Four-Way
Tags: Adoption, Foster Care, Foster Care; Adoption
Posted Aug 28th 2005by Ebenezer
I saw the Adoption Lady at church this morning and I asked her about our case study being submitted. She said we won’t always know when our study is submitted on a child and that she knows we have already been submitted on a few of them. Our case worker won’t ask us before she submits us for a child, but she will ask us before it gets to the next step.
Once homestudies are submitted on a child or sibling group, a few case studies (families) are selected to move on to the next step. The next step is called a “four-way”. This is where our case study would go to a meeting with the CPS worker and, I’m guessing, also the case workers representing other families. A decision is made about which family is the best fit for this child or group of children. We will be told before our study is taken into a “four-way” – that will be our opportunity to ask lots of questions and say either “yes” or “no”. (though I can’t imagine us saying “no”)
Once we are chosen, the transition period will begin. This is where we would get to visit the child(ren) one day, then a few days later take the child(ren) for a few hours, then a few days after that bring the child(ren) to spend a night with us and then finally a few days after that bring the child home with us for good. Of course, all of this depends on the age of the child(ren) – it could take a longer or a shorter time than all of that.
Anyway, Adoption Lady said we might hear something this week. Holy Stinkin’ Cow.
I just got chills thinking you might hear something THIS week!
I am praying that you will!
JB
This is fun, hearing all the details.
It gets me teary. In church this morning, I read this passage:
Psa 68:6 “God sets the lonely in families…”
GOOD, GOOD, GOOD! WE CAN’T WAIT! HOPE TO HEAR SOMETHING SOON. YOU ARE IN OUR PRAYERS1 LOTS OF LOVE!
Hurray for progress – such a long road to follow, but what a reward at the end! It is so cool to wonder if your child(ren) have even been born yet, what they look like, how old they are – and how quickly they too will learn how to “shake the stink out” like Daddy.