home study question/related

[butlerfan]

They are cutting hours at H's work and freezing PTO for next 3 months. People are not happy and are worried that something major is up. He is thinking of looking for another job but if he would be starting a new job before we start the home study does that look "bad"?  He has been at his current job for over 4 years and his previous one for 9 or so years. 

[ceejay]

Are you looking at foster to adopt or domestic infant adoption? We have only done FTA/foster care licensing, but I would suspect that the employment/income rules might be different for both (due to cost differences between the two types of adoption). And it also will probably depend on your state and agency.

I remember filling out what our current jobs were as part of our licensing paperwork, but it wasn't a big focus of our home study. I don't think it would have been considered "bad" if we were in new jobs.

It might be a good idea to contact some local agencies and ask them specifically about this topic and their policies. They have to understand that people change jobs all the time for a variety of reasons.

[drl]

No. If he's starting a new job, he'll just need evidence of employment. It could get tricky if they want a reference from a boss or coworker, but not all agencies require thar

[nextchapter24]

We are in domestic and were relatively newer to our jobs when we applied ( less than 6 months) but had long employment histories at previous employers . Our agency did not care they just wanted our full history. HTH!

[butlerfan]

Thank you for the responses. He will know more tomorrow but this makes me feel better on this part at least.

[lbey]

We are doing FTA and when we started the process my H changed jobs too. It was not a problem in our case. All he had to do was to get a letter from his employer confirming he was working...

[delenire]

Everywhere is so different, we just submitted a work sheet and was never asked to prove employment.

[chicago]

We changed employment during the waiting period. After we matched and places, We just informed the social worker and she took note for her records. We're domestic infant adoption.

[nobb14]

Agree with PP. my guess is that you could also explain the situation in the interview portion of the homestudy; they would just make note of it in the file and my guess is, request confirmation once a new job is obtained.

[gnomesweetgnome]

Anytime we have a change in employment or salary we have to submit paystubs and a new budget sheet. Not a big deal.

[akafred]

I suspect it would be better to find a new job now than to get laid off, although even that wouldn't be the end of the world.