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Cost Breakdown
Where the Money Goes
Application Fee & Files Set-Up Fee
$300
- Due at the time of submitting application
- Establishment/administration of file
Adoption Seminar Fee
$500
- 14 hours of adoption education
- required for all first time adoptive parents
Home Study Fee
$1,500
- A domestic home study is valid for 12 months
- required for all first time adoptive parents
- individual interviews, joint interviews
- overview of home and safety features
- administrative costs
- background check, drug tests, and fingerprint processing
Outreach Fee
$3,000
- Required to activate profile
- Assistance in creating family adoption profile
- Posting profile information on the Deaconess website
- Networking profile with other partner agencies
- Screening prospective birth parents
- Presenting a family's adoptive profile to appropriate prospective birth parents
- Advertising in a variety of media platforms
Agency Adoption Program Fee
$16,000
- Initial match meeting with prospective birth parents
- Transporting prospective birth family to doctor's visits, ultrasound appointments, etc.
- Gathering prospective birth parent's medical and social background information
- Coordination of hospital stay and discharge
- Agency representation at the birth parent court hearing(s) and adoptive parent finalization
- Minimum of 6 months post-adoption supervision
- 3 post-placement supervisory reports, and 1 home visit
- Obtaining medical records and coordination of insurance coverage
- Birth family and adoptive family post-adoption education, support, and consultation
- Administrative and operational costs
Medical Expenses
Approximately $0-$20,000
- If birth mother has Medicaid or private insurance, her expenses are usually covered
- Baby's medical expenses might be covered by birth mother's Medicaid or private insurance or adoptive parent's insurance
- For whatever medical expenses that aren't covered by Medicaid, birth mother's private insurance or adoptive parent's medical insurance
- This includes all appointments, birth, and postpartum appointment costs
Pregnancy-Related Living Expenses
Approximately $0-$5,000
- The agency will make every effort possible to identify anticipated expenses
- Birth mother's rent, groceries, bills, legal bills, etc.
- If living expenses exceed $1,000/mo, court approval is required
Attorney Expenses to Finalize Adoption
Approximately $1,700
- Agency retains an attorney to facilitate the finalization of adoption
- The legal cost to finalize an adoption is separate from the cost to terminate the parental rights of the birth parent
$0 Raised
$48,000 Goal
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The Newman Family, Est. 2024
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