Sunday, May 6, 2012

Financial Assistance for Adoptions


Family and friends I urge you to consider adoptions if you are interested in adding children to your life.  Living at COTP with babies waiting to be matched has broken my heart for the world of adoption.  We photo list our special needs babies who are waiting here.  There is a photo list of children and family groups in my hometown of Sioux Falls waiting for families.  

If financial assistance is the issue for you see below some of the resources out there.  I received this list for Lutheran Social Services when I was in the States this March.  The list was updated as of February 2012.
  
CHSFS Adoption Support Fund
Scholarships between $70-3,000 based on the family need and child’s need.  Available to all international and domestic adoptions.
Requirements:  None

Gift of Adoption Fund
Grants, $1,000-7,500
Requirements:  Domestic or Int’l, must have approved Home Study

The Lydia Fund
Adoption grants
Requirements:  International adoptions only.  Must be Christian and married.

MN Adopt
Reimbursement program based on child's need for families that have adopted children under MN state guardianship
Requirements:  Child must have special needs or be a part of a sibling group
http://www.mnadopt.org/adoptionassistance.html

A Child Waits Foundation
Offers low-interest loans and adoption grants to families who have exhausted all other means of payment
Requirements:  Child must be older than five or have special needs
www.achildwaits.org 866-999-2445

Love Knows No Borders
Adoption Assistance
Requirements:  None
For information, send self addressed envelope (2 stamps) to Love Knows No Boundaries 500B Monrow Turnpike PO Box 350 Monroe, CT, 06468

Cadman Foundation
Fundraising and grant opportunities
Requirements:  Preference given to married couples and those adopting a child with special needs.

God’s Grace Adoption Ministry
Matches fund raised by family’s community up to $2,5000
Requirements:  Christian, two-parent families

Katelyn’s Fund
$3,000 Grants
Requirements:  Married, heterosexual, Christian, married couples

The Micah Fund
Grants for international adoptions
Requirements:  Children are lack or bi-racial.  This grant is for families who live in the Midwest only.

Show Hope
Grants for International adoptions
Requirements:  Christian families

Britany’s hope
Adoption grants
Requirements:  waiting children with special needs

Moriah Adoption Fund (through All God’s Children agency)
Adoption grants
Requirements:  Special needs children, older children, or sibling groups

Golden Dawn Adoption Assistance
Adoption grants up to $2,000
Requirements:  Special needs children, African children, sibling groups.  Families with be Latter-Day Saints or Christians

Helpusadopt.org
Adoption grants up to $15,000
Requirements:  None

National Adoption Foundation
Fundraising assistance, grants, and loans
Requirements:  None

OATH Ministry
Grants for families adopting internationally
 Requirements:  None

State Non-Recurring Expense Subsidy
Requirements:  None

Sea of Faces Foundation
Grants between $1,00-3,000 for families adopting from a developing country
Requirements:  Must have referral at the time of application-you can apply after the child is already in the home.  Must be married, heterosexual, Christian couples

Adoption Tax Credit
Requirements:  None

I Support Adoptions
Assistance for families in need
Requirements:  None

A Mother’s Love
Fundraising opportunities
Requirements:  None

Lifesong for Orphans
Matching grants and interest-free loans
Requirements:  Chistian, married couples adopting internationally

Pathways for Little Feet
Interest-free loans
Requirements:  None
http://www.pathwaysfor littlefeet.org/

Home For Good Foundation
Free Christian-based fundraising materials
Requirements:  None

Elijah’s Truth
Grants available
Requirements:  Must live in Minnesota, North Dakota, or South Dakota

JSC Foundation
Grants available
Requirements:  Christian homes
Wwww.iscfoundation.orgindex.cfm


1 comment:

km said...

Thank you for posting this, Mateja! We received a grant from Show Hope for our first domestic adoption. I also wanted to let you know about Reece's Rainbow. I believe the waiting children at COTP are all listed there. Joshua has over $2000 already donated towards his adoption costs! He is listed on their site as Josiah. Just thought I'd let you know.