We are excited to share with you all a new journey we will be experiencing in our lives! We have been selected by LSS (Lutheran Social Services) for a adoption study!
Here is a brief explanation of what we will be experiencing:
We are in the process of completing an application, background checks, references and more.
Once the application paper work is submitted we will be going thru a 5 session education process; some of the things we will learn is how to create a resume and profile that will be used to "market" us to birth families, we will learn more about open adoption and hear stories and experiences from birth families that have experienced adoption first hand, we will also go thru a process of having our home foster care approved; the foster care approval is required by the state and is only good until our adoption is finalized.
After we have completed the education classes we will start the home study process. Once we receive foster care approval our resume will be available for birth families to view, if they like our story they will be able to request our portfolio; which is a collection of pictures that will portray our life. If the still like what they see they will request a match meeting; we will receive information about the birth mother and family and set up a time to meet face to face. Both parties will decide if each other is the family they want to proceed with. This part of the adoption process could take 2 months to 2 years.
When the baby is born the birth family will need to terminate their parental rights before we can bring the baby home. In the interim of the baby being born and coming to live with us the baby will either go home with the birth family or into bridge care. It can take 2 -6 weeks for the birth family to terminate their parental rights, once they legally terminate their rights we can bring the baby home and start our lives as a family. LSS will "follow" us for 6 months; we will have 3 - 4 home visits and "sharing sheets" to complete. we will then go to court and have our adoption finalized!
My goal is to use this blog to keep you all up to date on our experience.
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