IS ADOPTING THROUGH FOSTER CARE REALLY FREE? + VLOG
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
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My name is Kimberly, I am a Single Mom with 2 children (through Adoption from Foster Care)
I created this channel to Inspire Adults to Foster and/or Adopt.
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“I’m ramblin, but you love it” *immediately presses the like button*
Trace Vaughn 💯🤣
Same, I was like you know what, you're right! haha
I adopted two siblings, boy and girl, through an agency and it was completely free. All court charges including attorney fees were covered. We have been fostering for 3 years now and have only paid for CPR classes, background checks for out of country family members whenever they visit. Fostering is rewarding, but a lot of work. It is a daily struggle but the smiles on their faces, makes it worthwhile.
Recently, I've been pulling my life together and going to college in my late 20's to get a solid life. After working with mistreated foster kids in a public school setting, I knew I could do better. It's my goal to become a foster mom. I haven't searched up on anything foster related since I am still a couple years away from my goal but somehow this channel and your videos were recommended to me. If this ain't the universe's way of nudging me and telling me to keep it up.
YES! When you are ready.....Go for it! 😊💜
Finding my channel is your sign!
♥️we need more people like you!
I happen to read your comment and just wanted to say how awesome I think you are for making such a decision and working towards a great goal like that. Good luck to you! people such as yourself are really needed in society.
alichi yo same I want to help as many kids
Teachers are mandated reporters. That means you are obligated to report ANY abuse that you observe or the child tells you about to your county or state CPS. I am not sure what the laws in Connecticut are. In Ohio, that is the law for a mandated reporter if they observe abuse or if a child tells you about abuse, a teacher is obligater to teport said abuse.
I was adopted at 8 months old and I will forever be grateful to my parents. I just wanted to send a special thank you to people like you who have enough room in your hearts to love a child that is not “flesh of your flesh or bone of your bone.” 💜💜💜
My husband and I are looking into adopting from CPS we can Love anybody child we ARE ALL GODS children. God Bless You!!!
My husband and I just finished our last class in becoming foster parents. We finished all the class and only have the home study interview portion and one more walk through. We are going through a private agency. The things that we had to pay for so far is.
1.) FBI fingerprint background
2. ) CPR & First Aide
3.) Fire ex
4.) Health Ex
5.) and we had to buy a first Aide kit
Do you have to do all that If you want to adopt and already have biological children? Especially if you never been in trouble for anything with your own children? Im just wondering
@@phantomvampyressshadowkiss4690 Yes. I've never adopted, but I do know that if you want to do anything child related, you need the background checks. They can't just take your word that you're a good person, you have to prove it.
@@MaryTheresa1986 well cps/cys is a joke so i don't feel they have any baring on what's good and bad . They leave alot if kids in abusive homes. Honestly i think if you have to go through all that which i understand everyone should get evaluated by a psychologist to make sure your alright cps/cys shouldn't get anything to do with it
@@phantomvampyressshadowkiss4690 Whether you adopt privately or through foster care, you have to have a home study done. The licensing classes or foster care in my county is 40 hours and half of it are online. A lot of the process is paperwork...references, financial documents, medical. I don't think psychological eval is standard. Agree there is CPR/First Aide and fire inspection from fire dept. (think there was a fee for this). The social workers inspect for basic safety, space..ie how many rooms/beds do you have. Some states, you have to pay for the actual court costs for adoption. Like Kim, I paid nothing. I even got one copy of the adoption decree free. I paid for a new birth certificate. $12. That's it. When we adopted our cat, I paid $150. My son said, "You paid more to adopt the cat than me." Crazy world. To renew my foster license this year, I had to provide a copy of my driver's record. Another $12.
yes, an FBI background check is required even before your invited to start the classes.
My mom adopted me and my 2 sisters 23 years ago and she was a single mother at the time.
Every episode we watch, we admire you guys all the more.
