Monday, January 23, 2012
Can a military family living on post be foster parents?
We are talking about becoming foster parents, but not sure if we would qualify. We are stationed in Alaska and we have 3 kids of our own. My husband's rank is E6. We live in military housing.Can a military family living on post be foster parents?yes you definetly can. and actually its great if you do, you would probably get military children. We need more on bases so that the children can stay in their normal schools. I am a foster parent here in KY on our base. We are unique in that we are the only base that has a separate foster care from the state. We are able to keep the children on base. There isn't as much schooling, but we still do the background check, and homestudy. But I will be getting state certified soon. We get paid the same as the state. But we only get military children on base. But in your case you would be state certified and could take any child in your area. I'm sure you would get military children first. The difference is I can not adopt the child and it is only temporary. When it its a certain time they go to the state. We do everything to avoid that of course. That is why we get state certified as well so that they don't go anywhere. I in fact just did respite care for 4 days. ( I was a stand in foster family, the other family had to go somewhere, the foster child had court and therapy, she could not go with her foster family) I highly suggest looking into it. We need more loving people on military bases.Can a military family living on post be foster parents?Yes...Being in the military has nothing to do with it. (I'm in the military and know a family that fosters)Can a military family living on post be foster parents?YOU WANT MORE!!!!!!!!
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