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Adoption Basics

Adoption is a legal process that creates a new, permanent parent-child relationship where one didn't exist before. The adoption proceedings take place in court before a Judge. Adoption be... [more]

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Pre-Adoption Training & Education

Pre-adoption education resources for those hoping to adopt, whether through the foster care system, private agencies, or independent adoption. Pre-Adoption Paren... [more]

Pre-Adoption Approval

If everything goes the way it is supposed to, you will have to deal with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service – the USCIS – (the agency that used to be called the INS an... [more]

Homestudy 101

A homestudy is required for all adoptions, except in some cases of kinship and stepparent adoptions where the requirement may be waived or simplified. A homestudy is valid for a period o... [more]

The Adoption Homestudy

Once you apply to adopt a child (whether you apply through an agency, an attorney or facilitator, or directly to the court in an independent adoption), the laws of all states require that ... [more]

What is an adoption homestudy?

The homestudy is an assessment of your understanding of adoption and your readiness to bring an adopted child into your home. The cost, who can perform a homestudy, and other details will d... [more]

Social Workers Reexamine Kinship Care

Unfortunately, the informal adoption structure that has worked so well in the African American and Latino communities for generations is fading. Although kinship placements have soared, the... [more]

What is Adoption?

Adoption is a legal process that creates a new, permanent parent-child relationship where one didn't exist before. The adoption proceedings take place in court before a Judge. Adoption bes... [more]

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