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When we first went with our facilitator we let her know that we had a budget of about $15,000. We wanted to let her know so that she didn't show our profile to people who would need more support than we could give. We were presented, chosen and started down our path. About 3 weeks into our journey the help part came up, (needing assistance with rent, food, phone etc.) It was minimal really on a month to month basis but in the end we spent closer to $22,000. I believe it is ok to stick to your original plans. To come up with like you believe 7-8 grand more could hurt in the long run. But for any potential adoptive parents knowing now what I know I would always budget and extra $5000 for incidentals. We did a domestic adoption if that helps. Every situation is definately different though.
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