How hard is it to be approved to adopt? Research for the future?

I would like to know how hard is it to be approved and if it is so easy why are ppl adopting out of the country because they were denied, how long is the waiting list and what are the chances of a middle to low income family to be approved

I want to adopt a baby in the future after I'm done having my own I have 1 boy and another one on the way and want two more but i still feel the need to give another child a home I dont like adoption cause I feel like these kids wait and wait and some times never find a home. I want to give a child a home that may never have one

What are the chances

Mikayla Angeline's New Mommy

It is acctually pretty hard. My family started in January and still not fully approved yet. First, you need to look into it and find out when training starts. You are required to complete 30 hours of training. Once that is complete, a social worker will schedule a date to come to your household to basically check out the house and interveiw you. He/she will then schedule a date to interveiw individually with you and your spouse or partner. Then once that is approved, you will then be scheduled for a health inspection. This is when the health inspector comes and makes sure the house is suitible for a child to live in. You will get a brochure in the mail about the standards. Then, when that is approved, they may even call you the very next day. Contact the DSS (Department of Social Services) and get info. We are still awaiting the health inspection. We are doing the foster to adoptive care program in which you take in foster children and they may be able to be adopted. You are able to choose which gender, age, and race of the children. You can also choose how many you are willing to take in. If you want sibling pairs. If you only want one at a time. You are able to choose. Adoption is a wonderful thing to do and I am a product of it. I was adopted at birth. Good Luck!!!

Alyssa's mommy

Unfortunately you have to jump through a ton of hoops to get a child domestically. You need to prepare a bedroom for the child, have your home inspected a bunch, go through criminal and civil backround checks, prove you have a stable job, stable marriage...

Things like the anti-depressants you went on at age 18 because your best friend died in a car crash can be held against you... you must not be mentally stable if you took them. That kind of nonsense.

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