Is This A Common Practice In Foster Care?

While I dont think it is common, it does happen. There are bottom feeders in every walk of life. For the most part, people do not become foster parents because they want to make money. Most foster parents barely make enough to cover the child's living expenses, and if those children have any special needs, they lose money. BUT- there are cases where people do this.

As a mother myself, I have learned that if your gut tells you something is not right, then it usually isn't. I would make the call. Even if the woman was joking, it is not something that should be said. How would those kids feel? Better to be safe than sorry.

I would advise You to call and if it was be over hearing such a conversation I would do two things. I would step up and say ---that is all confidential and and I in fact would call the agency and give them all the info You overheard. This stuff needs to go to the agency.

NO, most foster parents are not like this. They are told in class[my state] that the board payment doesn't cover the REAL cost of raising kids in foster care.

Anyone who believes there is money to be MADE in foster care is OFF their rocker in more ways than one. Some have went into fostering thin king there IS money to be made only to find out they ended in the Red.

You can thank FDR. He was the one who brought into our collective thinking that the government knows best for you. Churches were told to stay out of social programs and they did except oversea. There are lots of Christians churches who support mission not only over seas but here too. Adoption kind of has problem when the birth mother comes back after years and takes the kid back. So parents who want to adopt go overseas. So we kind of cook our own goose in that matter too. FYI: Conservative Christians give more in time and money than liberals do to chairties. Maybe some liberals need to start walk the walk instead of talk the talk.

Fostering is about the children and money paid to the foster carers is for the children not the carers. Form what I understand it is similar to the way foster carers are paid in the UK that the money is for everything the child/children need such as clothes, shoes, food plus birthday/Christmas presents. Any extra money is for extra costs incurred such as having to use more electric and gas.

I was shocked when I went to an information evening for fostering how many people thought they could foster as a full time job. They had it explained that they wouldn't earn enough money to rely on payments to give up their jobs as most of the money is for the child.

Some Foster Parents look upon it as a job, they do get paid to care for children in their home.

These two appear to fall at the end of the scale as far as caring goes, but sadly, sometimes children have to be placed in homes of people like this, because it is safer than where they are living with their parents!

I don't want to sound awful, but because foster parents get paid, they - like you and I - depend upon the money to pay their bills, so don't be sanctimonious.

If you want to improve the system, take the training, the in-home study, learn and become a Foster Parent - the system needs more good people to do this important job.

I know some that do it for the money - and quite frankly I don't see how they are getting ahead. We get compensated for our children as well - but when you factor in food / clothing / school stuff / extra activities after school...etc - we come up short every month - but it's not about that for us - for the months that we do come up ahead - the extra money goes into a savings account for the boys as it's their money - not ours!

Call.

You have nothing to lose and the kids having much to gain by being protected.

Go to a manager though. A specific case worker might be too close to the situation to be objective.

No, your not over-reacting, it's disgusting that children are used for a paycheck and the taxpayers are footing this kind of abuse. I feel for any child that crosses their path.

I don't think its common but it definitely does happen. I think people that have made it a lifestyle to live off the dole their entire life are usually the ones that would stoop to that level.

There are lots of financial well off Aps that adopt young children or babies just to make themselves look like Saints or do gooders in their social circle. Are they any better?.

i just actually got my foster packet in the mail today and it does mention quite often "compensation" but i think that is out of line. you foster out of the goodness of your heart, not to get paid. call and report them.