I'm so glad I came across this channel. I swear representation is so important because without the fact that you're also a black woman who wants to be a mom but doesn't want biological kids like me and spreads positivity about adopting kids of all races, I never would have fully considered this as an option I'm so passionate about. It's not happening anytime soon, as I'm mid-20s and still working out my _own_ issues, but when the time comes around, I'll be so glad I found out about the system through you!
Thank you soooooooo much for this info. Adopting has been on my heart since high school and when I found out it’ll be almost impossible to have a child of my own, the want grew bigger. I’m single and felt like I should be married and in my own home before going forward. But then I began to pray about it and my heart strings pulled even more. I’m doing this and watching you helps my confidence. I will be fostering to adopt. Thank you again for sharing!!! Your family is beautiful 🤗🤗🤗
My parents adopted me out of foster care at 2 months old. They went through an agency in our county. They said they only had to pay the court filing fees and the home study. They didn't have to pay for anything else. I'm in Michigan and I was adopted in 1989, so I'm not sure if anything has changed since then.
My stepdad was in my life since I was 3, 20 years later, he’s still there, and he has always thought of me, my sister and brother as his kids, we are his pride and joy because he loves us as his own kids, I can’t imagine being 13 meeting him, that’s so ridiculous
I absolutely love your personality! A girl after my own heart! I can listen to you all day, like a best friend! 😁😂🤗😊
God bless you, your little ones and your big heart.
We are adopting our foster loves and are licensed through a non profit and we do not pay anything.
I love that. Children should not be a money maker
Hi, can you please share the non-profit's name or website? Thank you
Mom: *"When we walk in the store, no touching."*
Kids: start picking stuff up and putting it in the cart.
😂😂🤣🤣😅
They're so cute!
Tess W 🤣
I'm an older lady, 67 next month, and I so enjoy watching your precious family! 😀. And Kim, your beautiful smile brightens my day!
I fostered my brothers back a few years ago. It was definitely an interesting situation because i was also a new mom and wife at the time. It taught me a lot about the process and i knew then that i wanted to foster again when i felt my daughter would be old enough to understand. She's 10 next year and we're all excited to start the process. 💜
YES!! I need a Boom Social Worker sweatshirt.
Saaammmeee. I love that little motto
We decided to start this adoption journey this morning. We already have a caseworker assigned to help us get through classes and home study. All free! Thank you for your videos!
YAY! CONGRATS!!🎈🎊🎉
I am a foster parent through an agency in NY the only thing I paid for was my criminal report from the county. I have not adopted so I'm not sure about that
Alexis Colon Are you in NYC or the state of New York?
@@KeiraKMusic upstate NY
Alexis Colon oh cool! I live in Buffalo, NY and I’ve been thinking about starting my info journey on fostering. Do you have any social media plugs that way we can talk about this? Thanks!
God willing you’ll meet the right person in the right time. I just love your family.
We're about to adopt a child thru foster care. Adopting ONLY. We're not concerned about us getting paid we're just waiting to get the child.
Awww, CONGRATS!!!!
My husband and I are just starting our adoption through foster care journey and I'm SO happy I found this video. You are so incredibly relatable and genuine.
You are so welcome!
First comment ! I just love your channel and your genuine love for “other folks “ children! My adopted parents had that same gifting in loving ALL children.
I was in a group home /foster care .
I SEE your heart ! Keep doing what you do - loving those babies!
Thank you so much.
I agree wholeheartedly. Race, skin colour, religion are all man-made boundaries. How can one segregate innocent kids that way. You see a helpless child in need of care, how can you not help?
"You think too far and that's why your life is kinda crazy like that."
Sis, preach! 🙌🏾
Omg. These hypersensitive people got me *stressed* *out.* 😩
Thank you so, so much for making these videos! My husband and I have gone through several pregnancy losses. I won't ever be able to have a biological child. It had put me in into a rough place to accept that I won't ever get the chance to be a mom and love and raise a child. Adoption is something we would love to do but I never thought possible. I never thought we would qualify as my husband works two part time jobs and I teach but do not pull in very much. We know we can afford a child if we put our minds to it but not the expenses to adopt one (I want to stress we would never be selfish enough to adopt a child if we could not afford one just to fulfill our own needs of being a parent. But the adoption costs seem astronomical). Your videos have given us hope that there is a way to do so. I don't know how your video ended up on my front page, but I believe it was for a reason. To see how you became a mom and to watch how much you love your children and they love you and how happy they are fills my heart with hope and joy. Thank you, thank you--thank you for being a wonderful mom, person, and an inspiration!❤️
I adopted my first son, and foster to adopt my 2nd as a single mom 21 years ago!
