This section lists resources to help prospective adoptive parents understand the costs involved in adoption and make it more affordable through grants, loans, employer benefits, and tax credits.
Tax credit information
Adoption Tax Credit
Adoption Learning Partners
Offers an online course to help adoptive families determine their eligibility for the adoption tax credit, understand how the tax credit works, create a system for tracking and documenting expenses, and prepare for filing taxes.
Adoption Taxpayer Identification Number
Internal Revenue Service
Answers common questions about the adoption taxpayer identification number, the temporary number assigned by the Internal Revenue Service to a child pending finalization of his or her adoption.
Adoption Tax Credit
North American Council on Adoptable Children (2017)
Provides Federal tax credit information for parents adopting a child with special needs.
Grants and loans
Adopttogether.org
Connects prospective adoptive families to available grants based on adoption status, actual adoption expenses, and donor designations.
A Child Waits Foundation
Provides resources for families seeking grants and loans for international adoptions.
Financial Resources
National Council for Adoption
Includes information on a broad range of resources available to prospective adoptive parents.
Gift of Adoption Fund
Provides grants to adoptive parents.
Help Us Adopt
Awards grants to qualified prospective adoptive parents.
National Adoption Foundation
Offers financial assistance, services, and support for families before, during, and after adoptions are finalized.
