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Financial Assistance for Families
Adoption assistance minimizes the financial obstacles to adoption. In addition to cash assistance, help is often available to pay for medical care or other services.
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.
Adoption Assistance for Children Adopted From Foster Care
In every State there are children with special needs waiting in foster care for adoptive families. The most recent data estimate that 126,000 children are available to be adopted from foster care. In the past, the costs of care and services were major obstacles to parents who would otherwise adopt and love these children, and most were not placed for adoption. The Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 provided the first Federal subsidies to encourage the adoption of children from the nation's foster care system. These subsidies, known as adoption assistance, serve to minimize the financial obstacles to ...
Adoption Subsidy Resource Center
North American Council on Adoptable Children
Provides profiles on State adoption subsidy programs and factsheets on many topics related to adoption assistance programs.
Federal Title IV-E and State Adoption Assistance
Children with special needs may qualify for adoption assistance (also called "adoption subsidy") to help their adoptive families defray expenses for the child's ongoing therapies or treatment. There are two major funding sources for adoption assistance: the Federal title IV-E program under the Social Security Act and State programs, which vary from State to State. Current through June 2004, this publication provides general information on adoption assistance, including eligibility, limitations, termination, and modification. This product is currently being updated. Check back in July 2007 for the latest information about how States address this issue in statute.
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