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We are no longer foster parents because our family is complete :). We fostered for 10 years and most of the children were very temporary just till they could contact family, this is due to the process DCS has to go through when children are removed from their home. 11 were long term placements...

Wow...pinusresinosa my heart bleeds for you. To have so much hatred to be discouraging potential great homes for children, you must not be healed from all the pain and suffering the system put you through. I completely understand as I have children who I do not believe will ever fully heal...

They try everything for you to take the older children. They will not screen you out if you pass the home study and they will give you time to fix anything they deem usafe or things you may have to do, for example smoke alarms. You will wait for an infant but many people will not take the drug...

You are very welcome and I am very happy you are helping children in need and opening your home up and hopefully adopting. :D

I have 7 wonderfully amazing adopted children and was a foster parent to all of them. When I went through the classes I was 21. I had just bought a new home. My first foster child was reunited with her Mom and I was very happy for them both. Her Mom was a great person that made a mistake and...

They will use and abuse you if you let them. I always requested a copy of the kids birth certificate and social security card and made all the appointments that were required and any that I thought was important and informed the case manager after. This did two things, first the appointment...

We had no children of our own. Our long term placements all called us what they wanted, as long as it was respectful. We adopted our first 2 children at age 2 and 7 but the oldest had been in our home since she was 5 and the younger one since he was 7 months old. We continued to foster but we...

Here in TN if you email someone they will never get back to you. We had to call DCS directly and ask when the PATH classes were. If you would like to speed up the process you should call them. Ask about when the classes are to become foster parents. We did not feel it was hard to get...

We fostered for 9 years and adopted 7 children. It is a long story why we adopted so many we had only planned on having 2 or 3 kids. In the state of TN you have to take Path classes, pass a background check, and have a home study. It took us about 4 months to become certified. You also have...