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International Adoption Services
Catholic Charities provides education and home studies for International Adoptions. We also provide consultation and post placement visits during the adjustment period following your return home with your child.
Children adopted from foreign countries vary in age from infant (generally 6-12 months), to an older child. While Catholic Charities is not a placement agency for children not born in the USA, we are happy to assist Kentucky families who meet our criteria with the homestudy process. We work with several international placement agencies and will guide you through the process.
Catholic Charities
International Home Study Eligibility Requirements
- Adoptive Couples must be married for at least (3) consecutive years at the time of application. Persons divorced more than once will not normally be considered.
- Single individuals may be considered for an International home study through Catholic Charities if living the lifestyle of the single vocation.
- Applicants must be active participants in a Christian church and provide a letter of recommendation from their minister/priest.
- Applicants must demonstrate financial stability. This implies not wealth, but adequate income with management ability to provide wisely for the child i.e. living within means, steady employment.
- Applicants must be in good health with medical prognosis for continued stable health.
- Applicants must meet the age requirements of the country from which they choose to adopt.
- Applicants must be able to attend to the care of children and demonstrate emotional stability. Catholic Charities reserves the right to request psychological/psychiatric evaluation as needed.
**This agency reserves the right to disqualify a couple for any of the above reasons or any other reason other than race or color at any point during the application process.
International Homestudy Fees
Catholic Charities charges a flat fee of $2000 for an international homestudy. This one fee includes the education and consultation on international adoption, the home study report, travel costs for home visits, and two post placement visits. This does not include expenses for required (CIS/NIS) Citizenship and Immigration documents or dossier.
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