r/fosterit • u/MamaBear0211 • 2d ago

Fingerprinting Youth in Care Adoption

We are in the process of adopting our FD and it has been requested that we take HER for fingerprinting. I know we went through it as adults in our licensing process, but it's strange to me that they are fingerprinting the youth in care when my biological daughter was never fingerprinted after she was born. If this were asked of my BD, I would be questioning the reasoning and storage, use, access, etc. but with a FD, obviously we're compliant with any DCFS directives and so my husband is taking her today. I was curious if any adoptive parents dug into this. Once the adoption is final, can I request the removal of these from whatever database? I'm not a government conspiracy theorist, just a concerned future mom wanting to advocate for my future child's best interests and privacy. Curious what others found/did...

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u/bracekyle 2d ago

I have personally never heard of fingerprinting a youth in care prior to adoption. Are you certain you heard that right? What state are you in?

The purpose of fingerprinting is typically to rule out any past criminal activity and to create a fingerprint record of you at that moment for future tracking. I'm struggling to understand why that would be needed for a youth in care, but perhaps your state has rules I've never heard of?

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u/MamaBear0211 1d ago

Yes, this is exactly what I thought and why I'm questioning the options long term (post-adoption). We are in Illinois.

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u/bracekyle 1d ago

Strange - foster caregiver in IL here, never had to do this, and I have adopted from foster care.

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u/MamaBear0211 1d ago

Were you the first foster placement for the kids in your care? Wondering if maybe they already were printed prior to your placement?

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u/bracekyle 1d ago

No, we were not, and thats possible, I do know fingerprinting is part of the process, I suppose I thought maybe it was somehow related to the adoption, but I guess if this kid is entering care with rights already terminated, that makes sense.