Our Children’s Homestead offers home study services for families pursuing adoption through a private adoption or adoption attorney. In order to meet the cost associated with your adoption, Our Children’s Homestead administers the following applicable fees to assist in your quest to adopt. 

​Service ​Provided	​Service Details	​When Fee is Assessed	​Total Cost
​Home Study Fee	​A home study is to prepare your family for the adoption process and assess whether your family can provide a safe, nurturing environment for a child.  The home study process consists of a minimum of three in-home visits by an Adoption Coordinator.  These visits will include discussions surrounding your motivation to adopt, full family social history for adoptive mother (if applicable) and adoptive father (if applicable), interviews of all children currently residing in the home, physical and mental health status, martial and/or significant relationship status, review of matching tool completed during the foster home licensing process, views on parenting, experience with children, attitude of family and friends being supportive of adoption, financial information, type of child preferred, community and housing status and child-specific trainings (after child is identified) -Home Studies are required to be updated annually by IL DCFS Adoption standards.  After a period of a year if a match does not occur, a fee will be assessed (20% of the Initial Home Study Fee) to provide an update of the home study.  An updated Home Study will ensure the uninterrupted continuation of your adoption process.	Prior to Initial Home Visit by the Adoption Coordinator	​$ 2,125.00