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Private Domestic Adoption Requirements
To complete a Family Profile, the following is required of the family:
- Autobiographies on the parents
- Pennsylvania Criminal History and Child Abuse clearances
- FBI clearances
- 5 personal references (not from family)
- Last 3 years of federal tax returns (top page of 1040 form)
- Current pay stubs
- Medical clearances from a physician (parent is free of communicable disease and has no medical contraindication preventing adoption)
- Well water results (if needed)
- First Aid/CPR certification
- Pet Vaccinations
- On-site home review to ensure compliance with the adoption regulations
