Adoption Costs, what is all means....

Hello, I'm new to this and still interviewing agencies. As we are trying to learn all the ins and out and decide what agency & or services to work with.... I'm getting nervous about all these up front costs I'm seeing. I would like any constructive feed back, information about what the various fees might be or should be covering or information about your experiences. Of course recommendations on questions to ask & information to clarify. I realize there are some mandatory up front costs to get the process started and meet state requirements. I'm still a little surprised how much the very. Standers seem to be: - Application Fee - Home Study & Supporting Documents - State &/or Agency Required Education Classes (done along side the home study) Any other stander fees I might not have noticed yet? What concerns me are things like: - Required "weekend orientations & education" pre-home study, pre-acceptance & pre-contract with the program/agency??? - "Signing/ Contract" Fees required before "going in the book" or "Going live"??? - Minimum amount of advising fees (I would think this would be part of the "Signing" fees, but it is not always) - Match Fees??? Due at match, prior to placement or finalization? - Commitment to agree to a amount/range of birth mother fees?? Help sorting this all out....???:confused: :confused: :confused: