chelsie.mi | "Is better to postpone your idea to adopt the child till you earn some..."
It is quite a generous act that you want to adopt an infant baby and take care of the kid , but you need to under stand that the kid needs to be taken care of all and to fulfill all its needs and for proper growth and care of the baby, you would need money . It is better to postpone your idea to adopt the child till you earn some descent money for the kid .
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 Q. I want to adopt an infant but don't have a lot of money. can some one help?
foster care that is going to be your best bet.
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Q. How much money does it usually cost to adopt a child internationally? a.) how much would it be usually to adopt a new born child internationally?
b.) how much would it cost to adopt an infant/baby from a foster home?
c.) how much would it cost to adopt a child age 2-5 from a foster home?
d.) how much would it cost to adopt a child age 2-5 internationally?
Depends on the year, model and dealership 'specials' I'm sure they can send you a price list on request
And they say adoption is a social service for the kids
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Q. Is there any way to adopt a healthy infant that doesn't cost insane amounts of money? (not foster care)? it seems like you can't even get started without about $20,000. don't know why it has to be so expensive... i can understand paying the birth mother's hospital bills/ prenatal care and a reasonable fee for the agency for matching you, but come on! is private adoption cheaper? the only way i've seen that isn't ridiculous is foster care but when i adopt i want to do just that- adopt. not take in a baby who can potentially be returned to their birth parents
i decided that although my mother was silling to go through with it, i loved her too much to let her do anything that might jeopardize her health
willing i mean lol
"Unfortunately people are greedy for money..."
It’s expensive because it’s all about supply and demand and people are willing to pay that hefty price. I think its crazy myself I think there should be cap that no one should have to pay over a certain amount for any adoption. Why the heck should someone have to pay thousands of dollars to give a home and family to a child/baby that needs it? All adoptions should be free or at least low cost. Unfortunately people are greedy for money.
You could contact FCS and tell them you’re solely looking to adopt from them. Private adoption is one of the most costly forms of adoption. My aunt and uncle did that and when it was all said and done they spent around 50 to 60 grand. You could also try the waiting child list. These are children whose bioparents rights have already been terminated or willing given up and they are available for adoption.
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Q. I want to adopt a infant or toddler with down syndrome i live in ohio ? and no i dont want to do it for the goverment money ?is anybobody considering putting their child up for adoption?
ok i worded this wrong was any one adopted a child with down syndrom
This is not the forum to solicit someone for the adoption of their child. Contact your local Child Services department.
EDIT - you might have a better response if you move your question to the adoption forum and ask about their experiences with special needs children and down syndrome specifically.
Best wishes.
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Q. What financial aid options are available when seeking to adopt? available when seeking to adopt a child? hello. my husband and i are happily married, and have a beautiful daughter. we would like very much to add another child to our family, or possibly to add twins. i am able to get pregnant, but continue to miscarry my pregnancies, which is hard on me physically and emotionally. we are interested in adopting an infant or child up to the age of approx. 18 months, of any race. we live comfortably and in a nice area, but i am a stay-at-home mom, and we don't have very much extra income. we cannot find an agency that does adoptions for less than $11,000 except for foster care, and the possibility of losing a child that is placed with us in foster care is too hard to bare. how do we facilitate an adoption for less money, or find financial aid? will we have to look for a birthmother ourselves? is our search futile? any help is appreciated!
"My wife and i adopted a baby from china through a helping hand..."
http://www.cwa.org/aid-adoption.htm
Is a website you might like to visit.
My wife and I adopted a baby from China through A Helping Hand located in Lexington, KY. Their web address is http://www.cwa.org/aid-adoption.htm.
Consider international adoption, it is usually less expensive and faster than domestic. Plus, the odds are very good that no one will ever try and take the child away.
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Q. I wanted to be a foster parent can i adopt them after i get the baby? okay i always have the heart for being a foster parent... typing about it make me all tears up inside with happy and sad tears. i have a daughter of my own and she is 15 month and i still have more room in my heart for the ones that needs it. i really would like to adopt them when there infant. can we request for them? and i don't care about the money part i don't need to get paid for doing this.. i just wanted to know where do i start? thanks
"If you want to adopt a baby then you need to..."
First, contact your counties social service office (sometimes called DSS or DHEC). You will first complete an application.. After you return the application, if it is approved, you will then be invited to something called a MAPPS class. This will provide training for nurturing children in foster care. Many times they have been abused and require that special emotional needs be met. You willl then be asked if you want to be a certified foster parent, and the meaning of this will vary, but here (in NC) it means that you are willing to take on children with special needs or disabilities. You must have an extra bedroom specifically set aside for the foster child. You can request to have younger children, infants, boys or girls. Since I have a daughter myself, i requested that no boys older than 3 years old be placed with me, to avoid any bad situations. Be aware that just because a baby is placed in foster care with you, that does not mean you will be able to adopt it. If you want to adopt a baby then you need to go through an adoption agency, not get attached to one in foster care, only to have the parents come back in 6 months and take the baby from you. It is a heartbreaking thing, but you feel great knowing that you provided a loving home for a child, even if only for a short time.
