Originally Posted By
Pam
Haiti was very inexpensive at one time. I don't know if it still is. When we heard about Haiti, you had to be a fundamentalist christian to adopt from there and have the church references to prove it. In fact, I think it said you had to be "born again." This ruled us out. Our family has adopted internationally twice and in-country three times. In spite of problems in-country, it was not as bad as out-of-country....the waiting, the cultural differences (they just took their sweet time and could not understand why these crazy Americans wanted these orphaned kids so much) and long delays with court. It took us one and a half years to get my son out of Hong Kong. Korea was quicker. Each country is different. We live in a state that is hard to adopt from, but we adopted kids from states that were more cooperative. All in all, it was a better experience, and certainly cheaper. As for the tax break, you can claim up to $5000 on your tax return, if you adopt a child and incur costs that high. Kids from overseas are usually not entitled to medical cards or special needs subsidies even if they have special needs unless they are adopted from foster care. I think a few states let you try to apply for them. Good luck
