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How much does adoption cost?

For many parents-to-be, one of the biggest hurdles on the road to adoption is finding the necessary funds. On this page, find tips for financing adoption, learn ways to lower travel costs, read about how other parents did it, and much more.

Financing Adoption

  • What Adoption Really Costs
    The results of AF's 2006/2007 cost survey.

  • Special Report: Affording Adoption
    AF looks at how families do it.

  • Adoption Costs and Financing Adoption
    Sample budget worksheets, where to go for help, and other resources.

  • Where to Go for Help
    Make use of the credits, benefits, subsidies, and other resources available to you.

  • Tips from the Trenches
    AF readers share their strategies.

  • The Federal Adoption Tax Credit Explained
    AF answers readers' questions about the tax credit.
    As reported in AF Jan-Feb 2008: Adoption tax credit rises to $11,390.

  • How to Lobby Your Employer for Adoption Benefits
    Here's a road map, including a sample letter, to persuade your employer to add adoption benefits.


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