This was a question I had back when I was in elementary school. I had asked my mom but she had no clue. In my little brain I thought it was wrong to buy children, but now I’m wondering if that’s not actually the case. What is that money being spent on?
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I am old and from a rural area but, I knew several foster kids growing up that farmers would take in for the money and free labor. Our next door neighbor’s wife told was complaining to my dad that she gave the foster kid a hot dog for lunch and he had the nerve to ask for another one. And a guy I worked with grew up in foster care on a dairy farm. The family would go out to see a movie and leave him at home to milk the cows.
The way my parents explained it to me(adopted kid here, along with a brother who is adopted) is that it’s really just a way to support the organization that is helping with the adoption process, and especially with overseas adoptions there’s a huge amount of work that has to go into the process that the average person probably wouldn’t be able to figure out.
Granted I was adopted in the late 80’s and my brother in the early 90’s so things may have changed a lot since then.
The lawyer was the majority of our cost. Then we had to pay agency twice for home studies. Some stuff for the birth mother. Travel costs.
Because the US has never stopped the sale of humans and trafficking infants is legal. You will find it’s a lot of private religious agencies that coerce unwed mothers into giving their babies up to be sold.
if you are worried about the money then maybe adopting is not good for you or the child right now. let me give you so perspective. ask the child you want to adopt the very same question the very same way….uhuu..
If you use an adoption agency, you are paying for the cost of locating the child and completing/filing the legal paperwork.
If you adopt through an agency(I did) you’re paying for the agencies work which can vary widely. For example an agency in one state may have a fee of $10,000 and one in another state might be $35,000.
You pay for legal fees which include a lawyer for the adoptive parents, birth mother and baby, so 3 lawyers in total.
You pay for social worker home visits to ensure you’re taking care of the baby.
You pay some for a fund that goes to the birth mother in some cases to help get her on her feet if it is needed.
You pay for healthcare costs of the baby being born.
It’s really just a lot of things that add up to a large sum
It depends if you use an agency. Agencies spend time making contact with private, state and city foster aid programs to get access to the most desirable children up for adoption(under 18 months healthy, mother without drug history)
You can adopt cheaply from local foster programs but your choices will be limited and probably have issues.
Because you are importing a child from another country or holding out for a healthy white baby. It’s practically free if you contact a local foster home and say you’ll take any kid they got.
I can’t believe people are actually still recommending fostering children in order to adopt said children. You should want to foster because you want to foster. And your number one goal should be for reunification, not to adopt. Fostering and adoption are not a cure for infertility. No one deserves a baby.
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