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Any foster parents out there? Does the money make it worth it?
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:02 pm
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:02 pm
So I just found out where I live, I could potentially foster up to five kids and receive between 10k-$13,000 a month to take care of them.
Sure, where I live a two-bedroom cost $3,000 a month, but a five+ bedroom can easily be found for $5,000.(people only have 1 kid here, more pets than children in the city limits, not much demand for 4+ bedrooms)
Is it similar in Louisiana? Seems like a ridiculous amount of money, it's shameful that people need to be financially incentivized take care of a poor child, But hell if they're offering.....
Get a few people to all go in on a multi-family property, and start a f****** orphanage funded at close to 50,000 a month.
Would make a badass travel ball league
Sources:
California avg, but I'm in a higher cost area
Sure, where I live a two-bedroom cost $3,000 a month, but a five+ bedroom can easily be found for $5,000.(people only have 1 kid here, more pets than children in the city limits, not much demand for 4+ bedrooms)
Is it similar in Louisiana? Seems like a ridiculous amount of money, it's shameful that people need to be financially incentivized take care of a poor child, But hell if they're offering.....
Get a few people to all go in on a multi-family property, and start a f****** orphanage funded at close to 50,000 a month.
Would make a badass travel ball league
Sources:
California avg, but I'm in a higher cost area
quote:
1. How much do foster parents get paid monthly per child?
The state of California pays foster parents an average of $1000 to $2,609 per month to help with the expenses from taking care of the child. It is one of the highest-paying states in the nation in this regard.
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Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:03 pm to Kujo
You seem like Crispen Glover from Like Mike.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:04 pm to Kujo
So I know a couple of foster families and you don't do it for the money. If you do, you'll burn out super quick. A lot of them need constant trips to the doctor, and you'll burn through PTO like nobodies business. These kids also come from some really messed up situations and can be abusive, and will hoard food.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:05 pm to Kujo
Louisiana doesn’t pay that much. There are some that foster four/ five kids at a time and live off of the money. It’s above the poverty line, but very low income.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:06 pm to Kujo
quote:this phrase pisses me off
an average of $1000 to $2,609 per month
just give me the fricking average, not a range of average
better yet, give me the fricking median
and use consistent formatting, wtf is $1000 and $2,609
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:06 pm to Kujo
quote:Absolutely
Does the money make it worth it?
Of course, paying attention to them or having any involvement in their lives can be a pain, but the money makes it worthwhile
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:10 pm to Kafka
quote:
paying attention to them or having any involvement in their lives can be a pain, but the money makes it worthwhile
Well the human services agency is proposing new legislation to allow foster families to be automatically eligible for section 8 housing. So I can potentially spend even more time and involvement in their life not having to pay rent.
This post was edited on 3/16/21 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:11 pm to Kujo
I know a couple that does this and no, it isn't worth it at all. Unless you love kids and want to help take care of some reeeeeeeeeeally messed up ones don't do it.
They said part of the reason the kids are so messed up is they get bounced around from bad situation to bad situation where the foster parents aren't taking proper care of them because they are trying to make money.
Just go get a better job.
They said part of the reason the kids are so messed up is they get bounced around from bad situation to bad situation where the foster parents aren't taking proper care of them because they are trying to make money.
Just go get a better job.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:11 pm to Kujo
They’re not fostering, but there’s a large portion of people who have their own children just for the gubment money, so your plan isn’t that far fetched
I myself, have a child in Africa, that I clothe. That I feed. That I school. That I inoculate.... for 75 cents a day.
Which is practically nothing compared to
what it cost to send him there
-jeselnik 3:16
I myself, have a child in Africa, that I clothe. That I feed. That I school. That I inoculate.... for 75 cents a day.
Which is practically nothing compared to
what it cost to send him there
-jeselnik 3:16
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:11 pm to Kujo
If you’re doing it purely for the money, you probably shouldn’t do it.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:13 pm to Kujo
You have to be a piece of shite to do it for the money... and there's people out there that do it just for that...
This post was edited on 3/16/21 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:14 pm to Kujo
We had a thread on here about fostering a few weeks ago. Some of the horror stories these foster parent told - having to put cameras in every room in the house because the children were lying about the foster parents abusing them - leads me to believe there is no amount of money that I would take to deal with that.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:16 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
It's funny people criticize those going after money. It's just like chasing tail. You're doing something for the reward in it whatever that reward is to you. For one person it's pussy, for another person it's dick, for another person it's status, for another person it's money.
80% of foster kids end up in jail.... And that has nothing to do with me.
I would want to foster kids not because I like kids, it's because I couldn't possibly f*** up as bad as the piece of s*** foster parents that seem to be doing it for the "right reasons" now.
80% of foster kids end up in jail.... And that has nothing to do with me.
I would want to foster kids not because I like kids, it's because I couldn't possibly f*** up as bad as the piece of s*** foster parents that seem to be doing it for the "right reasons" now.
This post was edited on 3/16/21 at 4:18 pm
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:18 pm to Jcorye1
quote:
So I know a couple of foster families and you don't do it for the money.
This is really all that should be said. If you're concerning yourself with income for what you are doing, please for the good of all involved, forget about the idea altogether.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:19 pm to Jcorye1
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These kids also come from some really messed up situations and can be abusive, and will hoard food.
Yep. Wife's cousin fosters and every single one that has come through his doors has had pretty serious behavioral problems. And it's not the kids' fault. They've all come from really shitty backgrounds. A couple of them carried a backpack full of food with them everywhere they went.
But if you're looking into doing it for the money, I'd say you're exactly the type of person the foster system is trying to avoid.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:24 pm to LegendInMyMind
quote:
If you're concerning yourself with income for what you are doing, please for the good of all involved, forget about the idea altogether.
My wife and I are one and done and we're talking about her staying at home raising our newborn. We don't necessarily need her income we'd be okay on mine alone.
We were watching an adoption show (long lost family) and noticed that all the adoptive kids were much better off than if they stayed with the biological family. Its simply because adoptive parents have the financial resources to go through the legal adoption process and actually have a desire to want to raise a child.
That's what got me looking at foster care, and that's when I was blown away with "how much of these f****** get"?
This post was edited on 3/16/21 at 4:26 pm
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:28 pm to Kujo
No. It’s especially not worth it if you are concerned about the money
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:28 pm to Kujo
quote:
That's what got me looking at foster care, and that's when I was blown away with "how much of these f****** get"?
That's why just about every bad foster home situation you see play out in the news involves people who look at it as a money-making scheme. They aren't at all in it for the betterment of the child, and the child (or children) suffer for it.
That said, if you genuinely feel the call to do it, and you and your spouse have the patience and temperament to foster children who need more than just a place to stay, it is a noble endeavor.
Posted on 3/16/21 at 4:29 pm to Kujo
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The state of California pays foster parents an average of $1000 to $2,609 per month
NO. Not worth it.
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