Financing Your Adoption
Today's
parents research just the right car seat, crib, and baby
formula to buy. But adoptive parents have the extra financial
burden of legal fees, orphanage fees, travel expenses, licenses,
homestudy, and much more. All this and still be able to support
a child afterwards.
This site was created to help you with your decision to adopt.
Here you will find links and information that hopefully will
provide you with solutions to make your adoption happen. Then
you can move on to decorating the little one's room.
Good Places to Start
The National
Adoption Clearing House is a comprehensive resource on
all aspects of adoption run by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families.
It contains a great amount of useful information, including
the
National
Adoption Directory Online. This frequently updated
database includes state-by-state listings of public officials,
as well as all public and private adoption agencies and support
groups for adoptive parents and for people searching for birth
relatives.
SmartMoney.com:
10 Things Your Adoption Agency Won't Tell You By Michele
Marchetti, March 17, 2004
National
Endowment for Financial Education publishes
information for people who would like to consider
adoption but are reluctant because they believe
that the process is too expensive. It is also for
families who, caught up in the emotions of adopting,
may not have given serious thought to some of the
less obvious financial aspects of adoption. Here
you'll find out about expenses common to most adoptions,
as well as those unique to the adoption of waiting
children, to independent adoptions, and to international
adoptions. You'll also learn about financial assistance
and tax breaks available to adoptive parents.
(From NEFE.com.)
Last
updated 7 January 2007.
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