Average cost of home study?

Punkin7030

Also anyone hear of Bundle of Hope from Jacksonville, FL?

and last question what is the average wait time for a match after you have the homestudy completed? 

Dr.Loretta

It varies. Ours was around $1700.

Never heard of them.

That really varies. It depends on who you're using, what their average wait times are, what programs you're in (Caucasian vs AA/biracial), how open you are to certain situations, etc. Our agency wouldn't even give us an average, because the wait could be 2 days or 2 years. The birthparents pick the adoptive family based on a host of factors.

jacksjerseygirl

Not heard of them. We used American Adoptions (AA) out of KS. Loved them. 

Home study costs for us: Around $1500 (fees for background checks/finger printing + fee to agency for the home study visits + fees to the social worker for her travel + post placement fees per visit* - this last fee is often not talked about and can sneak up on adoptive families).

We had negative 30 days of wait time. 

However, with  AA average wait time (was) <6 months for those open to any race and between 9-12 mo for those only open to Caucasian.

amberfernandez

Ours was $4,500, but that's because it is performed by the State of California AFTER placement because we did an independent private adoptino.

Honeydew1894

Ours was $1500 and we are using an agency.

SLPMel

jacksjerseygirl:

Not heard of them. We used American Adoptions (AA) out of KS. Loved them. 

Home study costs for us: Around $1500 (fees for background checks/finger printing + fee to agency for the home study visits + fees to the social worker for her travel + post placement fees per visit* - this last fee is often not talked about and can sneak up on adoptive families).

We had negative 30 days of wait time. 

However, with  AA average wait time (was) <6 months for those open to any race and between 9-12 mo for those only open to Caucasian.

Would you be open to talking about your experience with them?  I'd love to find out more information-they came up as a recommendation from someone else as well!

gymel@aol.com if you are!

jehnm

Our home study was 1200.  That fee was the same for anyone adopting through our agency, it did not vary. 

FinallyMrs.G

I've never heard of them. Our homestudy was $850, were in WA state.

Our average wait after going active is a year to two years.

lisanjay

We used a homestudy agency outside of our adoption agency. The homestudy was $1100. We started the homestudy in late Nov 08 and were matched in December of 08...but with our agency you didn't have to have an homestudy complete before being matched.

GLynn2009

Our homestudy was $1,500 with agency in TN for a IA adoption.