Home study report

[sagewinna]

I got a copy of our home study report today, and there are a few minor errors. We have all ready been submitted for a child, will it mess things up to correct the info?

I feel like I'm at the top of a roller coaster hill, getting ready to zoom down.

[marsupial-mom]

Fix it!
They might seem minor now but later it could be a big deal. It probably won't slow things down

[Sierra]

With our first adoption homestudy, we were sent a copy and asked to proof-read. I used to do proof-reading and editing as a side-gig, so I read that bad boy cover to cover and marked it up in red. Minor errors, major errors (did they mistake me for somebody else LOL) all got marked up.

When I got my final copy in the mail, I was bummed to see that she had made a few of the edits, but not even all the major errors were corrected. I don't know if I just overwhelmed her or what.

When we got our second homestudy, they didn't send us a proof copy and instead just sent us the final version. There were some errors and some things I felt were a bit misrepresented, but I didn't do anything to have them corrected. I honestly don't think anyone really looked at it all that closely.

That said, it probably depends on the program and the type of errors. Ours were foster adoptions and the errors weren't alarming or problematic in any way.

[sagewinna]

One of the things is kind of freaking me out... We were never asked, during interviews or with the written stuff, about the kids' immunizations. She states in the report that we stated that all kids are current on their immunizations. My older 2 are fine, my younger dd has never had anything, she's almost 7. I guess we could say she's on a delayed, selective schedule... Her Dr. is supportive of our decision, and we may do some now that she's older. I am scared to bring this up to the worker, what if it stops everything after we've been approved? She's all ready submitted us for one child...

I know we will be vaxing our new child since we'll be foster parents first until the adoption is final and I am resigned to that.

[tea_time]

I would clarify the vax situation with your worker. When I worked in FC we had to have copies of vaccine verification each renewal period in the family's file. You wouldn't want that to come up later. For families that didn't vax or had alternate schedules we would make a mention of that in the home study and emphasize the families commitment to follow vax schedules for the Foster Child.

[sagewinna]

They never asked us for anything for the kids regarding it... It never came up or I would have told her where we were at on it. I am worried this will stop everything... Can you be un-approved?

There is no info online that I can get a clear answer about whether they all have to have all the vaccines or not. This is going to keep me up tonight I think.

[tea_time]

Every state has their own rules and I haven't worked in CA so I can't say what they are. I do not think that it would be a "un-approval" worthy item. If it was she/he would have made sure you had verification. So don't let it keep you up tonight!

In general when working with your agency worker just be honest. Give them a call tomorrow and I'm sure they'll tell you it's just fine! If you are allowed to exempt vaccines in your state (for school and such) you should be just fine with providing foster care.

And unless it was something big (additional person living in the home not reported, hx of abuse/violence not reported, moving from that residence, marrying and not reporting, etc) they don't "un-approve". They just amend or wait until the next renewal period to clarify.

Congratulations on becoming a Foster/Adoptive Parent btw. What you're about to do is so important!