool that "match" the needs of the child. Then those families worker then consult with them on if they want to be submitted for the child. then there is an Adoption Panel that goes though the homes studies submitted and chooses the best family for that child. Then you go into the Telling, Showing, transition phase.
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I honestly don't even know what that means, to "submit your homestudy". I have found this process to be opaque and mysterious. I don't know how matching works. I asked one of the social workers and she told me it was "magic". I am not making that up, that was the actual word she used for it, that's a quote. So I have no idea how matching works. If anyone knows, please enlighten me!
Wow. Your county scares me. What Anusha said is about right for San Diego but you're in another county so their process may be different. Your timeline is even different from what you've listed.
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Hey just seeing how you are all doing.
We had a few hiccups with getting licence. First they lost both our Health evaluation paperwork so we had to re do all that. Then we had to wait for our out of state background checks to come back from our previous state. then lastly we had to get approval to foster on our military base. So I finally got the approval for that so we should have our licence issued next week. :-) I was surprised to find that we were assigned an Adoptions worker already and she sent us our financial statements and background questionnaires to us already. The letter included says as soon as we return those items we will have our initial interview already! How soon after the first meeting did you start the home study interviews? I am surprised how quickly everything is moving its only been 4 months since we went to orientation. I am hoping that means their back log has worked itself out and it will be smooth sailing the rest of the way.
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Anusha15 That is great news that everything seems to be moving along nicely now for you! We had individual our interviews scheduled for the next week after out initial meeting with the adoption worker and our last interview with her was done about 2 weeks after that. This was all done back in March though and we are still waiting on the homestudy to be ready. We were recently told that we had been assigned a new adoptions worker because our original one was no longer with the county. Maybe that is why it has taken a while for us to get through this part, I'm not sure but our new adoptions worker told us it should be about another month before it is all done. I hope things continue to be smooth sailing for you from here on out! Good luck!
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So we were expecting a couple months wait for our homestudy to start but we just got a call from our worker and we start our first interview in 2 weeks!! This is so unexpected! Its only been a little over 4 months since we went to orientation. We must have chosen the perfect time to start every thing since we have not really suffered any major wait times for anything.
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anusha15
So we were expecting a couple months wait for our homestudy to start but we just got a call from our worker and we start our first interview in 2 weeks!! This is so unexpected! Its only been a little over 4 months since we went to orientation. We must have chosen the perfect time to start every thing since we have not really suffered any major wait times for anything.
Wow. Yes, your timing was good. We did our interviews over the summer. I need to finish our profiles but we had to wait on the final home visit because we moved! I'm calling our SW this week to schedule the final visit, then we are on the list. Yippee!! :clap: it's been a long wait for us primarily due to the backlog last summer.
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I just wanted to post a little update on us. Last you hear from me I was waiting. Here is the timeline now...
Here is our timeline:
6/2012 - Orientation
8/12 - 10/12 - PRIDE
11/12 - fingerprinting and paperwork
10/12 - 12/12 - Adoption classes
1/13 - start home study
1/13 - 2/13 - attachment parenting classes
3/13 - licensing class
3/13 - start licensing visits/paperwork
6/13 - licensing completed
7/13 - home study completed
7/13 - waiting for "the call"
8/13 - got a call for respite, but we were out of town
8/13 - got a call for an emergency short-term placement baby and picked her up that very day
11/13 - we still have the baby. Short term turned into long term but her plan is to RU. We still have 2 open beds are are waiting for concurrent planning children. In the meantime, we enjoy each day with our first baby!
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So we are finally placement ready as of today when we found out our homestudy was approved. :banana:
This is our timeline for anyone else who is curious
Orientation was April- 36 weeks ago
Pride classes May-June
CPR class May
Home inspection May
Started our homestudy September
Licence was issued Novemeber
Home study approved December
Now we are offically waiting Foster parents and are hoping to adopt!
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That's great news!! Hoping you get the call for a placement soon. Good Luck.
We moved this past fall, but completed our Adoption homestudy requirements a month after moving in to our new place. We don't have an approval letter from Adoptions yet though...our SW hopefully has submitted it for approval. We've already given her our written profile.
Happy Holidays everyone!!
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:banana: :happydance: :love: :paci:
Well I wanted to update this thread since my last post...basically we had to switch social workers as our home study had not been completed as we thought. Our file was fine, but the staffing issues with the county delayed our approval. Once we switched workers, things changed!
Our HS was approved in February of this year, and over the summer we released it to neighboring counties as recommended by our new worker. It worked!!! One month after our release Riverside county called with a match. An infant girl who also has a 2-year old brother whom we may be able to adopt too.
TPR is scheduled for next month, as they are no longer offering the bio parents reunification services.
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