Foster/Adopt Placement - When it is felt that a child or children stand a good chance of being placed up for adoption, they will look for a foster family that is licensed to adopt and open to the possibility. This can also be called a legal risk placement. This does not mean this child or children will be up for adoption for certain. There are a number of children that do end up returning back home or to a relative placement. This can be very difficult for the foster family but sad to say it is part of the foster to adopt process. Hang in there and you will find the child meant for your family.

Foster Placement - In most cases the child or children will be placed with a foster family until the bio parents can work their service plan, a willing family member can be located and investigated for possible placement, or until bio parents rights are terminated. This can be a few weeks, months, or years.

Long Term Placement - In most cases is when a child or children bio parents rights have been terminated and are placed up for adoption. This placement is mostly years until adoption or the child ages out of the system.

Respite Care - This is care for a foster child for a few hours or a few days. You will need time for yourself, you spouse and your family. The agency I work with, allows me to use day cares or registered home care for my respite (it is at my expense). This has worked great for me. My agency keeps my registered home care information that I use on file and I can use them at a moments notice. If we are out of town I use local day cares and notify my agency.

“Again and again, the impossible problem is solved when we see that the problem is only a tough decision waiting to be made.”
Robert H. Schuller