Three More Calls

We've had three more calls- 2 for a sibling group of three where all of the kids were school aged and 1 for a baby that needs a stay at home parent due to injuries and possible medical issues. So, still no placement yet.

Six calls already in less than a month. Fifteen total kids. And this is just in my county/immediate area, and is probably not even all of the kids that have come into custody in that time. It really shows the need for more foster families, especially ones where people have the space and experience to parent elementary school aged sibling groups.

Two More Calls

We've gotten two more calls already, but we aren't qualified for either of them. The first was a sibling group of three elementary school age children removed by CPS in the middle of the night. This would have been a temporary placement until they could go with relatives, but we don't have three beds. We both would have loved to help on this one. I felt so sad when we had to say no. I can imagine how scared they were to come into foster care in the middle of the night. :(

The other call was for a teenage girl. We're not comfortable with parenting any teenager right now, even on a temporary basis. So, that was an easy "sorry, but no".

Our first call

We had our first call this week... for a sibling group of 4, all under 10 years old. Nope, not equipped for that. :) Still waiting, waiting.