Our Magic Number

Are you ready for it?  Here it comes: $36, 695 (round abouts)

Wowzers!  That's a lot of money for a little person! 

One of the most frightening things about adoption, for many families, is the cost.  Below you'll find a breakdown of exactly where the money goes and what it's used for. 

Education Meeting and Application: $495
Networking (creating a profile, advertising and outreach, contacting adoption agencies nationwide, coordinating the match with the birthmother): $7,400
Home Study (interview, paperwork, and tour of the house): $1,750
Casework Management (we are assigned a caseworker that will be managing our case from start to finish): $3,000
Birthmother Management (any needs that the birth mom will have during this process): $10,000
Termination of Birthparents' Rights: $3,500
Finalization (all the legal work needed to make Baby D officially ours (birth certificate, social security, insurance, taxes)): $3,000
Birthmother Expenses: $5,500
Court Costs (filing fees and office fees): $850
Post Placement Visits (PA requires three post placement visits with our case manager at various times after adoption): $1,200

Variable Costs not included in above breakdown:
Travel costs if out of PA,
profile services (think yearbook but only of our family and friends),
legal services (if needed),
birthmother counseling, and
birthmother support sessions

Adoption includes a lot of "stuff" however, the end result of providing a forever family for a child in need negates all of the above costs and stressors.  Please pray that these funds will become available when they are needed and that the Lord will guide us in terms of a timeline as we approach the application and home study process. 

Stay tuned to our fundraising page for ideas on how you can help us provide a forever family for a child in need and how you can help us provide a birth mom with the comfort and knowledge that her baby will be brought up in a loving, caring home.