mardi 2 septembre 2014

How To Adopt A Child In NY

By Mattie MacDonald


Accepting to become a foster parent means that you are ready to take care of children with an open and loving heart in your home and provide them with all the care and attention you possibly can. Such an experience can completely change both your life and the child you take up as well. However, as exciting as this may sound, it is important to know how to adopt a child in NY.

At the moment, there are so countless children in orphanages for the love and care that comes with being in a foster home just in the New York City. They exist in every age between infancy to teenage hood. Some of these are children only need temporary foster homes while some need them for all their age dependent lives.

The first thing you need to do if you need to adopt a kid in New York City is to contact the NYC Children Services. This is the administration body responsible for youngster welfare here. You can just call them up on their Parent Recruitment hotline and request for an information packet that will be sent to your address. For those situated within New York City and outside the City. You may either decide to arrange for an orientation in your first call with the hotline or just wait for the information packet to reach you. You may also want to take part in a forum for further information.

Once you are ready, you may attend the orientation where there will be some good information about being a foster guardian. This is the ideal chance to ask as many questions as possible so as to clear any doubts or confusion you may have on this issue.

At the end of the orientation, an application form will be given to you to fill. This form should be dropped off at your foster care agency. The agency will then get back to you so as to begin the home study.

For the home study a social worker be assigned to you so for several months to get as much information about you as possible. This information will be submitted to the child welfare agency and courts. These details about you are important in order to place children in your foster home. You will also be needed to submit important documents such as income tax returns, birth certificate, medical reports and a marriage license. The adults in your household must be checked and cleared for Child Abuse and Neglect through the State Central Register.

Another requirement as the home study continues should be that you take a Model Approach Partnership in Parenting (MAPP) training programme. This is meant to instill good parenting skills in you. You will learn about how to help children adjust in their temporary homes and how to deal with birth parents. Other information such as you subsidies, rights and responsibilities will also be explained to you here.

After successful completion of the home study and the training programme, you will have become a certified foster parent. Now you ought to be in a position to provide shelter for foster children and even adopt your own children if you would like.




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