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What To Expect From The Home Study Process For Domestic Adoptions

Whether you are considering doing an family. Illnesses that are controlled by
agency or independent adoption, one of medication and are not terminal or minor
the first things that you will have to do mental health issues that are controlled
is to work with an agency to complete a by medication and counseling typically do
Home Study. The Home Study is comprised not affect the Home Study process either.
of information that you give to the Terminal illnesses, current police
agency in the form of questionnaires, records, being on the sexual offender
interviews and forms. For many couples, registry or child abuse registry are all
this is the most nerve racking part of things that would more than likely keep
the whole adoption process. you have having an approved Home Study.
The first thing you should do is to Not being honest during the Home Study
choose an agency that you feel process can have a negative affect on
comfortable with. You have to share a lot approval as well. If you have a police
of information during the Home Study record and do not discuss it with your
process and you need to feel good about casework, it can cause more problems in
the agency that is getting all of this the long run, even if it was just a minor
information. Most agencies will hopefully incident. They will find any records,
try to make you feel as comfortable as arrests, charges you have had when they
possible during the process. They are not do the background check even if the
there to judge you or to give you a pass charges were dropped, so it is best to be
or fail grade. They are there to help you up front about everything.
become a family. They recognize that in Many agencies also have agency specific
many ways it is not fair that adoptive guidelines or items that they include in
families have to go through the Home the Home Study. Some agencies might
Study process to become parents when they include information about your religion,
would not have to have a Home Study if even including a statement of faith. They
they weren't building their family might ask you about your views on
through adoption. disciplining and have a special section
The purpose of the Adoption Home Study in the Home Study that discusses your
Process is two fold. As a legal document, discipline plans for your child. They
it lets the court know that families have might have you fill out a form that
met certain state and federal guidelines states what kind of placement you feel
surrounding adoptive families. It also comfortable with including Birthparent
lets Birthparents who are choosing medical and social background and
adoption to know that their child will be activity during pregnancy, such as a
with a loving family in a safe home and Birthmother who smokes during her entire
they will be well cared for. Typically in pregnancy or a Birthfather whose family
agency adoptions the written Home Study has a history of Schizophrenia. Many
that contains identifying information is agencies want a statement from you about
not shared with the Birthparents, but openness and adoption and how you feel
non-identifying information is shared if about continued contact with the
they have questions. Birthparents are Birthparents, sharing pictures and
given a copy of the Home Study in many letters and talking you to your child
independent adoptions. about adoption.
Although each state has its own specific When doing an agency adoption, you may
guidelines surrounding the Home Study, have to go through a Home Study group
most states agree on the same basic with other couples who are currently
information to be included in the Home going through the adoption Home Study
Study. This basic information includes a Process at the same time you are. The
local and nationwide police background groups are like the educational part of
check (sometimes done by fingerprints, the Home Study. They will include such
sometimes done by name and social topics as talking to your child about
security number), a child sexual abuse, adoption, openness in adoption, meeting
child abuse and sexual offender registry Birthparents, grief and loss surround
background check, a physical including infertility and how to put together a
blood work, a TB test and a drug screen, picture profile/resume to be shown to
reference letters from friends, family Birthparents. Sometimes Birthparents,
and other people and a financial form adoptive parents and adult adoptees come
that basically needs to show that there and speak to the group about their
is more money coming in that going out. adoption experiences so that you can get
There are forms or questionnaires that information from everyone's viewpoint.
cover such subjects as parenting, This is all the basic information that
marriage, views on adoption and your you can expect to be included in your
fertility process. You can expect to Home Study process. You may find that the
write a short autobiography and should agency you use has a few additional
receive a basic outline for the things that they will have you do. You
autobiography from your agency. You will should feel comfortable asking your
have individual interviews and interviews agency questions along the way and
conducted as a couple. At some point, the discussing what you need to have
agency will conduct a home visit. During completed when they do the Home Visit,
this visit you will need to have working such as child proofing, fire
fire alarms, a fire extinguisher and you extinguishers, etc. You need to remember
will need to show that any fire arms you that they are here to help you become a
own are locked and secured so that no family, not to judge you or stamp you
children can get to them. with a pass or fail grade. Work with your
Although the Home Study is quite agency and be open and honest during the
extensive, it takes a lot to not be process. By doing these things, it will
approved as an adoptive family. Minor help your Home Study process to go
offenses that happened 20 years ago or smoothly and it will be easier on you in
traffic violations typically do not the end.
affect being approved as an adoptive




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