EP's Home Study and Em's Post Placement Party Planning

Home studies are completed for private adoption and public foster care. Each home study is different. Some are invasive, some are casual. EP had plenty of fears and anxieties going into her home study (that her husband didn't really share).

At the same time, Em has been thinking about how she can celebrate the fact that she's becoming a mom. She's not pregnant, so that 'natural' ways like baby showers or celebratory dinners doesn't feel fitting. But we both feel it's important for Em's community to support and lift her up in the same way she does when one of her community members is pregnant and parenting. We think we have a solution and we want to normalize it!

Resource Links

• Find out more about Post-Placement Party Planning at fosterhoodunscripted.org
• Definitions:
  • Sibling sets
  • Emergency placement
  • TPR (Termination of Parental Rights) 
  • Food scarcity/insecurity