Financial Help
Very often the immediate response to the tug of adoption is that "we cannot afford to adopt". While it is true that (international) adoption can be relatively expensive when all of the costs are considered, it can be done.
The following list of references are a good place to start as you prayerfully consider how to fund your adoption. These links discuss tax credits (yes they exist), fund raisers, loans, grants and outright gifts.
- A Child Waits Foundation - http://www.achildwaits.org
- Abba Fund - http://www.abbafund.org
- Affording Adoption - http://www.affordingadoption.com
- Christian Advocates for Adoption - http://www.cafadopt.org
- Families of Promise - http://www.familiesofpromise.org/id21.html
- Family Legacies (interest-free adoption loans)- http://www.familylegacies.us
- Gift of Adoption - http://www.giftofadoption.org
- Hadassah's Hope - http://hadassahshope.org
- Home for Good Foundation - http://www.hfgf.org
- International Care - http://www.intlcare.org
- IRS Adoption Tax Credit - http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc607.html
- Kingdom Kids Adoption Ministry - http://www.kingdomkidsadoption.org
- LifeSong for Orphans - http://www.lifesongfororphans.org
- Oxford Adoption Foundation Inc. - http://www.oxfordadoption.com
- Shaohannah's Hope - http://www.shaohannahshope.org