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Q. How much does it cost to adopt-don't have a lot of money? my son is really bothered by the fact that my husband and i never adopted him. we are his legal guardians and have been raising him as our son since he was 7, he is now 14. his mother originally left him in our care to take a job in a different state and after she was settled was going to take him back. she decided after a few months that she wanted a "do-over" in life and told us either we take custody or she would put him in foster care. she has not contacted us in the last two years, i have no way of knowing how to reach her.
my son has been in a foul mood lately and when i finally got him to confess what the problem is, he feels that since we never adopted him that we don't think of him as our son. he also wants to take our last name since he views us as his only family now. i don't mind adopting him or letting him take our last name. i didn't bother in the beginning because i have three biological children of my own, i always though his mother would come back. i couldn't imagine living them for a day much less several months, i guess i though she wasn't completely soulless. as time went on and i realized that she was restarting her life without him, it just didn't seem important, the guardianship allowed us to legally care for him.
this is really bugging him and if it makes him understand that he is part of our family, we are willing to go though with it. problem is that times are tough, i don't have a lot of money to spare. also i have no idea how to reach his mother, last time we have contact with her was two years ago. i'm not sure if she moved, her phone number was disconnected last time we used it. most of the info i have found is on infant adoption, i need to know what a ballpark cost if your looking to adopt a child already in your care. thanks in advance.
I would contact an adoption lawyer. Laws probably vary from state to state but at 14 he may have some ability to state his own case, possible become an emancipated minor first and then adopted by you. He may have an easier time that way than you will trying to terminate her rights. They will probably need to send some papers to her or to her last known address at least. The local bar association could give you advice on where to start.
You could also google "Andrew Vachss". He is an author and lawyer specializing in abused children and children's cases. His website has resources listed on it which may help you also. It's at least a place to start to see where to go.
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Q. What do you think about adoption fundraising? my husband and i would like to adopt. we are foster parents and really want to adopt through the state. however, we would also like to adopt an infant. of course, adoption is expensive. we can afford to care for our child/children, but we don't have 20,000+ sitting around. many people fundraise to make up for the difference, but many people i have discussed this with have not been very supportive of the idea. do they think it is rude? (i am making items to sell and that type of thing. i don't just expect people to give us money so we can adopt.)
any thoughts? also, has anyone else tried to fundraise for adoption?
thanks for all the feedback so far. i'd love to hear more! by the way, i would never use the money for something else (as some mentioned in thier answer) although i am sure that people have done that in the past and are undoubtedly doing now. if we would end up not being able to adopt, for whatever reason, i would donate the money to an organization that provides grants to other families! i'm not expecting a surplus of money, but if there happens to be one, that is what i am going to do with it.
""why adopt some foreign kid when there are plenty over here?"..."
My wife and I made the decision when we got married that we would only expand our family through adoption. In 2004 we completed a Chinese adoption. We're now over halfway through our 2nd Chinese adoption. The first time we did not do a lot of fundraising. This second time we have.
Here's my advice.
First, be sure you want to face the public eye. I used any time I went out with my rubber ducks (yes, I purchased rubber duckies to sell as Duckies for Jenny) as an opportunity to talk to people about adopting as an option. I never hid the fact that I was pursuing a foreign adoption. This resulted in some resentment. I've endured a lot... "why adopt some foreign kid when there are plenty over here?"; ((truth of the matter, our system favors younger parents.)) "adopting from China only encourages them to treat their girls with disrespect." ((their problem is centuries in the making; it was a cultural decision. Just the opposite occurs in India)) to probably the worst, being spit upon.
Because I took the effort to educate, I think our future daughter has made a big difference. Other families are considering it. Some families have begun collecting rubber ducks as a family building excercise. But, most of all, it has made me even more convicted in my belief that adoption is more than option, it should be held up as the first and foremost option. No child has to be raised without parents.
I've heard and seen a lot of different fund raising. Some people have asked for donations for an auction or big garage sale. Some people have asked for assistance from church groups. There's no limit as to how you can do this.
However, as I said before. If you do it, make sure you are committed in your beliefs about adoption. After a woman spit on me for adopting a little orphan from China, it took me a few months to find the courage to go back out into public.
I had moments where I had to talk to people who were adopted domestically as to why I was doing so internationally. First, it was my age. Second, the Chinese have a system set up where an adoption is not a money pit. Third, I came to understand Chinese culture to the point where I could effectively tell people what would have happened to my little Wei-Wei if I hadn't adopted her. By the age of seven the state would have chosen her profession. She wouldn't have had the schooling most kids get. She wouldn't be able to get married as she had no family and no dowry. She would basically be a second class citizen just because her parents went ahead and gave birth to her instead of having her killed during the pregnancy. They can usually argue with me all they want, but when my little daughter comes up to them and talks to them, they realize we made a big impact in a little girl's life.
Good luck to you.
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Q. Should the adoption tax credit be used for foster children only? in 1996, as the presidential election approached, president clinton signed a bill that gave money to people who adopted infants and foster children. this was controversial and considered highly political; most of the money went to subsidizing the already profitable adoption industry. very little went to helping the children who needed it, i.e. those in foster care.
seeing how the system has developed, should we change the law and direct the money to those adopting from foster care?
"I think the money put aside for this credit needs..."
i think the money put aside for this credit needs to go toward reforming the system all together. yes it costs large amounts to adopt through and agency and privately. but if you look before 1996 the charges incured by adoptive parents through private and agencies were about 10k less than they were post 1996. so honestly the credit is helping no one but the agencies. it's not helping kids in the foster care system and it's not helping curb the expenses that adoptive couples spend during an adoption. basically you hand the agency 10k in a lump sum, and the governement hands you 10k back, but over time. none of it makes any sense. i would rather see agencies be regulated on fees and expenses and lower those fees charged by 10k, and the gov. spend 10k per child adopted on adoption reform and reforming the foster care system. since you usually don't get the credit for adopting a child through the foster care system, because you don't spend 10k to adopt them. the only thing this credit is being used for is a profit to the agencies, and it's hurting the children and the system that needs it the most.
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