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Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Alaska at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments may begin after the child has been placed for adoption (which is established by filing the petition to adopt) and after the adoption assistance agreement has been signed by the adoptive parent(s) and the Adoption Subsidy supervisor.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Arkansas at adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in California when the AAP Agreement is signed by all parties. This may be prior to or at the time the adoption decree is issued by the court.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Colorado at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Connecticut after adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments may begin in Delaware after adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Washington, DC at adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Florida at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Georgia at adoptive placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Hawaii at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin once the Adoption Assistance Agreement is fully executed between the adopting family and the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare. The adoption assistance agreement must be fully executed prior to adoption finalization. In most cases, for children adopted in Idaho, adoption assistance payments and benefits begin at adoption finalization.

For those children who are placed outside of Idaho through an interstate adoption, Idaho may negotiate and sign the adoption assistance agreement at the time of placement so that adoption assistance benefits, specifically Medicaid, are immediately available to the child in the new state of residence.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Illinois at adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin for children receiving Federal adoption assistance (IV-E) at adoption placement. For children receiving state-funded (county subsidy) adoption assistance, assistance begins on the date the adoption was finalized.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Iowa at adoption placement or adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Kansas at adoption placement, following the signing of the adoption placement agreement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Kentucky at adoption placement or adoption finalization. When begun at placement, known as pre-adoptive placement, the payments are called pre-adoptive payments. When begun at finalization, they are called post-adoptive payments and are approved prior to finalization and begin at the time of finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Louisiana during placement on the first day of the month following the month in which the adoption petition is filed with the court.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Maine at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Maryland at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Massachusetts at adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Michigan at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Minnesota after adoption finalization. The adoption assistance agreement is effective on the date the final decree of adoption is issued.

Adoption assistance payments may begin in Mississippi at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Missouri at the time the petition to adopt has been filed if the child is legally free for adoption. Until that time, foster care payments may be made to the placement resource.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Montana at adoption placement or at an appropriate time after adoption finalization.

To begin Adoption Assistance payments the adoptive family must have an approved adoptive home study, must have passed a finger print-based National Crime Information Database (NCID) criminal records check for all adults in the household and CPS a check in all states in which the adoptive parents have resided since the birth date of the oldest child. If there are no children, the CPS check goes back fifteen years.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Nebraska at adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Nevada at adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in New Hampshire at placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in New Jersey at adoption placement. In private agency cases, assistance begins the date the DYFS receives the application for adoption assistance from the private agency or the date of placement, whichever is later.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits begin in New Mexico at adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in New York at adoption finalization for the majority of children. Payments may begin earlier if the child was placed with an approved adoptive parent or directly in the custody of a voluntary authorized agency by the birth parent(s).

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in North Carolina the month after adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in North Dakota at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Ohio at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Oklahoma at adoption finalization or at adoption placement, depending on circumstances. If Oklahoma foster parents who receive foster care maintenance payments for a child adopt, agreements are set up to begin the day after finalization and foster care payments continue until finalization. In other situations, families may request payment at placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Oregon at adoption placement. The following criteria must also be met:

• the placement has been designated as the adoptive home
• the adoptive parent(s) and the agency representative have signed the adoption assistance agreement

The adoption assistance agreement must be complete prior to adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits begin on the effective date of the agreement. That date may be prior to finalization when the following four criteria have all been met:

• Parental rights to the child have been terminated
• Child is placed in the prospective adoptive home
• The adoption agreement has been signed
• The adoption petition has been filed

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Rhode Island at adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in South Carolina at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in South Dakota at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Tennessee at adoption finalization. Benefits for both the State-funded and title IV-E adoption assistance programs begin on the effective date of the adoption assistance agreement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Texas the first month after the month of adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Utah at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Vermont at adoption placement or finalization, depending on the circumstances of the child.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Virginia at adoption placement.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Washington at adoption finalization.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in West Virginia at adoption finalization.

The adoption assistance agreement is entered into shortly after adoption placement and establishes the payment level of assistance. During this period of trial placement of a state ward the payment is generated at that rate but the funds come from foster care.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Wisconsin at placement and must begin at least thirty days prior to the finalization of the adoption.

Adoption assistance payments and benefits may begin in Wyoming at adoption placement if certain requirements are met. In the case of foster parent adoptions, adoption assistance payments and benefits begin at adoption finalization.