Goodness, my heart just melted more than it should have.
I’m only a teen girl, but ever since my mom bought KFC chicken for two teen boys on my 10th birthday (I’m pretty sure they were runways.) I knew I wanted to adopt, and to this day I still do. Every time I hear news about children being taken away by their family or lose their family, I cry and feel their pain as an empath. I know it’s not good to feel the same pain, but I find that as a blessing and a ‘curse’ at times.
I really want to becoming a psychiatrist or a social worker, but for sure I want to work with children and families, that’s what I believe I should do. I’m working really hard on my studies in order to provide for myself in the future and for the future children I would love to adopt.
Anyhoo, enough about me! I’m so happy and grateful to bump into your channel! You gave me new and more important info about the adoption world! I just want to say thank you and keep being a wonderful mother! ❤️❤️❤️
My husband and I have been fostering for almost 3 years. We live in Ohio and are through an agency. The agency we chose is non profit. We didn't have to pay for ANYTHING not even our homestudy. Our agency is amazing and we love them! We are getting ready to adopt our little 6 year old boy (who's been with us for a little over a year) hopefully in December. We don't have to pay anything for the adoption. Just waiting to get our court date!
When I started my classes to become a foster to adopt parent, the beginning was really tough. Not only did they pull at our heart strings a lot - for example, they made us lay out in colourful marbles all the people that were close to us when we were children and then how close they were now we were adults, with lots of tears flowing especially for the ones who passed away - but they also prepared us for everything that might happen. Reunification with the birth family, reactive attachment disorder, fetal alcohol syndrome. After 3 weeks of classes, only 2 or 3 people/couples had stopped coming. In week 4 the instructor told us we also had a right to a stipend per foster child and most people seemed really surprised by it. One couple actually got offended: "We have 2 houses and 3 cars, we don't need this!" So much for foster parents only being in it for the money...
Oh, and if I calculated correctly, my "job" as a foster parent pays about 60 cents per hour, no weekends or holidays of course. I made more washing bicycles at age 6 :-P
I know this was 4 years ago 😂 but I can relate to absolutely everything you’re saying! You are also hilarious. In my experience, it’s so hard to be a foster parent when you’re wanting to adopt. With every kid we’ve had, we always think “is this the one” and we look at every case with hope for adoption. But it’s been such a lesson on putting aside our desires and having patience. We have a 3 month old right now we’ve had since 3 weeks. I can’t imagine him leaving and it will be extremely devastating. He’s our 5th placement and we haven’t adopted yet. The emotional toll it has on everyone is hard. I understand why people go through adoption agencies and don’t want to do foster care. But I wouldn’t change our decision to be foster parents!
I’m sooo grateful you adopted 2 beautiful babies!! May God bless you sweetheart!
You are an amazing Mummy! You have so much love in your heart!
Thank you so much.
You are very welcome! Keep up the wonderful work.
My dad and stepmom in the 1980’s tried to foster/adopt. They both made a good income, nice house, no money problems, and they got denied because they wanted my stepmom to quit working and be a stay at home mom, but she didn’t want to do that. She was working for her retirement pension. Like why wouldn’t they let the child go to daycare etc?
I'm in Arizona and we have the middle man I have a license agency. Classes to become foster parents were free, all home studys were free and I adopted it was free too. The license agency is mainly there to have your back. Now I'm looking at doing a private adoptions next year and even though I'm a foster parent I need a different home study than a foster home study so I'll have to pay for that. And here in Az you have to pay for your CPR/first aide.
