Adoption Home Study NY & NC: Post-Placement Services in New York & North Carolina

Do You Need a Home Study or Post Placement Report?

Hopscotch Adoptions’ Home Study Service Fees for an Adoption Home Study for residents of NY or NC are made available here or through an email request or through a call to our primary office, 336-899-0068. If you intend to only work with Hopscotch for the services of a Home Study or Post Adoption Services, but intend to work with a Primary Provider for placement services other than Hopscotch, you’ll find this chart useful, which outlines and itemizes typical expenses by category for the home study investigation, report and services. The chart can serve your family with an informational tool, for the general purpose of planning and budgeting for your international or domestic adoption, with a different adoption service provider acting as your Primary Provider.

If you don’t live in New York and North Carolina, but you need a Hague-compliant home study for the home study process? Hopscotch Adoptions will be happy to provide you with a list of Hague Accredited agencies in your state of residence that other families have worked with and are experienced in writing a Hague-compliant home study.

For Home Study and Post Adoption Services for US Families Residing Abroad, Contact Hopscotch Adoptions Directly.

Comprehensive Adoption Services for New York and North Carolina Residents

Hopscotch Adoptions’ Home Study Program is offered to residents of New York and North Carolina. We are here for you! If you’re thinking about adopting a child, the first thing you’ll need is a home study. If you live in North Carolina or New York, or you are a US citizen living abroad, Hopscotch can help. Hopscotch is a not-for-profit 501(c)3, Hague accredited child placing agency, licensed in the state of North Carolina and authorized in the state of New York. Therefore, we are able to provide the required pre and post-adoption services to any family residing in either of those states or abroad. Regardless of your plan to adopt a child from a Hague or Non-Hague convention country, we are accredited, experienced and qualified to provide both services.

North Carolina and New York Families:

• Summer Orphan Host Family Assessment Service
• Domestic Home Study Service
• International Home Study Service
• Court Reports for Finalization and Re-Finalization
• Step-parent Adoption Service

Hopscotch Pre and Post Adoption Services Include:

• Home studies sometimes referred to as pre-placement assessments for international or domestic adoptions.
• Home study updates and addendums.
• Post Placement services and reports.
• Post Adoption support and reports.
• Assistance with finalization or re-finalization in North Carolina and referral to resources in New York for finalization and re-finalization.
• A minimum of 35 customized credit hours of parent training is required for families using our placing program. A minimum of 10 credit hours of parent training is required for domestic adoptive parents. Hopscotch provides this parent training and also provides child specific referral counseling, mandated by the Department of State as essential for any prospective adoptive parent seeking to adopt a child. Parental preparedness is your best investment in a successful and healthy adoption.

You might be wondering what’s involved in completing a home study.  It may look overwhelming, but we’re here for you each step of the way.  We’ve helped many families, and we’d like to do the same for you.

Hopscotch works with families and agencies to complete all services as quickly as possible.

Here is a brief outline of the steps you can expect in completing your home study with Hopscotch:

• Submit an Application to Hopscotch with a non-refundable $250 application fee.
• Upon review and approval of your application, we will be invited to contract for the Hopscotch services relevant to your case, whereby you’ll sign and return a Home Study and Post Placement Agreement and payment for services.
• Upon receipt of the completed agreements and payment, we’ll send your family all the templates you’ll need along with a document checklist via email
• Your family will collect and submit all necessary supporting documents for the home study.
• Once all documents are received by Hopscotch, a Hopscotch worker will be assigned to your family and a home inspection appointment will be scheduled
• A required minimum of one home inspection visit and two face-to-face interviews with each adult applicant, together and independently, will be conducted by your worker in your home or in our office.
• If there are children in the home, a minimum of one home visit with the child/ren and a face-to-face interview with the assigned Hopscotch worker will be scheduled at your convenience. Based on the child/ren’s developmental age, the interview may take place with or without the parent present.
• A draft of the home study is submitted to Hopscotch by the assigned worker
• The Director of Clinical Services will review the draft and send it to the family and placing agency (if other than Hopscotch) for review and feedback
• Any necessary edits for factual errors will be completed without charge
• The draft will be sent to the family and placing agency for final review
• The home study will be signed and notarized by Hopscotch
• At least three notarized originals of the home study will be sent to your family and one to your placing agency, or more if needed; just let us know

Hopscotch can get you started on the path to building your family through adoption, and it only takes a single email or phone inquiry to start the ball rolling. If you, as prospective adoptive parents, are ready to make that step or just learn a bit more, we’re here for you and ready to get to work. Children are waiting. Let’s get started today!