Ok. Quick BG.
My mother in law was a foster parent specifically for drug/mentally challenged native children here in our town. She currently has 5. 4 of which she adopted.
Now. She's not very good to the kids. She tried to treat them like normal kids. And they aren't. Screaming .etc.
Anyways. We just bought a house with a 2 bedroom basement suite I'm building. We want to rent it for $850/month including utils. Now. Her sister is 18. And needs to move out. She qualified for assisted living but it can be a 2 year wait. Her worker offered us $1100/month to act as assisted living for her. So naturally we agreed.
Now. Her sister has her hopes up. But since she's still qualified for assisted living in an apartment complex near by. And on the wait list. They can only offer us about $373 (no prices confirmed. But a strong estimate). Which in my mind is a waste of time. Since we already get $250/month respite taking her 4-6 days.
Now. I feel bad since her sister was so pumped about it and we really need to get her out of that house. However. 2 years at 373 a month will cost us more money than we make. Especially once you factor in my wife having to take her to appointments, cook meals .etc.
I dunno. I'm a family guy. But her mom is a big enough drain already. Wife's been babysitting for her since December. But delayed the government paperwork "by accident" I.E she's lazy. And we haven't seen a penny. Current total is around $1200....
My mother in law was a foster parent specifically for drug/mentally challenged native children here in our town. She currently has 5. 4 of which she adopted.
Now. She's not very good to the kids. She tried to treat them like normal kids. And they aren't. Screaming .etc.
Anyways. We just bought a house with a 2 bedroom basement suite I'm building. We want to rent it for $850/month including utils. Now. Her sister is 18. And needs to move out. She qualified for assisted living but it can be a 2 year wait. Her worker offered us $1100/month to act as assisted living for her. So naturally we agreed.
Now. Her sister has her hopes up. But since she's still qualified for assisted living in an apartment complex near by. And on the wait list. They can only offer us about $373 (no prices confirmed. But a strong estimate). Which in my mind is a waste of time. Since we already get $250/month respite taking her 4-6 days.
Now. I feel bad since her sister was so pumped about it and we really need to get her out of that house. However. 2 years at 373 a month will cost us more money than we make. Especially once you factor in my wife having to take her to appointments, cook meals .etc.
I dunno. I'm a family guy. But her mom is a big enough drain already. Wife's been babysitting for her since December. But delayed the government paperwork "by accident" I.E she's lazy. And we haven't seen a penny. Current total is around $1200....
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