Adopt Signed Award Application For Free

You can work with your county department of social services or a licensed private agency to foster or adopt for free. Some private agencies not under contract with the State of North Carolina may charge a fee for their services.

Once you have decided to adopt domestically, you will need to choose either to work with an adoption agency or an adoption lawyer. When working with an agency, you can expect fees to range from $20,000 to $40,000.

Families who adopt through a public agency will often have their adoption costs funded by the state, while those who adopt through a private adoption incur out-of-pocket expenses that are later reimbursed by federal or state adoption assistance programs.

In North Carolina a single person or married couple can be an adoptive family. You must be 18-years-old to adopt and 21-years-old to foster. You do not have to own a home or have a certain amount of income to be a foster or adoptive parent.

If a family is working with a community-based care agency, there is no cost to foster or adopt. Please call us (800-962-3678) to ask about finding a community-based care agency.

Monthly Adoption Subsidy ? The monthly adoption subsidy is a negotiated amount agreed upon by the CYA and the adoptive family. The adoption subsidy, in combination with the adoptive parents' resources, is designed to cover the costs of meeting the ordinary and special needs of the child.

Can you get a scholarship for being adopted? There are many scholarships available exclusively to students who have been adopted. Additionally, many states offer tuition waivers and scholarships for adopted children, which can help support them through college.

Many foster care adoption costs are subsidized by the state, making this one of the most affordable forms of adoption. In fact, the only out-of-pocket cost associated with adoption from foster care is often the adoption home study and the fingerprints.