What is the difference between a homestudy agency and a child placing agency?
A homestudy agency is a local adoption agency that is licensed in the area where the adoptive parents reside (this is Adoption Connection’s role in international adoption). A child placing agency is an agency that places children abroad with adoptive families in the United States. Child placing agencies are located throughout the United States and it is common for adoptive families to choose an agency that is not close to where they live.