Adoption Expenses: Where to Go for HelpMany parents wonder how to meet the cost of adoption. Make use of the credits, benefits, subsidies, and other resources listed below.
Adoption can cost $15,000 to $25,000 or even more, but credits, reimbursements, and other benefits can make your adoption affordable. Here are some of them:
Federal Adoption Expense Tax Credit
For tax year 2011, the federal adoption expense tax credit is a maximum of $13, 360 per adoption (subject to income limitations).
State Tax Credits
Several states have tax credits for adoptive families, sometimes restricted to those adopting from that state's public child welfare system. Contact your state adoption unit for more information.
Adoption Subsidies
Children with special needs may qualify for a subsidy to help parents pay for ongoing treatments. For more information: North American Council on Adoptable Children, http://www.nacac.org/adoptionsubsidy/adoptionsubsidy.html.
Nonrecurring Adoption Expense Reimbursement
Families who adopt from the public system may be eligible for reimbursement of adoption-related expenses, such as homestudy, travel, and attorney costs. More information: http://www.nacac.org/adoptionsubsidy/stateprofiles.html.
Military Subsidies
Active-duty personnel are reimbursed for one-time adoption costs, whether adopting an infant, a waiting child, or a child from abroad. Find out more at www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/f_milita.cfm.
A new guide, Wherever My Family Is: That's Home! Adoption Services for Military Families, explains how to minimize obstacles to adoption, with information about the homestudy process and post-adoption services. Request a copy by calling 888-200-4005, or download it from www.adoptuskids.org/images/resourcecenter/militaryguide.pdf.
Employee Benefits
Some employers offer adoption benefits. See Adoptive Families' picks for adoption-friendly companies and read, "How to Lobby Your Employer for Adoption Benefits," at www.adoptivefamilies.com/topcompanies. For more help in lobbying for these benefits, visit www.adoptionfriendlyworkplace.org.
Grants and Loans
Some adoption agencies and organizations offer adoption grants and/or low-cost loans. Agencies with such programs include Holt International, World Association for Children and Parents (WACAP), and Dillon International. (See the adoption agency listings in at www.theadoptionguide.com for contact information.) For instance, the Gift of Adoption Fund, www.giftofadoption.org, and A Child Waits, www.achildwaits.org, offers grants and loans for families adopting internationally. Helpusadopt.org, a startup financial assistance grant program, awards grants twice per year to prospective adopters who face significant financial obstacles.
Other Resources
Look into cash advances from credit cards, second mortgages, home equity loans, and special adoption loans. Consider borrowing from your life insurance policy, 401(k), or pension plan. Perhaps you can tap friends and relatives. If you feel uncomfortable asking them directly, register with www.gotchagiftregistry.com, an online adoption gift registry service where friends and family can help defray adoption expenses. Maybe you can take a second job until your child comes, or identify a birthmother who already has medical insurance.
Read tips from parents about the ways they financed adoption.
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Comments
Another source worth checking out is Choice Personal Loans. They offer affordable adoption loans for people looking to adopt, but can not afford the expenses involved. Check it out!
Posted by: Jordan at 10:50am Mar 27
http://www.choicepersonalloans.com/adoption.htm
Posted by: Jordan at 10:52am Mar 27
Thank you for including Helpusadopt.org as a financial resource on your website! All the best, Becky Fawcett
Posted by: Becky Fawcett at 10:36am Oct 8
Adoption Associates, Inc. also has a loan program available. It's called Funds for Families: http://www.adoptassoc.com/resources/funds_for_families/
Posted by: AB at 11:24am Nov 5
I talked to 2 IRS specialists and found out something very bad for folks adopting from Korea: because Korean adoptions are not final until 6 months after arrival in the US, so if your adoption becomes final the year AFTER your child comes to the US, you can't take the credit until then. UNFORTUNATELY, you can only take expenses the year you paid them, not the year the adoption becomes final, so many of us are, basically, screwed. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news! My agency, Holt International, didn't know any of this - I wish I had known so I could have planned a bit better. Too bad!
Posted by: Sam Moses at 11:08am Mar 18
A great resource is the HelpAdopt.org website that allows parents-to-be to make a profile and have friends and family make online donations to help subsidize the costs of adoption.
Posted by: Brian at 1:26pm Oct 12
I find it interesting that there is no shortage of people willing to make money off adoption and not one agency contacted in the last six months nation wide has been willing to take even one pro bono adoption even when no less than 125 attorneys were willing to pro bono their cost. That is 125 children that will grow up without a family because agencies won't pro bono for anyone. Greed is not always walking with shame even when it should.
Posted by: Pauline at 11:33am Feb 27
Face it, adoption is a rich families game. Those that after housing, car, insurance, and other bills and have 20+ thousand to throw around get to adopt. The rest of us are f@#ked
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