When do I, as an adoptive parent, start the home study process?

When do I, as an adoptive parent, start the home study process?

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 home study process and how you find a social worker depend on the type of adoption. If you are going through a foster care adoption, your home study is conducted by the foster care adoption agency that you're already working with. The home study is most likely going to be conducted by the social worker that you've been working with for your adoption process, and there will be no cost associated with the home study. In a private or independent adoption, you could be working with an agency or you could be working with a facilitator and/or an attorney who will help locate a person to conduct the home study for you. In some instances there is a cost associated with the home study.