Adoption Homestudies
South Carolina & Southern California Homestudy Services
An adoption homestudy is a service that involves you and your social worker. Nightlight’s emphasis is on education to prepare you to be good adoptive parents. Simultaneous to the adoption education process and meeting with your social worker, you will also submit verifications that are needed as part of the homestudy process. Our intent is to help prepare you for the special needs of an adoptee. The homestudy will be different for each adoption, as everyone has different histories and experiences that they bring into the process. The adoption homestudy will take about 2-6 months to complete and will consist of education, interviews, and paperwork.
If you live in Southern California (counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, San Bernardino, or San Diego) or South Carolina we will help you complete your home study. (The process and requirements are different for a Southern California homestudy and a South Carolina homestudy, so be sure to download the proper homestudy information booklet below.)
For anyone living outside Southern California or South Carolina, Nightlight requires that any family adopting through one of our international programs have their home study completed by a Hague accredited agency, even if the adoption is from a non-Hague country. If there is no Hague accredited agency in your area, please contact Nightlight to discuss your options. We recognize that there are many quality agencies who have chosen not to seek Hague accreditation, however we believe a home study is such an important part of the adoption process that every effort should be made to obtain home study services from agencies who have had to meet the higher standards of the Hague.
Contact us to get in touch with one of our offices in Southern California or South Carolina, or for a recommendation of a licensed adoption agency in your area.
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Nightlight Christian Adoptions is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) adoption agency, licensed by the states of California and South Carolina to provide adoption services, and is Hague Accredited through COA. Nightlight can perform adoption homestudies for residents of South Carolina and Southern California (Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura counties).