Home Study Services:

A home study is a series of in-depth interviews of the adoptive family. Usually it is comprised of two or more visits with the adoptive family. Home Study laws differ in every state but most states require that this interview be completed by a licensed social worker at the very least. Part of the interview process is a visit to your home. You can expect the social worker to discuss some of the following things about you and your spouse:

The social worker will also want to interview you together and then separately. Most social workers will want to interview any children that you currently have as well.
The following is a typical list of documents that you will need to gather for your home study:

You will also be asked to gather character references from friends and family. Agencies differ on what they require and their requirements are usually based on state law. We encourage you to wait until you have a home study agency/social worker selected before you begin collecting character references. It is the same with a physical. Some states require that the physical be completed within six months of the home study visit, so it is best to wait to find out what your specific requirements are going to be before you spend time and money on a physical.

Another part of the home study is background clearances. Again, different states require different background clearances. More and more states are requiring a minimum of an FBI fingerprint clearance.

We will work with you to find an agency/social worker in your state to complete your home study. We are familiar with what each state wants and can help you with collecting your documents and getting your home study completed as soon as possible.

A lot of people worry about the home study. A home study is not just the agency/social worker wanting to get to know you but also it is a time for educating you more about the adoption process. If there are any issues that the social worker is concerned about, usually these can be worked out.
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Legal Services:

All For You has an extensive network of attorneys that we work with all over the United States. We only work with the best attorneys that are experienced in adoption law. Having an attorney is not always necessary but having their involvement can make your adoption safer. We prefer to only work with attorneys that we have an established relationship with. Our working relationship makes the adoption process go smooth and as quick as the law will allow.
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Medical Services:

All for You has an on-staff Registered Nurse. Having this unique staff person can be helpful with the education the birth mothers need concerning proper nutrition for their pregnancy, the labor and delivery process and with the normal newborn care that adoptive parents need. Our RN can assist in reading medical documents and can point out possible medical problems from those documents. However, the agency always requires that any medical documents given to the adoptive parents must be interpreted by the physician of their choice.
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Counseling Services:

All For You offers a variety of counseling services. First and foremost each birth mother will be assigned to a birth parent support counselor experienced in the adoption process. This support counselor will assist the birth mother and adoptive parents with many things but one of her primary functions is for supportive counseling. After 16 years of experience in the area of adoption, the staff of All For You has found that support counseling is the single most important part of the adoption process for birth parents.

We also encourage birth mothers to accept professional counseling from our Social Worker or from a psychologist of their choice. Birth mothers who exhibit symptoms of mental illness or report an actual mental illness diagnosis are referred to a psychiatrist for further evaluation and help. There are various community programs as well that offer counseling on a range of issues. This type of counseling is based on the patient’s income and therefore it is a good choice for the birth mothers we work with because they can have counseling not only on the adoption process but with other issues in their life.

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