➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
PA: Experts question practices in Allegheny County contested adoption case
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – April 20, 2016
Monique Richards, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, said CYF agencies are expected to complete criminal records checks for foster and adoptive parents, as well as complete “comprehensive home studies of prospective adoptive parents prior to approving them for adoption.”
http://www.post-gazette.com/local/region/2016/04/20/Experts-question-practices-in-Allegheny-County-contested-adoption-case/stories/201604200026