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Although we are not rich, my husband does make a pretty good income. We can handle the additional expense of the children, but are concerned about having money to put away for their future, i.e. college, etc. Would we still be able to receive a subsidy?

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Originally Posted By louise

We are in a similar position. I believe the subsidy is based on the needs of the children not on the parents income. If you go to www.afteradoption.org I think there is information there regarding subsidy [AAP]. What state do you live in? Maybe you could call your state dept. in charge of adoptions They should also have the information you are looking for. Hope this helps.

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In Texas, subsidies are based on the needs of the child - NOT the financial capabilities of the parents. Your household income is not asked.

Good luck to you!

Lara

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Originally Posted By Pam

I know our income has never been a factor in our subsidies. I don't think it makes any difference what your income is...the subsidy is the same for all. Now different states have different subsidies and if you live in WIsconsin and adopt from NJ, you get the NJ subsidy, not the WI subsidy. And if your child is high needs you usually get a lot more. I hope this helped.

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In CA they recently settled a case about a year and a half ago. Although the laws were there, some counties were taking it upon themselves to intepetate them different & the counties were doing an "income mean" test. This has now been settled in court & the county agencies received an "ACL" or ALL County Letter which tells them what the policy is & how the payment is to be based on the foster care rates & the child's needs & not to be determined based on your income. However, while the basic foster care rate is the same throughout the state for state foster care rates, the special needs rates vary very considerably among the counties in CA. Alot depends on the county where they were in foster care prior to adoption.

Hope this helps.

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In CA they recently settled a case about a year and a half ago. Although the laws were there, some counties were taking it upon themselves to intepetate them different & the counties were doing an "income mean" test. This has now been settled in court & the county agencies received an "ACL" or ALL County Letter which tells them what the policy is & how the payment is to be based on the foster care rates & the child's needs & not to be determined based on your income. However, while the basic foster care rate is the same throughout the state for state foster care rates, the special needs rates vary very considerably among the counties in CA. Alot depends on the county where they were in foster care prior to adoption.

Hope this helps.

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Originally Posted By barki

the same thing that everyone else has said -- subsidy is based on child(ren)'s needs, not family income. HOWEVER we were also told that this is to cover the child's needs NOW, not to be put into an account for later, college, vacation, etc. Don't know what the different states have on that, but the idea was that if we didn't need to have the money for the child's needs now then they might renegotiate a smaller amount if we weren't using the full amount. (Ha! Like THAT will ever happen. Do you KNOW how much big diapers cost!? Ack.) Now HOW they'd know what we use since we don't have to itemize, I don't know, but we use our subsidy for the little things like diapers, clothes and food anyway, so it's a moot point for us.

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We are in a similar position. I believe the subsidy is based on the needs of the children not on the parents income. If you go to www.afteradoption.org I think there is information there regarding subsidy [AAP]. What state do you live in? Maybe you could call your state dept. in charge of adoptions They should also have the information you are looking for. Hope this helps.