What is the purpose of a "home study"?

What is the purpose of a "home study"?

Jennifer Perry (Executive Director, Children's Action Network) gives expert video advice on: How do I get approved to adopt a child?; How do the home study results affect my adoption plans? and more...

The purpose of a home study is really to make sure that the adopting parent or parents are comfortable with the process of adoption, to make sure you live in a safe place, to ascertain the parents' commitment, and to actually help you through the adoption process. A home study is no where near as intrusive and invasive as I think a lot of people perceive it to be.