ICPC

Okay so we finally got word that the interstate compact (ICPC) was on its way back through the channels to Texas last Thursday. Our social worker hasn't exactly been speedy through this process. Well it hasn't gotten very far yet. It got stalled at the state level in Indiana. Apparantly Indiana and Texas are now quibbling about the language in the contract. Indiana wants it to just say that this is a foster placement and when the time comes for adoption we'll modify it. Apparantly that means that our kids would be foster kids for around a year instead of 6 months. Texas has never heard of doing such a thing and is thinking that if there is nothing in the contract about adoption it isn't to there benefit to send the kids here. They have plenty of foster families in Texas. They need to get these kids adopted. Even knowing that our intent is adoption apparantly isn't enough - everything has to be written out. I am sure all of these changes that Indiana wants are all due to money. It is frustrating!