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This varies from state to state. You will no longer receive a stipend or board rate, but may qualify for an adoption subsidy. Generally you will only qualify if the child is a special needs child in some way (behavioral, medical, psychological, sibling group, teen, mixed race, etc)
It depends on the situation; you will no longer get the board rate, but may qualify for an adoption subsidy. You're more likely to qualify if you adopt special needs children (older children, sibling groups, medical needs, behavioral issues, sometimes minorities, etc)
Sometimes, the amounts vary by state, and work on a case by case basis.In general:You will get an adoption subsidy if you are adopting special needs children (medical, severe behavior, autism, sibling groups, mixed race, children older than 8 years old, etc)You may be able to negotiate one with the case manager regardless of special needs.
No. But some costs of adoption may be deductible from taxable income. Answer: If you adopt a special needs child from foster care you may be entitled to adoption subsidies. These can include medicaid and money to help with the child's special needs.
Adoption - 2002 Foster Care 1-21 was released on: USA: 21 December 2003
If you are up for adoption and is a teen the choice is yours. You will then remain in foster care.
There is no statistical information collected on the number of children becoming available for adoption in the US. The number would include those in private adoption, kinship placements, children moving from foster care to foster adoption, as well as readoptions resulting from disruption.
Keeping the child or foster care.
Foster care and adoption is not the same thing. Yes, you get to meet your adoptive parents before they adopt you. That is not always the case with foster care since if a child is abused for instance the foster families are ready to receive you in the middle of the night sometimes, when it's needed. Foster care is not meant to be permanent like adoption.
In the US, foster parent and adoption assistance are administered by the States, so the rules and payment rates differ.
Keeping Kids Healthy - 2002 Foster Adoption The View from Both Sides was released on: USA: 17 June 2007
It really depends on how their foster or adoption parent treats them and what age they know about the adoption.