“stay right over there in the woods with your snakey self”- my new life motto🤣
Look at Eddie and Lizzy rocking those scarves! Super cute.
I can't stop watching your videos! You are shedding an amazing light on fostering and adoption. From an adopted child I thank you!! You are such an amazing mother!! My mom was a foster parent and ended up adopted 4 children total and she never did tell us if she got a check each month for each of us but I do know that each child gets their "own" amount of money where we would go to a pre selected store to get clothes ans shoes
My mom adopted my little brother as a single person in like 2002... so you are telling the truth! The whole time she fostered she was single
I adopted my son through county... it cost nomoney. Over seas it’s 30,000
Yes.... Overseas is EXPENSIVE!
That's so expensive 😱 why do ppl do it?
@@Latte-girly90 People adopt internationally for many different reasons. They are still providing homes to children who need families. Fostering does not mean you're going to adopt. That's not the primary focus. It happens, but reunification is the goal.
if an individual/couple wants to go directly to adoption (in the USA) there are three options: domestic infant adoption, international adoption (infant-teenager), or adoption of children waiting in foster care which are typically older children/sibling groups, or young children with severe medical diagnoses.
It just depends on what works for the family based upon their goals, timeline, and finances.
@@Rebecca-ld9mu agree. Also, I feel it is not right to compare costs adopting local vs. global. Overseas obviously will have different costs associated.
@@astroradha7124 International adoption programs can even have fewer fees than domestic infant adoption. Foster care is not adoption. It happens, but it's not the goal. I adopted internationally and thought long and hard about foster care but realized what I wanted (to be a mom to a child) and what foster care is (the temporary support of a child and family so they may be reunited). I definitely still have foster care in my heart with adjusted expectations or am open to adopting an older waiting child when my daughter is older.
Thank you for sharing, I want to adopt as a single mother and found the information you shared helpful...also I did checked out the link in the description👍....God Bless ya sister you keep doing what you doing. I am happy for you and your family.
I just want to say I love watching your videos! My husband and I are in the process of getting a license to Adopt through foster care and I am so excited!
Thank you so much for this video!! My husband and I are planning to foster to adopt soon, and we were so confused.
It's not really FREE it will cost you lots of LOVE, ACHES, AND PAINS for the rest of your life so get ready and be HOLDEN IT DOWN and enjoy the BEST LIFE you can give to a SPECIAL child. I love all your videos, so keep on HOLDEN IT DOWN GIRL. THANK YOU FOR SHARING!
i just found your channel like 3 days ago and i’ve watched so many of your videos❤️❤️
Awww. Welcome to the channel
Thank you for this information! It might sound ridiculous but little things like "making sure the room is cleaned out and not storage" etc. Is SO helpful!. I want to have this all ready and figured out -as much as I can that is haha- so it's easier for the agency and us.
I THANK YOU FOR HELPING AND LETTING US KNOW HOW TO DO THIS AND HOW TO GO ABOUT IT. IM THINKING ABOUT ADOPTING.
Your kids are so blessed to have you as a mother. Great video. They are going to have a great life because of you.
I really really appreciate how transparent you are in these videos. I've always wanted to adopt and am preparing to start the process, your channel has informed me so much about my options! Thank you!
The cutest pair ever 😍 I may however be biased because they share names with my siblings lol hiiiiii Kim, nice to see you and the kiddos 👋🏽👋🏽
I want you to know how much I appreciate how much time you give us to help explain these things. You make everything sound so much less daunting for someone who hasn’t been there yet!
KIMBERLY YOU ARE A AWESOME AWESOME, PERSON, MOTHER, TEACHER, DAUGHTER, SISTER,SO MULTI TALENT, AND YOU ARE FAMOUS, BELIEVE OR NOT, I LOVE ALL YOUR VLOGS, THEY MAKE MY DAY, DAWN, DETROIT MICHIGAN, MUCH LOVE,GOD BLESS
You explain things very well! Sometimes you have to back up/sidestep because it's relevant to that story so it's not a really or a tangent because it does relate and you explain it! Thank you for being an awesome human!
