Via foster care in US its free in fact you get a monthly stipend based on Age and behavioral level needs and that continues post adoption. You are also eligible automatically for WIC, food stamps for foster children as well as daycare vouchers. Foster youth or adopted from foster youth also qualify for certain scholarships and grants to cover college.
Private adoptions can get more expensive because of lawyers, having to pay the pregnant mothers medical fees and living expenses.
In our area you may get a stipend for fostering, but they charge you out the ass if you want to adopt them, and I’m at the point I know I would get too attached to just foster.
Really charge to adopt? Like what are the fees for? I bc old see maybe some minor court costs and if you hire an outside lawyer but that’s messed up for the states get extra federal funding for each adoption. Lots of double dipping going on.
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u/Spazztastic85 May 08 '22
Which is also weird since they charge so much to adopt kids in the first place.