The North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) maintains an excellent web site that includes an outstanding section on Adoption Assistance (formerly referred to as Subsidies). A general overview of adoption assisatnce can be found on the NACAC site at: www.nacac.org/adoptionsubsidy/adoptionsubsidy.html. This page includes links to NACAC’s:
- Adoption Assistance Fact Sheets
- Adoption Assistance Definitions (of terms) and
- State Adoption Assistance Profiles
The Adoption Assistance Fact Sheets include topics such as:
- Adoption Assistance after Finalization
- Child Support Payments and Title IV-E Adoption Assistance
- Dissolution of Adoption or Death of Adoptive Parents
- Fair Hearings and Appeals
- Guidelines for Terminating Adoption Assistance Agreements
- High-Risk Definitions of Special Needs
- International Adoption and Subsidies
- Interstate Placements and Adoption Subsidies
- Negotiating Adoption Assistance Agreements
- Renegotiating Adoption Assistance Agreements
- Social Security Numbers
- Taxes
- Title IV-E Eligibility & Benefits