Submitted by irocgts t3_10npj7l in Connecticut
The process so far has been going on for 14 months and I still see no end. Did it take this long for you? Do you know anyone in DCF that can help? What experience did you have?
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irocgts OP t1_j6axwmi wrote
We are waiting on a homestudy from DCF. We completed the classes last year in June. The case worker only talks to us once every few months. Its weird, I really don't think its suposed to take this long because the things we've submitted in the begining are about to expire (Physicals, Dog rabies documentation, etc...)
Larrik t1_j6az6wl wrote
That’s interesting, sorry to hear that. It definitely felt slow to us but overall was probably less than 2 months from finishing the classes. The slowest part was always the fingerprinting.
I’m guessing they’re understaffed, because working at DCF sucks. What office are you working with?
irocgts OP t1_j6azpwo wrote
We are working with the manchester office. I am wondering if I can start going up the chain and start emailing peoples bosses to see If I can get an ETA on at least the next step.
Its hard becuase I know its a government job and there is no way someone could get fired for basically anything. So if I piss someone off they can basically blacklist me and I'll just be in limbo forever.
maxanderson350 t1_j6dx4c8 wrote
I have years of experience as foster parent/foster-to-adopt parents with CT DCF. If you are dealing with DCF in the same capacity, just know that patient is necessarily. The agency is very dysfunctional and extremely slow and exceptionally frustrating to deal with. Our impression over the years is that the agency simply does not care about placing children. I could go on for days about this....
irocgts OP t1_j6e5hpc wrote
I am debating on talking to their boss and then their boss and so on. At some point there will be a person that didn't know how bad this is and will want to help.
maxanderson350 t1_j6e9dq6 wrote
We had to do that - we sat for month after month with zero communication from our worker at one point (immediately prior to approval) and had to complain. Another time, we were approved but our worker forgot to book us "in the book" and thus we sat for nearly 6 months without a single call about a placement.
irocgts OP t1_j6eg9pe wrote
Thanks, I feel less crazy
Larrik t1_j6ast09 wrote
I have quite a bit of experience, across two states. Adopted 3 boys through it (one was extremely complex and doesn’t officially count though). I’ll admit a lot of my experience is pre-covid though.
What part of the “process” are you actually in?