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I can't help you with the decision to stay public or go with a private agency, but either way you look at it you are talking about adopting dependent children from the state. It's a question of whether you are using a third party to help facilitate or not.
Yes, the training classes are required either way, it is, I believe, a national requirement. They should be called Model Approaches to Partnerships in Parenting (MAPP) or something similar.
You can get the number for your local area training coordinator, get set up to go to their classes, and generally they will let you get your application then. You don't have to finish the training to start the homestudy in my area, but you do have to finish the training to *complete* the homestudy.
Either way, it's not a very fast process. They want and need to separate the wheat from the chaff a bit.
As your home study is going to take place in your home state, your state government home page should have some links available to take you where you can get more information. Be patient, but also be persistent.
Sarah
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