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If you are reading my blog for the first time then you will have to go back to the Jan. 8th blog to see the series on foster parenting that I started. Well, we got the time and date from Sharron of when the meetings were to start. We weren't sure what to expect since we had never foster parented before and neither had either of our parents. The only thing either one of us knew about foster parenting was when I was growing up a neighbor of ours had a foster son, that was it. God had told us that he wanted us to do therapuetic foster parenting. He had also let us know that we were to foster parent older boys, not babies or toddlers. The first things we had to do to get started was fill out tons of paper work but the agency was there to walk us through all that and explain anything we had a question on. I am going to list some of the things we had to do but if this is something you feel like God is putting on your heart to do then do not let this scare you off, it really is not that bad. Here is a list of some of the things: 1. OSBI (Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation) background check. I had just started a new job and had already went through this check about a month before and let me tell you the agency questioned me up and down about why I had had a background check done so recently. They even called my employer to verify what I had said. They were satisfied when they called the employer and found out that it was a government agency that I had just recently went to work part time for. 2. Income verification. They mostly wanted to know that we were not doing this just because of the money that was involved. We had to show them our last thirty days pay check stubs. We had to show this at the beginning of the training course and then again at the end of the twelve weeks when the training was over because, as they said, a lot can happen in twelve weeks. 3. We had a list of question that we had to ask our families. Questions like were you ever involved with DHS (Department of Human Services) for any reason? I can't remember any more of the questions right now because the answer to this question from my family was surprising, but that will be another post. 4. We had to fill out paperwork to have a homestudy done. I will post more details about that in another post also. 5. We had to have a tb (tuberculosis) test done on every person in the family. (myself, Handsome and our very young son). 6. All the animals had to be up to date on their shots. It is now a requirement, at least here in the state of Oklahoma, that you get fingerprinted when you are going to be doing anything like this. At that time it was not required so we did not have to have our fingerprints taken although we would have if needed. I guess that is all for now as this is getting pretty long and I try to keep it fairly short so you do not get tired or reading before you get to the end. Next post: The Unexpected DHS story from my Mom. Until next time: Have a Blessed Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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