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[quote=Anonymous]We found them terrible.  The homestudy worker was barely competent and gave our friends on the West Coast a hard time for not anwsering their phone for a reference the first call and when they called back she was grocery shopping (despite giving that time to call) and refused to talk to them.  After approved they refused to work with us as we asked questions about their contract which says they can drop you at any time for any reason and keep your money.  They don't have a lot of children/placements.  You are better off getting a homestudy through another agency like JSSA and doing an out of state adoption agency and search on your own.  Ask about their placement rates.  Ask about how many families complete home studies and sign with them.  Ask how many placements they get a year.  How many waiting famlies they have.  What is the longest a family is currently waiting.  Ask how many new families they take vs. the placement rate.  They kept initially pushing us to sign but also do private and a second agency as they weren't getting placements.  International experiences with them tend to be better.[/quote]

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