I am new father

Good luck and congratulations.

 

Wow what a positive move!

 

Start molding Malik and Jantone into future basketball stars. You've got them early enough!

 

Very nice of you and your family. I wish you the best.

 

It would be the black thing to do......I will get right on it

 

You could be the next Sandra Bullock on the Blind Side.

 

hopefully they dont get scholarships to syracuse :MARIS61:

good for you man, ive looked into it a little bit as well, seems like a great thing to do if you can afford it

 

I have the hips for it

 

It's tough financially, but families do get some money from the Government to help with the extra cost of food, clothing and such



I am sure Syracuse is a fine university, as long as you don't go there wanting to be a good pro basketball player

 

My hat's off to you, MM. I hope things go well for all of you.

Go Blazers

 

How much do they pay you? Are the kids covered under programs for insurance and school meals? Any other perks? It probably differs in each state. In Minnesota, Michelle Bachman made her living this way for several years.

 

Wow, what an awesome task in front of you. Major props for doing this. It'll mean more to those kids than you may ever know.

 

Covered under insurance program, and I'm not sure how someone could make a living off of this. We haven't got all of the details yet, but I think it's around $600 a month per child

 

$600 x 4 = $2400 a month = $28,800 a year

this included with likely food stamps, housing vouchers, and healthcare...there are many families of 5 or more living on less

 

My ex-brother in law's wife couldn't have children so they adopted 5 unrelated babies all at once. He wasn't paid; he can afford it because he's a doctor. 4 were a little retarded and 1 had such bad health problems that they took him back after a few months. The kid died a few years later from his heart. My kid visits his remaining cousins every year and plays with them.

 

Helathcare is included. I am not sure about the other stuff though? Living on this would be tough, but making a living off of this, I can't imagine. Just going over in my head with my own kids expenses......

Daughter - 16

Guitar lessons - $100
Clothes - $100
Make up, hair, mani/pedis - $200
Care insurance - $275 (for her)

So that right there is almost $700 and we haven't fed her yet, or cooled/warmed the house, did anything social (movies, concerts, phone, whatever)

 

Awesome

 

yes, all foster kids get guitar lessons and mani/pedis

 

Uh, MM, can you be my daddy too? The guitar lessons, the mani/pedi, free car insurance, air conditioning...it all sounds good.

 

If my daughter does, how is it fair for them not to?