I know I can not be a foster parent, although I dearly love children. I love to see them laughing, being happy, just being kids. I love when a child feels secure enough in their home that a beautiful personality just blooms. How low and despicable the situation in the world has become regarding the abuse and even the life of these precious babies. As you said people are a lot crazier these days. To be able to show a child that are safe, and that with all your heart and being you will love them, what a wonderful blessing and a great gift to give. You and your kids are beautiful, and I knew the 'don't touch anytime' in the store wasn't going to work. I don't have kids myself but I have nieces and nefews, and that's never the reality...lol... Take care.
Im an aspiring social worker who also wants to foster eventually and I just wanted to say I love your videos! They’re super informative, you’re so funny, and you bring up great topics about things social workers could be doing better! It’s inspiring to be honest
Thank God for good hearted people like you Kim! You have brought this to light ,and now I think a lot of people will think about adopting ! . You are a great mother . May God guide,and protect you ,give you patience, and continued blessings
thank you I looked into an adoption agency first and they wanted $12,000 plus .. I am almost finished with the foster care classes.
I have an "Empty Nest" and have thought about adopting/fostering children that God would want me to help: on the fence. So glad to find your channel. I think about it all the time. *I'm over 50, so not sure I would be a good fit, but you are giving great info. I will keep watching and hope for the best.
Loveeee what you said that if the kids don't like him, he gotta go! I recently heard another mom (an adoptive mom too though thats irrelevant) say she is dating a much younger man and though her kids don't like him, it don't matter because SHE is the one who is dating him and will possibly spend her whole life with him. Basically she does not care if her kids like her man or not. I thought that was extremely selfish and just setting yourself up for a really messy personal life but to each their own I guess.
This makes me hopeful for the future. I've always wanted to adopt and foster. I hope within the next 5 years I'll be in the right place to make a good and safe home. Once I'm out of school and make a permanent residence in a state, I would love to make this reality. I'm so happy I found your channel.
I couldn't comment on the first day of school video, so I'm doing it here. Why Why Why you start crying. I had to stop the video and go get tissue, I couldn't stop crying. You go mommy. Be Blessed.
Starting my foster care classes next week and my home visit is Thursday. I am So excited to make a difference. 💛🌱
YAY! Congrats! ☺️
In Michigan it's required for a prospective family to work with an agency and it's 100% free to adopt from foster care. Same process as all states in terms of licensing and inspections and home study, but the agency vouches on the family's behalf and does the bulk of the paperwork and hand holding. The only things that are not free are occasionally the filing fee (averages $200-300 but often reimbursed), beds/any items the child needs to meet basic needs, and any updates that must be accomplished in order for the home study to pass (for example, we had to pay to get a reverse osmosis system on our kitchen sink before submitting our home study to the state for licensing because we have well water and above average arsenic levels, which was required by the health Dept to get resolved). CPR/first aid and all training courses were paid for by the agency, which was paid/funded by the state indirectly. The process has been great, and MARE.org lists adoptable children in Michigan with photos (reminder that thousands of other kids not shown are in foster homes or needing foster homes). Anyone with questions, feel free to ask! I am a recently approved foster to adopt parent in Michigan (as of 2020). Also in Michigan, we do dual licenses - you get licensed to foster AND licensed to adopt at the same time (unless the intent is to never adopt, then you can just do a foster license).
Listen!!!! We are bestfriends!!!! I swear you are my fave person on this platform i can just feel your realness!!!!! I came across this video and immediately got excited bc i wasnt finding many women of color giving their opinion(not that i dont value everyones but i wanted all points of view and experiences and lets be honest that can vary based on your life sometimes) but thank your for giving this real and ADHD filled video lol my ADHD was keeping up and it made me so happy lol thank you for sharing your life with us its very helpful for those of us considering this journey!!!💜💚
I was adopted in Connecticut and I was in both, an agency and a personal case. It was me and my sister. To answer your question yes back then it was a cost but not its free due to the the respite care or parent to be will opt out. Meaning the case worker or DCF worker want you to adopt so they don't charge anymore.
