Affording Adoption: Additional Resources

This information was taken directly from Child Welfare Information Gateway

Additional Resources

Child Welfare Information Gateway offers factsheets that pertain to adoption costs:

Employer-Provided Adoption Benefits http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_benefi.cfm

Adoption Assistance for Children Adopted From Foster Care http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_subsid.cfm

National Adoption Foundation offers an adoption grant, loan programs, and adoption insurance: http://www.nafadopt.org

National Endowment for Financial Education offers an online booklet on adoption costs: “How to Make Adoption an Affordable Option” http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/family/adoption

North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) lists State adoption subsidy profiles: https://nacac.org/help/adoption-assistance/adoption-assistance-us/state-programs/

NACAC also provides information on tax credits for special needs adoption: http://www.nacac.org/postadopt/taxcredit.html

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Resource

Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2011). Costs of adopting. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau.