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Keep in mind that the homestudy isn't dependent upon who you are using for the placing agency. We actually found our last homestudy agency by asking on a yahoo group specific to international adoptions from our state.
What you need for a homestudy worker is reliable and reasonably priced. What goes in the actual homestudy is dictated by the state, federal and country you are adopting from. The homestudy agency will simply contact your placing agency to verify requirements for Liberia versus another country. Otherwise, they'll complete the homestudy according to the dictates of your state.
In other words, any homestudy agency is not especially better than the next. They must be licensed to do international homstudies in the state of your residency. That's it. So, I would get recommendations from those who live in your state, or simply start calling adoption agencies and get prices on international homestudies. Look for someone reasonably priced that you can get along with well, and who generally does their homestudies in a good timeframe without charging more money. (Ran into an agency who would only guarantee completion of the homestudy within 12 weeks without paying an expedite fee equal to have the total of the homestudy itself--obviously we did not work with them.)
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