Anyways I know a few that bought vans, cars, house, clothes etc from the money that is granted FOR THE CHILD(REN).. Sad 😔 BUT I WANT TO ADOPT OR DO FOSTER CARE! I LOVE KIDS ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.. EVEN WITH A DISABILITY... I'M NO JUDGE MANY KIDS NEED LOVE AND A HOME! So thank you for sharing your story with us. #supermomwithabigheart
Kim girl, you are so funny!! But I absolutely love your personality and positive spirit! With your absolute adorable kids!
Journey50 😂. Thanks 💜
My partner and I are getting ready to begin the process of adoption from the fostering system. I’m glad I found this video, it was very informative. You are doing amazing work! If you have any advice, I would love to hear it. Thank you!
You have to be able to support yourself and family without the foster care stipend. Idaho considers the stipends room and board so it is designed to cover food for the foster child, diapers, things like that. We can also request vouchers for gas for transporting them to appointments and for diapers. We could originally ask for vouchers for clothes but since we are now the pre-adoptive home, we are expected to cover their clothes now. We can also allow a child under 3, to sleep in our room but their bed must be at least 3 feet from our bed.
You inspire me to be a foster mom.. Thank you 🙏🏾
Just found your channel today kimberly.. I love you dear May God bless you for giving the kids a home..May they grow to be God fearing kids .Am your fun girl.. Much love from kenya
Here in California, they do advertise foster care and adoption to single parents. :)
OMG A BIGBANG REFERENCE! I WASNT READY!
Your kids are so precious! 🥰
For anyone getting licensed now and needing things: Target will have certain Graco car seats half off for Black Friday. They had an early sale a few weeks ago. After Christmas, Target especially, clears out their holiday clothes fast...as in a few days and then ships them back. Infant/toddler blanket sleepers are $1.32 and two packs were under 2 bucks last year. Bibs were 32 cents. You can find red things w/out Santa that roll right on into Valentine's. Walmart does their socks and underwear sale Black Friday. If you foster...you are eligible for WIC for kids up to 5 years old (formula/baby food) then eggs, milk, beans cheese, bread. School age kids are eligible for free meals at school. You get really craft at finding sales/good deals. Old Navy has good post holiday sales, too and Children's Place outlets for their monster sale in Jan. It's good to stock up on sale and have some thing on hand b/c kids show up at your door in the outfit they are wearing...no coat and shoes sometimes. Workers get in/get them out to reduce trauma to the kids if the parents are flipping out. They aren't stopping to pack formula/clothes. Or, the parents say they CAN"T take anything. (Sometimes they do depending on the situation. But, in 14 years, I have never had a kid come with a packed suitcase. One time only..a diaper bag with clothes that fit.) If you take lots of kids for short term placements...it's good to have things on hand. Too expensive to go pay full price for everything for each kid. The stipend comes a month later as a reimbursement. We get $28 a day. Imagine you had a kid for a long weekend and needed to buy a few sets of clothes, pjs, socks, a jacket, shoes, underwear or diapers, tooth brush, brush, personal care items. Could you do that for 90 bucks full price? People who say foster parents do it for the money, are not foster parents. I still don't understand the bad apples who do do it for money. Not worth the stress or hassle.
One of the most helpful informative foster care info videos I've ever watched! I feel so much more clarity about foster care now, thank you💗
I adopted our twins from foster care.. It was the best decision of my life. I actually found this channel while researching fostering.
Oh, here in my state of California, you do not pay anything to the agency. The state pays the agency so they have a third party license foster homes and do inspections more often then the County does.
Oh, and it was free. My County required an attorney to finalize an adoption, so I did hire a private one. I could've had a pro bono, but then you wait longer for the adoption to be finalized. However, the County reimbursed us a few months later.
U really are fucking amazing for giving two babies a safe stable home u are awesome and I hope u always remember this
The 10 year thing is CRAZY STUPID!! You're funny! Meet a guy, "He finee, I want emm!" Ha!
