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Adoption subsidies are part of the Federal Laws under the ASFA(Adoption and Safe Familes Act) of 1997. The Federal Government provides each state with funding in order to make the Adoption of special needs and older children sucessful.
Each State has the ability to determine how to best use these funds. Some states offer direct subsidies to adoptive families which may be higher then other states. Some states use thier funds in order to recruit adoptive families or to provide more extensive services after adoptin is final.
Some states also offer College subsidies for children who have recieved an adoption subsidy during any time of their lives. However the college subsidies are NOT required by federal law. (YET) And at this point in time I personally am only aware of a handful of states that do. Texas was the first state to offer this. My understanding is however that this only applies to Texas Universities and communitiy colleges and not private universities. i know that Mass also offers this. I am not sure of any other states at this point. Any one else who is aware their state does please let me know so I can use this info in the future and so that I can work on petitions for the states that are not currently offering this program.
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