So you want to adopt an infant through foster care. That's a touchy subject and here's why. The foster system is filled with children of all ages. The hardest kids for the Department of Children Services to foster is the older kids. And conversely, the easiest kids to find foster homes for are the infants and younger children. That's the problem that we have to overcome. Is it doable? Yes it is. Here's how.
The first thing to realize is that the kids that are going to be available for adoption are the older kids. So if you want to adopt an infant, then you need to get in the foster to adopt program. So you have to attend the orientation, then the training classes (for us it was 7 weeks), then you wait to go active. After you go active, remember that you are in charge of who you take into your home. You may need to check in periodically to ensure that you are on their roadmap. Keep in mind that this is foster care. You may be presented the baby that supposedly is not available for adoption and then they end up being available. You may also be presented a baby that has a good potential of being adopted and perhaps the birth mother works out her plan and is reunited with her baby. You have to keep that in the back of your mind throughout the process. There are no guarantees here.
One thing you may want to keep in mind is sibling groups. Think about how many kids you are willing to take in because if you are open to these types of situations, then you can possibly speed up the placement of that infant with an older sibling in your home. All of a sudden you are in a smaller subset of people that the Department of Children Services can use to place kids in a home. That is huge.
I cover this and more in my ebook. The link is: http://www.amazon.com/grow-your-family-through-adoption/dp/147753797X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1341580621&sr=8-1&keywords=adoption+joe+mclain
God Bless,
Joe
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