Our Home Study
Paperwork Packet Has Been Sent Off!
If you’ve ever been curious as
to what it takes to gather paperwork for a home study in order to foster or
adopt a child, here’s the rundown. It has taken us a little under 2 months to
do the following (it might take others a lot less time, but we both work full
time and have a child involved in sports, so 2 months was our turnaround time):
Apply to an agency (4 pages of
basic information) & pay app fee, parent info sheet (both parents 4 pages
each), Autobiography (of every detail of Ryan, Jacob, and my life from birth
until now…26 page single spaced document…this took the most time), background checks, fingerprints, 4 non family
member references to complete statements on our behalf, Tax forms from the past
two years, a financial statement, a monthly income and expense worksheet, a
physician’s report on our health and mental state (each member of the family),
copy of birth certificates, driver’s license, marriage certificate, proof of
medical insurance, copies of medical cards, proof of automobile insurance,
guardianship form (who will care for our child if something happened to us),
release of info form, proof of pet vaccination for any pet in the household,
completion of 10 hours of adoption classes/training, agency fee worksheet,
client right form, and home study payment.
It feels so good to have this
packet sent off. Now we wait to receive the dates when the social worker comes
to our home to start our home study.
Puzzle Update!!!
After week 3, our
total is $6, 810!!!
Our goal is $10,000. We are almost there!
A few new families became a
piece(s) of our puzzle this week! Enjoy finding your name and thank you so much
for helping us bring our baby home.
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