[kbs4dws]

My husband and I are interested in adopting 1-2 children, 7 years or younger and have found several possible fits both in our state of Ohio and Oregon. I have been told that we have to take the 28 hours of foster/adoption classes before we can do the homestudy. Is this true, or is this just a rule of public/county department of children services??? We are trying to figure out the fastest way to go about this. Some counties have a 6 month plus waiting list just to be able to start a homestudy. This seems really long to me.

Would it be better if we tried to go with an agency???

Does anyone have any positive or negative opinions on public or private agencies?

And does anyone know if the classes are required for agencies???

Thank you for all the help and info.

Dazed and Confused