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I have just read your commentary about your struggle with your foster home investigation and subsequent removal of your children. I need to sharethat I have listened to many stories very similar to yours. The story never gets easier, only harder to comprehend! I am the President of the Edmonton & District Family Support Association here in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. I have been the President for 10 years. The reason I remain president is because of people like you, foster parents, foster-to-adopt parents, adoptive parents and biological parents who are tormented by the horrific investigative process of the Childrens Authority(s). One of the avenues that may be helpful to you is to access your foster home file - - - there is likely information on your file that you have not been aprised of and it may prove to be helpful in your fight to have the children returned to your home. I have no idea what the legislation is in your state but here in the Province of Alberta, any individual can access their file through an Act called the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. In the past 7 days (one week) I have take on an additional 5 new cases, one bio grandparent, one adoptive parent and the rest foster parents who have been impacted by a foster home investigation. That is a frightening number of families considering we only have approximately 1700 families who foster here in Edmonto. It is our basic human right to face our accuser and to be innocent until proven guilty! Therefore you and your family are being denied your basic human rights. I hope that some of this information is helpful and not "old Hat" stuff I wish you luck and you are in my prayers. God speed -Trish.

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HOW TRUE YOUR STORIES ARE.THEY CLAIM THAT SO MANY CHILDREN NEED HOMES BUT YET THERE'S NO SUPPORT FOR US. GO FIGURE TERRI

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Linda I changed my e-mail address, but I can still be reached by schmidkunz@home.com. Some on wanted to clone me, so I though it make a good e-mail address. If my new swclone doesn't come across the group, please let me know, but I think I do everything to get signed in with ne e-mail. Hope everyone has a good weekend. Joyce

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I started crying when I read your story. Dear God when is this pain that foster parents and the children they love as their own,going to stop. I too have suffered great pain,I hear my little boys crying for me everyday; and I am not even allowed to see them. I never in all my life could imagine this kind of pain. Thank You, Claudia

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Thank you for the information

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I have been a foster parent for 7 years. I have been blessed to not have an allegation against me yet. But, I do know several other parents that it have happened to. I have done some seminars in Maryland, trying to make Foster Parents aware of false allegations. Most parents go into foster parenting so totally unaware that anything like this could possibly happen. Keep up the fight. Our children needs good parents and the system pushes good parents away.

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P.S. I feel for your loss. I will keep you and your family in my prayers.

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It deeply saddens and troubles me to read your story. I have been thinking of foster parenting for a couple of years. We feel we have a lot to offer. This story worries me. Should we limit our care to infants and young children. Even tough I could offer love and support to troubled teens, I think I will be very reluctant to take in troubled teens or older children who may have enough knowledge of sexual matters to make false allegations. I'm sure many other potential foster parents may feel the same way. How sad.