Find available infants to adopt in South Carolina through adoption agencies or the state.
Building a family through adoption is an option many families pursue with success. Adopt a baby in Rock Hill, South Carolina through a licensed adoption agency or through the South Carolina Department of Social Services or other adoption programs. Many adoption agencies in other states will coordinate the adoption process with an agency in South Carolina to ensure that you find the infant that is the right match for your family. Babies are available through photo listings and through birth parent choice. When birth parents choose the adoptive parents for an unborn or young infant, this is called an Open Adoption.
Instructions
Adoption through a Licensed Adoption Agency
1. Search online for licensed adoption agencies that place children in the state of South Carolina. The agency doesn't have to be within the state in order to place infants there. Each state has its own adoption laws and regulations. Out-of-state agencies often work in conjunction with South Carolina agencies for the welfare of an infant.
2. Complete the agency's pre-screening application. You often can find this material to be completed on the website or as a downloadable, printable application. You almost always must pay a fee when completing this application.
3. Wait for the adoption agency representative to contact you via e-mail or telephone. Upon acceptance of your pre-screening application (if you have met all requirements) the agency representative will discuss beginning the home study process. According to Adoption.com, South Carolina requires a home study evaluating your finances, criminal background information, fingerprinting, parenting style, marriage relationships, family relationships, history of domestic or sexual abuse as an offender or victim, and many other personal questions.
4. Complete the required South Carolina home study your adoption agency advises. The home study also calls for a fee. Upon your compliance with all South Carolina regulations governing adoption, your agency will place you on its adoption list. Some agencies allow the birth parents to choose the adoptive parents. Your agency will advise you on this process. Some agencies match their clients in a chronological order according to who was registered and home study compliant first. Agencies have many ways to match infants with adoptive families.
Adoption through South Carolina Social Services
5. Search online through the South Carolina Social Services website. Locate the contact information for your regional office. Complete and return the application. Complete the fingerprinting process for all adults age 18 and over within the household. According to the South Carolina Department of Social Services you should call 1-888-CARE-4-US if you're interested in being an adoptive parent in South Carolina.
6. Attend the pre-scheduled training classes (14-hours) established by the state of South Carolina.
7. Complete the home study, meeting South Carolina's requirements for adoption, which include home safety inspections, home visits with a social worker, references, interviews, medical references and documentation of legal records.
8. Wait for your approval to adopt from the South Carolina Department of Social Service Services. Identify any available infant through the photo listings you may be interested in. Participate in the foster-to-adopt program for infants. These infants are often abandoned or removed from the birth parents due to a variety of reasons. Parental rights have not always been terminated. If parental rights are terminated, the fostering family is given first priority to adopt the infant into their home.
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