[ericsmom98]

Just wondering what the advantages of hiring an attorney are. We have spoken with the adoption caseworker and she told us that the subsidy we'll get is $250 per child...but that we do NOT get daycare reimbursement. I live in Ohio.

For some reason, when we started this process, I thought we got reimbursed for daycare so now we are going to have a difficult time paying for childcare.. We are adopting two siblings, ages 7 and 8 and they are Title IV-E eligible.

Should we hire an attorney to try and get a higher subsidy since we don't get daycare? Had I known about the daycare issue going into this, we would have only looked for one child. However, I'm SO GLAD we didn't know, because we wouldn't have our B&Z.

TIA

[knjordan33]

In our state (Oklahoma) you DO NOT get day care paid either. The subsidy is set by the State so getting a lawyer wouldn't do anything, at least not here. Almost 90% of our subsidy goes for day care. We also didn't know that wouldn't be covered as medical/dental/counseling is covered. We too are glad we didn't know as we took in a sibling group of 3!

[Biffer1997]

Try this website for info on specific to OH issues. I would also contact either your agency (someone MAY know about subsides) or contact the state subsidy office (# is in link).

The $250 is the STATE adoption subsidy, but if your kidsa are Title eligible I am sure it is more.

http://www.nacac.org/stateprofiles/ohio.html
http://www.nacac.org/AAPchart.html