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North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC)

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