who is required to complete a home study if adopting a child
Completing a home study. A home study is conducted after you have completed your training classes and application to adopt or foster. All states require that families applying to adopt complete a home study. Some states also require that foster parents complete a home study. Some, but not all, states use dual-approval home studies that can be used for families just to foster, just to adopt, or to foster-to-adopt because:
Every adoption agency is different and each has its own requirements for accepting or rejecting an adopting family. You need to know and understand these requirements and how they effect you and your ability to adopt a child.