Comments on: Foster Children and Poverty Report http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/foster-children-and-poverty-report News and information for those planning to adopt through foster care as well as firsthand accounts of those who have. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:12:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: boolovey http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/foster-children-and-poverty-report/comment-page-1#comment-463 boolovey Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:30:03 +0000 http://foster-adopt.www.adoptionblogs.com/2008/06/08/foster-children-and-poverty-report#comment-463 Hmmm . . . I'm not sure if I'm missing a part of the report but the Annie E. Casey one that you referenced in your post was not speaking specifically about foster children but about children in general in those states. I saw no reference to foster children being treated poorly or living with foster parents who are themselves experiencing extreme poverty. Hmmm . . . I’m not sure if I’m missing a part of the report but the Annie E. Casey one that you referenced in your post was not speaking specifically about foster children but about children in general in those states. I saw no reference to foster children being treated poorly or living with foster parents who are themselves experiencing extreme poverty.

]]> By: anya http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/foster-children-and-poverty-report/comment-page-1#comment-462 anya Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:32:29 +0000 http://foster-adopt.www.adoptionblogs.com/2008/06/08/foster-children-and-poverty-report#comment-462 i have three children who i have recently brought home and we are waiting to finalize the adoption. the last foster home they were in was awful- the kind of home you read about. my oldest had asthma and was on medication b/c of the mold in the home. the families bio kids slept on the sun porch so the foster kids could have a bed, and the combination of their foster support and one minimum wage job kept the household of 9 afloat. <br /> <br /> i still do not understand how this family was allowed to have a license...yet they were denied the option to adopt the sib group.. it is all so screwy. i have three children who i have recently brought home and we are waiting to finalize the adoption. the last foster home they were in was awful- the kind of home you read about. my oldest had asthma and was on medication b/c of the mold in the home. the families bio kids slept on the sun porch so the foster kids could have a bed, and the combination of their foster support and one minimum wage job kept the household of 9 afloat.

i still do not understand how this family was allowed to have a license…yet they were denied the option to adopt the sib group.. it is all so screwy.

]]> By: lucy http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/foster-children-and-poverty-report/comment-page-1#comment-461 lucy Mon, 09 Jun 2008 04:58:43 +0000 http://foster-adopt.www.adoptionblogs.com/2008/06/08/foster-children-and-poverty-report#comment-461 I raised my kids below the poverty level and they never went without food, clothes, or necessities.<br /> <br /> Poverty does not equal neglect or abuse.<br /> <br /> Lucy I raised my kids below the poverty level and they never went without food, clothes, or necessities.

Poverty does not equal neglect or abuse.

Lucy

]]> By: xxsurroundedbyxy http://fost-adopt.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/foster-children-and-poverty-report/comment-page-1#comment-460 xxsurroundedbyxy Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:36:54 +0000 http://foster-adopt.www.adoptionblogs.com/2008/06/08/foster-children-and-poverty-report#comment-460 How can this happen when you have to show proof of financial stability before being licensed? Also, we had to have a running vehicle and a land-line phone which the report mentions are lacking in some of these homes. I think some states are not setting good standards for prospective foster families if those already so far below poverty are being accepted. <br /> <br /> It shouldn't matter since the stipend is to go towards caring for the child, but in a home that far below poverty what are the odds that the stipend is not being used to support more than the child?<br /> <br /> Kim How can this happen when you have to show proof of financial stability before being licensed? Also, we had to have a running vehicle and a land-line phone which the report mentions are lacking in some of these homes. I think some states are not setting good standards for prospective foster families if those already so far below poverty are being accepted.

It shouldn’t matter since the stipend is to go towards caring for the child, but in a home that far below poverty what are the odds that the stipend is not being used to support more than the child?

Kim

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