What does it cost to adopt a child? In California. How about that Foster to Adopt? How much does that cost?

Question

In California.......

Answer 1

2,500 around there. i have done so on the website below.

you have to know all the perks.

Answer 2

l live in Australia, so l can't be specific.....but over here if you adopt a child from foster care (very very rare in Aust.) the costs are significantly lower, l think that is pretty much standard the world over.  Also, l do know over here that to adopt (whether in Australia or internationally) usually costs anywhere between $10,000-$20,000.  lt's really expensive.  You should ring your local branch of child welfare, they will usually have a specific sector for fostering and adoption, and they can probably send you information on agency and government adoptions, foster care, etc.  l'm almost at the end of my foster care application, hopefully in 2 months l'll have a foster child, so l'm pretty excited =D, so l've done a lot of this research lately!  Anyway, that's my best suggestion, also try doing some research on the internet.  Good Luck!

Answer 3

It is not that often that a child you are fostering, will be allowed to be adopted. Many who foster child have them for only a few days, or a few weeks. Many have the same ones for years and are never allowed to adopt the children, despite what the foster parents and child may want.

The costs all depend on the type of adoption. (open or closed). As well as where you are adopting (from the us, or abroad).

Usually it is between 20-40k.

Answer 4

I just would like to comment on the second part of you question. Foster care is meant to be temporary. The goal is always for the child to return home to their birth parents. So, if you are looking for a permanent situation, I think that foster to adopt may present many disappointments. Although foster children may remain in care for several years, or at least 15 months before termination of parental rights even starts.  Some children do end up getting adopted though.

That being said fostering is a very rewarding experience, and you may prefer short term caring for a child.

Answer 5

In Los Angeles county you have to become a foster parent first. You can specify that you only want to foster a child that you have the option of adopting, but know that if the biological parents' rights have not yet been terminated (and very few are terminated prior to adoptive placement), there is the possibility of the child being removed from your home. That said, that situation is unlikely.

We had only one child placed in our care in the Fost-Adopt program -- the child we planned to adopt. The only out of pocket expenses we paid were for fingerprinting and xeroxing of personal documents (like tax forms). The county pays us monthly until our son is 18 through a program called Adoption Assistance. It costs the county less to give the adoptive parents a little money monthly to help ensure that the child is being provided with food, clothes, etc., than it would cost to raise him in a group home or even foster care until he's 18. (Foster only homes get much more money than Fost-Adopt homes.)

Good for you for thinking of adopting locally! We did and it was the best thing that ever happened to us!

Answer 6

The most expensive way to adopt is internationally, which means from another country. This usually tops $20,000.

Domestic private adoptions are the next most expensive. This usually involves a baby who has never been in foster care being adopted at birth or very soon after. This can be several thousands of dollars in most places, but less than international adoption.

Foster care adoptions are the least expensive option. These can be free up to only a few hundred dollars. The person who said $20,000 for a foster care adoption either lives somewhere very expensive, had a very complicated case, or got ripped off.

The thing to keep in mind is that there are pros and cons to every option. The people who talked about the likelihood of a foster child going back to their birth families are right. For the majority of kids in foster care, the plan is to go back home. You may get to adopt the first foster child placed with you or you might have to take 5, 10 or 20 kids before you ever get to keep one, and you might never get to keep one.

Answer 7

Go to your local government social services agency.  It dosent cost anything to foster children as a matter of fact you usually get paid a small monthly stipend for caring for an unwanted child, if a parent doesnt come back to claim the child in a sepcified time period (usually about 6 months) you can legally adopt.

try

firstgov.gov

or 1-800-FEDINFO they will direct you to the correct government agency.

Answer 8

I don't know about California but here if you Adopt Foster they pay for it .

Answer 9

l don't know what it costs, but to be honest l think the birth parents should have to pay the adoption costs, not the new parents.  That would be far more fair l feel.  Why should a parent who wants a child so badly pay for someone elses mistake?

Answer 10

The state pays you to foster, and in like a year you can have to option to adopt, if the parents don't get the kid back by then.