We're foster/adopt parents in Ohio licensed through our county. We were licensed at the beginning of this year. I would say that to get that young of a child being foster adopt not just straight adopt would increase your chances greatly. We currently have a foster daughter who just turned 2 who's been with us for several months and there is court this month to TPR the parental rights. So it's likely we will be able to adopt her. She was our first placement. We're open up to age 6 and we still haven't had any non-foster matches from adoptohio or adoptuskids.org
Don't worry about homestudy expense if you go through the county. All of our expenses were reimbursed once we were licensed (background checks, cpr class fees etc) except for having to buy a crib and carseat we had no real expenses. Some counties might want you to be open to a slightly bigger age range for them to do the licensing. We're licensed to foster up to age 6. Another couple we went through training with is up to age 4 but I know they are encouraging them to go to age 6 as well. |