I would like to comment on this subject. I was a foster parent in NC for many years. I have had a total of 15 children come and go in my life. I also have adopted 3 children through foster parenting. I jumped thru all the many hoops that is required to be a foster parent only for the children to be returned to parents who turn around in a few years and return the children back to the system. My husband and family have moved to New Hanover county in Jan of 2008. I have been out of the system for several years but my husband and I decided being foster parents was something we wanted to do. I contacted New Hanover County only to be told to wait to July 2008 for next class. After waiting for the class, we were told we had too much going on in our lives to be foster parents. PLease tell me what families dont have things going on in their lives? I would alsolike to add that both my husbands as well as my job require criminal checks and both of us have been fingerprinted. We have CLEAN backgrounds and not even a traffic ticket. They say they need foster parents????? Well, if they are looking for "PERFECT FAMILIES" they will never find them!!! In the end the kids suffer!!! We have 5 bedrooms and a lot to offer children. So who loses in this situation?