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FREQUENT QUESTIONS? SERVICES...........FEES.......
Does your agency provide child placement? Yes we do. We provide these services for North Carolina couples with an approved Home Study completed by our agency. However, you may already have your adoption situation with a birthparent you located. We will still provide your home study and post placement visits. Your fees would be only for the home study, home inspection, post placement visits and your Court Report. By obtaining your home study from our agency, you not only are made aware of our agency siuations, but you can network on your to locate your own adoption situation. We will still provide your adoption services for you.
WHY USE AN AGENCY THAT PROVIDES MORE THAN HOME STUDIES?
Good question. Unless you already have an adoption situation, you will be best served by using an agency that provides your home study and provides child placement. In this process, the agency already knows you and your expectations, needs, and desires, Child placement will coordinate more easily with this information already available. Since our agency completes your Home Study, you will be informed of all our agency adoption situations. You may still continue to network and seek situations on your own. As previously explained--If you secure your own adoption situation, we will assist you with your adoption services as required by law. We will also help you seek reputable and solid adoption professionals to assist you and your birthparents as needed.
WHAT TYPE OF ADOPTION DO YOU PROVIDE? We provide direct placements. We provide open, semi-open and closed adoptions. We assist our birthparents with the type of adoption they are seeking. Based on their desires, we are able to present our couples as adoptive candidates. The birthparent(s) can then begin to choose the couple to obtain more information about. With your permission, we begin the process of sharing information.
Our agency coordinates child placement usually within the state of North Carolina. On occaison, you may accept an adoption situation in which your child will be born in another state. This is an INTERSTATE adoption and we complete those adoptions for you as well. We will assure all your adoption requirements for North Carolina and the other state are easily met.
DO YOU OFFER INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION? No, we focus on serving the children of North Carolina and the United States. Adoptions that occur within the United States are called DOMESTIC ADOPTIONS. Remaining here in your state is a more affordable and less stressful adoption.
WHAT OTHER SERVICES DOES YOUR AGENCY PROVIDE?
As previously mentioned, we provide Home Studies PROMPTLY. We also provide the required home visit, and post placement visits. Two post placement visits are required within a 4 month period here in North Carolina. After those visits, a Report is issued to your County Court to finalize your adoption. Our paperwork explains in detail your fees and when they are due. Your first meeting for your home study is held in our Newton, NC office and your fee for that home study of 1150.00 is due at that time. Please plan to pay your fee at that meeting. Your home inspection fee and your post placement visits/report fees are due at the time of those visits unless otherwise specified. Your Court Report will be be billed to you.
We also provide counseling. Julia Childers is a licensed clinical social worker and psychologist. Crisis counseling is a field of expertise for Dr. Childers. We can counsel with you as a couple, and with women in crisis about their very emotional decision to place their baby for adoption. We also counsel with birthparents through the entire adoption process, making them constantly aware of their choices, their rights, and what may be best for her as well as her baby---even if that means parenting. We encourage successful adoption for both parties----THE ADOPTIVE COUPLE AND THE BIRTHPARENTS! Using this combination of care and professionalism, our success rate is high,. We are also available to birthparents after placement to assist them as needed.
DO YOU PROVIDE STEP PARENT ADOPTIONS? Yes, we do for residents of North Carolina.
WHAT HAPPENS DURING A HOME VISIT?
Your home visit will be a prearranged visit. We do not wear white gloves, and check your closets and dresser drawers. We do not question friends or neighbors. Homes do not need to be perfect ~ just a comfortable safe Christian environment to raise your child.
DO YOU NEED TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
Writing autobiographies can take months to complete. At ADOPTIONS you are not required to write autobiographies. You will be required to fill out some informational forms to help us complete the report.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO RECEIVE THE COMPLETED HOMESTUDY?
Once you have turned in all the required documents, your homestudy will be completed within 10 (TEN) days of your office visit. Failure to turn in your completed package can delay your homestudy by days or weeks.
CAN YOU EXPEDITE A HOMESTUDY?
Rarely has ADOPTIONS had to expedite a homestudy. We are efficient in getting our homestudies completed faster then most other adoption agencies. But if expedition is needed, we can assist you. Our ordinary homestudy time is usually less than all other agencies expedited homestudy completion times. Emergency studies cost are figured on a case by case basis. Determined ONLY by the location the couple resides and how long the travel time is to visit the couple.
WHAT ARE THE COSTS AND FEES? This is the information you need the most. We are an affordable adoption agency!
Home studies are 1150.00
Home visits ( the home inspection and post placement visits) are 200.00
Court Reports are 400.00
If and only if you receive child placement through our agency, the agency fee is 8500.00-- This could vary slightly if the placement is an emergency placement ( less than 30 days) You NEVER pay an agency fee until you are matched with an adoption situation. This fee is for the matched situation. Your post placement visits, reports, and social worker travel are billed separately. You will pay your adoption attorney directly and your birthparent expenses directly. The average TOTAL costs for an adoption (agency fee, lawyer fees, birthparent expenses) is from 15,000 to 19,000 dollars. Financially, you should be prepared. This is not an astounding amount compared to other agencies. We encourage you to consider as many agencies as you can!
You pay for your home study at your first interview. Your home inspection and post placement visits will be due at the time of the service. Court Reports fees are paid in advance or at the time of service depending on your County Court.
Emergency Home Studies will be quoted to you based on your location and time requirement.
WE RECEIVE A COPY OF THE HOMESTUDY?
ADOPTIONS will provide you a copy of your homestudy when it is complete. You will receive a preliminary copy to review before the final copy is typed to insure there are no mistakes.
HOW LONG IS THE HOMESTUDY VALID?
Your homestudy is valid for 18 months in North Carolina. Your criminal and medical must be updated at 12 months.
WHAT IF MY HOMESTUDY EXPIRES?
If your homestudy expires, and you desire to continue to pursue adoption you will need to update your homestudy. The fee for this is fractions of the cost of the original study and may just require one visit together.
WHAT IS A POST PLACEMENT VISIT?
Post placement visits is a meeting with the adoptive family and the adopted child. This meeting is to assess if the child is being properly cared for and all has adjusted comfortably to the new family addition. Our social workers say that the post placements are the "MOST FUN" of all! They enjoy meeting your new additions!
WHAT DOCUMENTS DOES NORTH CAROLINA AND ADOPTIONS REQUIRE?
* A copy of your birth certificates
* A copy of your marriage certificate
* Copies of divorce decrees
* Last three pay stubs
* Last three checking statements (first page only)
* Last three savings statements (first page only)
* Criminal record checks (from your Sheriff's Department)
* Immunization records for all children in your home
* Statement of Faith
* Autobiographies ~ we include a form for this
* Reference letters (6 required)
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