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Funding Adoption
Resources to help prospective adoptive parents understand the costs involved in adoption and make it more affordable through grants, loans, employer benefits, tax credits, and subsidies.
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Adoption General Information Packet 2: Funding Adoption
Child Welfare Information Gateway (2004)
An overview of the costs of adoption and sources of financial assistance.
Adoption Assistance by State
American Public Human Services Association and Child Welfare Information Gateway
Answers to 13 questions on State adoption assistance policy, medical assistance, and postadoption services.
Costs of Adopting: A Factsheet for Families
Child Welfare Information Gateway (2004)
Cost estimates for domestic and intercountry adoptions, including agency fees, legal fees, home study expenses, and foreign country expenses Includes information about adoption benefits, such as Federal and State tax credits, subsidies, loans, and grants.
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Adoption Friendly Workplace Program
Encourages employers to offer adoption benefits and helps employees advocate for these benefits in their workplace.
Adoption Tax Credit
Adoption Learning Partners
Online course to help adoptive families determine their eligibility for the adoption tax credit, understand how the tax credit works, create a system for tracking and documenting expenses, and prepare for filing taxes.
Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number
Internal Revenue Service
Answers to common questions about the adoption taxpayer identification number, the temporary number assigned by the Internal Revenue Service to a child pending finalization of his or her adoption.
A Child Waits Foundation
Resource for families seeking loans for international adoptions.
Employer-Provided Adoption Benefits
Child Welfare Information Gateway (2004)
Explains the types of employee and tax benefits available to adoptive parents, from financial assistance and parental leave to tax credits for adoption expenses. Information about employers offering adoption benefits is provided.
Federal Adoption Tax Credit for Special Needs Adoptions
North American Council on Adoptable Children
Information for parents.
Gift of Adoption Fund
Provides grants to adoptive parents.
God's Grace Adoption Ministry
Helps place orphaned children with families and helps families overcome the financial burden of adopting.
Hebrew Free Loan Association
Provides interest-free loans to Jewish adults who wish to adopt children internationally or domestically.
How to Make Adoption an Affordable Option
National Endowment for Financial Education (1997)
A booklet for prospective adoptive parents who are reluctant to pursue the process because they believe adoption is too expensive.
MBNA Credit Line for Prospective Adoptive Parents
Offers an unsecured credit line of up to $25,000 for prospective adoptive parents.
National Adoption Foundation
Financial assistance, services, and support for families before, during, and after adoptions are finalized.
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