• Assists states in the delivery of child welfare services including Adoption Assistance (Subsidy) and Safe and Stable Families Program

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse (NAIC) www.childwelfare.gov

• Adoption Assistance By State (click For Prospective and Adoptive Parents; Funding and Financial Assistance; Adoption Assistance by State or go directly to
  ( www.childwelfare.gov )
• Adoption Assistance for Children Adopted From Foster Care: A Factsheet for Families
  ( www.childwelfare.gov )

North American Council on Adoptable Children (NACAC) www.nacac.org

• State Adoption Subsidy Profiles www.nacac.org/subsidy_stateprofiles.html
• Title IV-E Eligibility and Benefits www.nacac.org/subsidyfactsheets/title_IV.html
• Adoption Subsidy Fact Sheets www.nacac.org/subsidyus_factsheets.html
• Adoption Subsidy Definitions – United States www.nacac.org/subsidyus_definitions.html

Adopting.Org www.adopting.org/adoptions/adoption-subsidy-negotiating-and-renegotiating-your-childs-contract.html

• Adoption Subsidies FAQs

Adoption and Financial Assistance: Tools for Navigating the Bureaucracy by Rita Laws and Tim O’Hanlon, 1999, 288 pages

• Hardcover available at www.amazon.com

A Practical Guide to Adoption Subsidy for Adoptive Families and Advocates by Timothy O’Hanlon, 2004, 156 pages

• Purchase downloadable copy at www.fpsol.com/adoption/guidebook.html

Food Assistance
U.S. Department of Agriculture Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) www.fns.usda.gov/wic/factsheets.htm

Medical Assistance
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) www.insurekidsnow.gov/

Medicaid www.childwelfare.gov

• Federal/state-supported health insurance program for low-income families and children with special needs

Educational Assistance
Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People www.uchsc.edu/atp/library/fastfacts/legalcntr1.htm

• Low-cost booklet on 504 educational plans for children with special needs

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse (NAIC) www.childwelfare.gov

• College Scholarships and Tuition Waivers, information on scholarships and tuition waivers for current and former foster youth

Employer-Provided Adoption Benefits
United States Department of Labor

• Fact Sheet No. 28: The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
• www.dol.gov/esa/regs/compliance/whd/whdfs28.htm

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

• Employer-Provided Adoption Benefits
• http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/profess/families/post/index.cfm (click Employer-Provided Adoption Benefits printable version)

Adoption Paperwork Assistance
Legal-Eaze www.legal-eaze.com

• Providing all adoption paperwork (pre-adoption and post-adoption); not legal advice or representation. Specializes in assisting families with international adoptions.