Making a difference...One Starfish at a time

Our family started fostering back in 2005. We have been blessed to love on many babies. There has been many twists and turns throughout our journey and in December of 2010 we were called for placement of a newborn baby boy. His biological mother worked a case plan for 18 months and after 23 months she surrendered her rights and we adopted 'Sprout' in December of 2012. Our faith has been tried and tested and we are still certain that God is faithful!

June 20, 2012

missed visits, agency worker concerns

Sprout had a visit on Monday.  4 hours unsupervised at bio mom's house.  The agency worker went there 15 minutes early to check-in and bio mom was with Sprout at her neighbors house.  There were 4 men hanging out.  The worker ended the visit early and told me what happened when he brought Sprout back home.  He is LIVID.  He admitted to me that he was very sympathetic to bio mom when he came on the case in April 2011.  He has also expressed that he sees that she is NOT making safe decisions for him and he is worried for his safety. He called some higher ups and at first the answer was sent in an email with a 3 word reply...VISITS WILL CONTINUE.  I guess a meeting was held this morning and they are taking his concerns seriously.  Bio mom DID NOT call for a visit today.  I would be shocked of she called for this Friday too. She has only seen him 4 times this month...so far.  Check the post below for a link to the picture of the reunited twins :) 
Caution:  IT WILL MAKE YOU SMILE :) :) :)

1 comment:

Mandy said...

I love the early check-in. That was a great thing he did. I think visits are so traumatic for the children of parents who so obviously don't prioritize time with them. They need to keep a record of all the missed visits for a termination hearing. Don't assume they are doing that. I learned that yesterday. Keep a record for yourself and hand it to the caseworker just before the next court hearing. Maybe it will help them see the facts through their sympathy for bio-mom.