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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

Series Title:	Factsheet for Families
Author(s):	Child Welfare Information Gateway
Availability:	View Publication Printable Version (PDF - 243 KB) Order Publication (Free - Add to Cart)
Year Published:	2004 - 5 pages

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.

Updated on May 23, 2008