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Homestudy Updates
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 9/26/08
Ok, so you've completed your homestudy and been approved by your agency or social worker. What else do you need to know about your homestudy? One is always to ask for an original of your homestudy from whoever completes it. While typically the agency or your attorney will have an original, we always recommend you [...]
Topics: Adoption Procedures | Adoptive Families | Beginning the Process | Homestudy
When To Complete a Homestudy
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 9/12/08
The homestudy is one of the first pieces of the adoption puzzle. While some may tell you not to start your homestudy until you are matched with a potential situation, this is typically bad advice. There are a couple of reasons why you should complete your homestudy before even looking for potential situations. The first [...]
Topics: Adoption Procedures | Adoptive Families | Beginning the Process | Homestudy
What is a Homestudy?
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 9/5/08
Many people who contact our agency do so because they are in need of a homestudy. A homestudy is a document required in all types of adoption. It is a document that contains the adoptive family's life in a nutshell. While every state has marginally different requirements for homestudies, every state requires some document that [...]
