How does the foster care system work?
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How does the foster care system work?
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We've all seen things like 'Annie' where the kid from the orphanage gets adopted by the billionare 'Warbucks', but that was in 1933. What's it like for those millions of kids in the foster care system? How does it work nowadays? I've just been wondering for a while.
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i am 17 and i have been in foster care since i was 9. i will tell you that it is the worst thing to do to any child next to abusing them in foster care u r not genually loved you r parted out like an outcast. the bio child if any is always with no exeption above you and it is all a bunch of ******* BULL **** AND I ******* HATE IT! |
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If a child gets taken from their home, they go to foster care. The main goal is to get that child back to their original parents. If the parents aren't fit to take the child back, then the state terminates their parental rights and the child is available for adoption. The child stays in foster care and could be passed on to many different foster families while waiting to be adopted. Most don't get adopted and are left to live life on their own when they turn 18. |
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Foster parents sign up through DSS and are given a bunch of paperwork and are generally given background/fingerprint checks. They are often required to attend parenting courses provided by DSS or CPS. Then, they wait for a child in need to be placed with them based on their preferences/needs. Foster care is a temporary home until a better arrangement can be found or the child can be placed back into their parents' home. The child can stay with the foster family for 24 hours or 2 years, depending on the situation. Often, the parents are required to get help, therapy, attend counseling, drug treatment, etc...before the child can be returned. If they are making a good faith effort, then the child remains in the foster home until the parents have completed their necessary path of imporvement. The parents have the right to regular scheduled visits with their child at a DSS location usually. If a parent does nothing to progress out of their situation, then the child...after a period of time, has a status change to foster to adopt....DSS will look for family members or other caregivers to find a placement...or to the foster parent if interested...or an outside party wishing to adopt. Once a placement is found, there is a trial period of usually 1 year, and then the placement is turned into a full adoption and termination of parental rights for the first parents. |
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