[rbmcqueen]

We were notified about a beautiful DS baby girl, THis will be our second Angel, I am trying to find out if there is any financial help with travel expences when adopting from another state for a state adoption. I have looked on the ICPC, It really doesn't say. I know about the nonrecuring expence, but travel will be an issue. Is there anywhere I can look this up

[lovemy6]

Travel is considered nonrecurring expense. Go to nacac.org, click on adoption subsidy, state profiles, then your state.

[hkolln]

Originally Posted by rbmcqueen

We were notified about a beautiful DS baby girl, THis will be our second Angel, I am trying to find out if there is any financial help with travel expences when adopting from another state for a state adoption. I have looked on the ICPC, It really doesn't say. I know about the nonrecuring expence, but travel will be an issue. Is there anywhere I can look this up

Try going here:

NACAC | Adoption Subsidy

The adoption subsidy will come from the 'sending' state (where the child came from) normally. Our adoption subsidy amounts pertained to the sending state. We were allowed 2k in travel expenses from Idaho when we finalized the adoption. It didn't cover all our travel expenses but it helped.

[craftingmama]

I am not trying to be ugly, but if you can't afford the travel to adopt, can you really afford to adopt this child and care for them for years?

[hkolln]

Travel expenses can get to be alot of money and not being able to travel does not have anything to do with raising a child til 18. Considering you can get an adoption subsidy to help with expenses til they are 18 BUT get nothing for traveling in some states then it really isn't fair to say since the OP can't travel, they shouldn't adopt. But there are way to budget travel...in our case we ended up going for 3 weeks one time and 2 1/2 wks the other time so it was expensive.

In our daughters case we traveled twice to Idaho from Florida and in total probably spent 7k in travel expenses out of our pocket but got 2k back. Unless you have money saved up or can get it somewhere it's not cheap traveling these days. Plus you have attorney fees (which luckily my current job reimbursed me for cause that was another 2500). And then there is time off your job (if you work) and other issues. And until the child is placed with you then you get no money for anything....and can't get travel expenses back until after the adoption is finalized in the subsidy agreement.

[Sam-N-Tony]

craftingmama, I don't think that it is right to say that she shouldn't be adopting if she cannot afford to travel. The OP did not state she didn't have the money to travel, solely if there were reimbursements for travel.

If you are an active foster parent, do you not ask for reimbursement for mileage, or get haircuts or shoe vouchers, if they offer them. I do, that doesn't mean that I cannot afford these things for my kids. It just means that I could use that money for other things for my kids.