Subsidy for special needs child

Hi, We are in the processing of finalizing our daughter's adoption, and she has Down syndrome. We worked with a private agency for her adoption. In order for us to be considered for subsidy, The adoption agency who was placing our daughter had to apply for SSI. Once she was approved for SSI, then, we had to apply for subsidy PRIOR to finalizing her adoption. NACAC is a wonderful resource, and I spoke to a very helpful gentlemen, named Josh. Also, we live in Colorado, and subsidies vary county by county here. Hope this helps! Stacey