Love your videos. I'm not in a situation where I can foster or adopt now, but it's definitely the way I would have kids.
Really hoping your channel isn't affected by the coppa ftc issues that I've been hearing about
I am so inspired about you. I have been thinking about fostering for awhile now and somehow your channel popped up on my homepage. So glad it did. May God continue to bless and keep you and your family.
Thank you for these videos! I’m in CT and wanting to adopt when we move into our new home.
So glad I came across your video. I’m a licensed foster parent through Bethany Christian Services. I’m going through the process of adopting one of my fosters☺️ but in Michigan I didn’t have to pay for any parenting class or home studies or home inspection and CPR classes. Now when it comes to filing adoption papers I’m not sure the cost but my agency told me the state would pay for my adoption process.
We know you did it for the right reason.. Your a beautiful person with a big Heart ❤
Thank you for this video!!! I had so many questions.
Thank you for this video. I am not at the point where I am able to foster but watching your video makes me more comfortable in doing it in the future. I'm glad there are people like you keeping it real! :) bless you
I'm too old to foster but I enjoy watching your videos because I'm never bored and you get me laughing🤣🤣 I have one grown son and he's 38 years old now.
THEYRE SO ADORABLE! Also incredibly lucky to have found such an incredible mom!
I just found your channel a few days ago. Inspirational and what a beautiful family. P.s. I believe that they're siblings
Love love love your channel, and your personality.
I have been wanting to adopt for nearly 7years, I just heard horrible story about the system and I just put it aside. Glad to hear this.
Love the video! Beautiful family. You are a great mom! Beautiful kids
Thank you so much!
There are so many people who do it for money which is sad. When I first went to foster and quit, I ran into the people doing it for money. This was 20 years ago and in Florida you could get a large number of children and not have a job. Now, thankfully, you must show you can take care of the child without a stipend which cut back on the crooks doing it for money. There was one woman in our class who had moved from another state and her first question to the foster class instructor was "how many children are you allowed to foster?" Red flag. She threw up a lot of red flags and thankfully was kicked out before I quit.
Yes, it is free going through the system.
i like her! She is super calm and this video really helped me for when I am ready in the future :)
I am a white American woman. We did foster when we were younger parents. We appreciate that you did foster care and then adopted two beautiful siblings. God bless you and your family.
I just love you Kim. I just started my paperwork for the foster/ adopt journey. I am so excited
I understand not wanting to bring snakes into the fostering system but I also have been watching and loving your videos sooooo much! You are my idol right now. I’m looking to you foreal! But I don’t think it can hurt to provide that information. These snakes gon find it anyway! You are the bestttttt! Thank you!
YOU ARE SO PRETTY AND A LEADER AND I WANT TO FOLLOW YOUR FOOT STEPS ON FOSTER AND ADOPTING WHEN I GET OLDER
I needed this today. You are a true role model for so many people. Thanks for sharing
This came up on my feed today. "You musta lost ALL your brain cells and the ones that are in there are floating around, empty."
I. Hollered.
You're the best, Kim!
We adopted through Foster Care in the State of California. We didn't even have to be licensed Foster Parents, because he was a blood relative to my husband, to have him placed with us. We still had to have background home inspection etc. They also had "difficulty of care" added to the standard monthly assistance pay because of his issues being born to drug addicted parents and neglect his first year of life. The Adoption Agency conducted all the background checks and home study absolutely free. We also continued to receive Adoption Assistance monthly until he turned 18 from the County as well as MediCal that covered Dental and what our Medical Insurance didn't cover. The Adoption Assistance was periodically increased for things like Therapy, Orthodonics or anything that was costing us extra to provide for him. I always joked that they didn't want us trying to return him so they kept paying us.
I'm a new subscriber. Your channel is very inspiring.
If you make a shirt/hoodie that says “Boom social worker”, I WILL BUY IT IN A HEARTBEAT! And probably in a few different colors. I’m a new subscriber and I’m already in love 🥰🥰 I am also graduating in May with my bachelors in social work. Keep doing what you’re doing ❣️❣️❣️