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Calen Gaidin! Thank you for what you do! My daughter is finishing her degree and wishes to work as an investigator in the state of Texas. The investigator is the person who does the initial intake and recommends if the child should be placed into foster care. Ninya Sedai, that is awesome...

Latest update! Covid 19 has caused a huge disruption in the fostering community. Some homes are locking down and refusing to take in children and others are no longer accepting transfers (when a child is placed in a foster home that is not trained to the level of need for the child and they...

Well, it does take two. Have you thought about taking the classes together (as that is required before even licensing can begin) and then discuss if it is for you? Maybe your county has an intro class? Sometimes it is the unknown that is scary.

We are now fostering in Texas. Each state is different. In Texas, the foster parents have a worker and the foster kiddos have a worker. We have two fosters now in placement. People often ask us "are you going to adopt?" and again our position has always been, as long as the foster kids do...

CASA is amazing. In some states, it is actually a paid position. In South Carolina, they had both volunteers (who did not have to have a degree) and paid employees who represented the children in court and did home visits (paid positions). We have just finished all requirements to become...

So many know that we have fostered for years. We have fostered in the states of Georgia, Kansas and South Carolina. We have successfully adopted two of our foster children who were not able to reunite with family. After the movie about foster adopting, I thought I would post some pointers and...