Adoption Costs and Financing Adoption

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.

The Cost of Adopting

• What Adoption Really Costs
  The results of AF's 2010/2011 cost survey.
• Sample Adoption Budgets
  A breakdown of how the money is spent and a downloadable budget worksheet.

Financing Adoption

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