While you wait…for 3 1/2 years

I found out from our home study worker that our certification date as a foster/adoptive family is actually September 7, 2007. This is four months to the day from our orientation session–our first contact with Baltimore City Department of Social Services (BCDSS). Our worker reiterated how fast this certification has been and thanked us for doing so much work ahead of time. She said that information regarding the next steps in the process would be mailed to us along with our certificate. A continuing home worker would be assigned who would facilitate the placement of a foster child in our home. She said that we could expect a call from the continuing home worker sometime next week.