Adoption Suitability Assessment

We conduct mandatory assessments for prospective adoptive couples, ensuring a nurturing environment and evaluating readiness for parenthood.

Supporting Your Journey Towards Adoption

The Adoption Suitability Assessment (ASA) is designed to evaluate the readiness and suitability of couples who are looking to welcome an adopted child into their family.

The assessment must be done before searching for a suitable child or initiating legal adoption proceedings.

A favourable ASA is:

Valid for two years. You can seek an extension of your ASA or Home Study Report (HSR) if the report has a minimum validity period of 3 months before expiry. Please approach the Accredited Adopted Agency (AAA) that you completed your ASA or HSR with to apply for an extension.
Valid for one adoption only. A new ASA is required for subsequent adoptions.

What You Can Expect

The ASA is a multi-faceted process. It involves interviews, screenings, and home visits.

The screenings that we conduct are designed to give us a comprehensive assessment of your situation. These include, but are not limited to, physical, mental, and criminal background checks.

These may be virtual or face-to-face sessions and will be decided on a case-by-case basis.

You will be assessed on areas such as:

Motivation to adopt
Views on adoption
Family, marital, medical and employment history
Childcare arrangement
Parenting styles
Other relevant information involving adoption and adoptive parenting

How to Apply

Before applying for the ASA, couples will have to attend two compulsory adoption briefings:

After you have attended all the necessary briefings, you may submit an application for the ASA with the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF).

Hear from the People We’ve Helped

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"TOUCH Adoption staff were simply amazing and were always available to help us understand the process and what to do next. They were also very thorough and made sure that everything went smoothly for us.”

- Mr G.S.

Adoption

"TOUCH Adoption staff were simply amazing and were always available to help us understand the process and what to do next. They were also very thorough and made sure that everything went smoothly for us.”

- Mr G.S.

Adoption

“There are few people in our lives who have profoundly influenced and shaped our life journey. We consider our meeting with our assessor from TOUCH Adoption to be one of these experiences.”

- Mdm H.

Adoption

“There are few people in our lives who have profoundly influenced and shaped our life journey. We consider our meeting with our assessor from TOUCH Adoption to be one of these experiences.”

- Mdm H.

Adoption

“The assessor was kind and patient, very experienced and knowledgeable in her work and in the procedures and policies. She is a professional staff who make the whole journey of adoption a wonderful one.”

- Mr and Mrs Lim

Adoption

“The assessor was kind and patient, very experienced and knowledgeable in her work and in the procedures and policies. She is a professional staff who make the whole journey of adoption a wonderful one.”

- Mr and Mrs Lim

Adoption

“We were initially nervous about how the interview would be like, but the assessor put us at ease with her friendly and professional demeanour.”

- Mr and Mrs B. L.

Adoption

“We were initially nervous about how the interview would be like, but the assessor put us at ease with her friendly and professional demeanour.”

- Mr and Mrs B. L.

Adoption

“We are very impressed by the professionalism and availability of all the members we have had the pleasure to deal with and will definitely recommend TOUCH Adoption to anyone in the adoption process.”

- Mr and Mrs D.G.

Adoption

“We are very impressed by the professionalism and availability of all the members we have had the pleasure to deal with and will definitely recommend TOUCH Adoption to anyone in the adoption process.”

- Mr and Mrs D.G.

Adoption

“My wife and I are extremely grateful to TOUCH Adoption staff for their patience, kindness and understanding. They made exceptions and went the extra mile to help us in our time of need.”

- Mr and Mrs Teh

Adoption

“My wife and I are extremely grateful to TOUCH Adoption staff for their patience, kindness and understanding. They made exceptions and went the extra mile to help us in our time of need.”

- Mr and Mrs Teh

Adoption

“Firstly, I would like to commend TOUCH Adoption staff for her professionalism, helpfulness and patience. She is always helpful on answering all questions about the adoption procedure.”

- Mr and Mrs Kow

Adoption

“Firstly, I would like to commend TOUCH Adoption staff for her professionalism, helpfulness and patience. She is always helpful on answering all questions about the adoption procedure.”

- Mr and Mrs Kow