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Individuals wishing to adopt must be approved by a home study agency to do so. A Home Study can be done by a
Licensed Social Service Worker (SSW) or a licensed agency within your state of residence. Oftentimes, a home study will cost
$700 to $1,500 depending on your state and agency. The entire home study could take as little as one month to as many as six,
largely depending on the efficiency of you and your social worker.
A home study is a written report containing the findings of the social worker who has met on several occasions
with the prospective adoptive parents, has visited their home, and who has investigated the health, medical, criminal, family
and home background of the adoptive parents. If there are other individuals that are also living in the home of the adoptive
parents, they will be interviewed and investigated, if necessary, by the social worker and included as part of the home study.
The purpose of the home study is to help the court determine whether the adoptive parents are qualified to adopt a child,
based on the criteria that have been established by state law.
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