Finding A Homestudy Agency

Knowing that the homestudy is one of the first things to do, begin doing searches on the agencies which do international homestudies for Ukraine. The problem may be finding someone to do this service a part from engaging their adoption programif you are going "independent." Realize that some agencies may take longer until they can do your homestudy. Most of them say it will take 3 or 4 months but others may only take 3 weeks. And needless to say, some agencies charged a lot more than others and will have additional costs (travel time/cost per mile, $250 to work with the facilitator, etc).


IMPORTANT INFORMATION
A homestudy report for Ukraine must not be any longer than 7 pages. Make sure your social worker will be able to keep it between 5 and 7 pages, include notarized copy of the agency's license, the social worker's license, and a statement of employment for the social worker. Also, get 3 notarized copies of your homestudy report!

The social worker must include the following statements in the Homestudy report:
- "The adoptive parents have never had a court-appointed guardian."
- "The adoptive parents have never had their parental rights terminated in a court of law."
- " Minor children are the first to inherit if both parents die at the same time."
- "Adopted children have the same inheritance rights as biological children and will have the same civil rights as any American-born child."

Additional note: the homestudy report must make the exact same statement as in your Petition to Adopt.
Example--
"...We desire to adopt # healthy fe/male child(ren) between the ages of __ and ___ years old. We are willing to consider minor surgically or medically correctable issues. ..."