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We are almost done the licensing process. I was told that it takes about 6 weeks for license approval once they send in the homestudy, which wont be for a couple of weeks. LW said likely licensed in December which seems so far away! I have already forund there is misinformation given to me even within the agency so I figured I would check with some experienced fosters. They said placement is nearly immediate. When did you get your first placement? How was your experience with the process and the information given about the kids? Any BTDT experience would be appreciated! :thanks:
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Hi and Congrats on almost being licensed! All of our information was submitted to the OLCR mid July and we just got our license last week. We went on the call list at the beginning of the week and got a call that day. We have two little girls now! We have gotten calls since then too. I know if you are looking to foster up to 4 there is a great need. It is so sad to have siblings have to be split apart. It was so frustrating waiting for them to process our license..I just wanted to start! Where are you at in AZ? you can PM me..maybe we are close and can meet up when you get placements. Good luck..also, so far we have had positive communication from all the caseworkers keeping us informed about things.
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We are in Surprise. I have heard so many negative things on here about interactions with caseworkers its good to hear som epositive. How old are your girls? Our LW seems to really want to stick with the only licensing us for 1-2 but I was hoping for at least 3. She claims that once our beds are full we won't get calls, guess thats not true ;). We have room for up to 4 children, bought new beds and everything. So I am wondering what happens if I fill the 2 beds they allow me to and then get a call for another, just say no. That just seems so unfair to the kids. I agree separating siblings is so sad and thats why we want to take larger sibling groups. We are too young to take older kids right now so we figured its the best way we can help. I guess the long licensing process is good as it gives lots of time to get all my questions answered :D .