Financing Your Adoption

Options to finance your adoption

At Caritas, we work to keep adoptions aﬀordable by using a sliding fee scale based on your family’s income. Even if Caritas does not act as your placing agency, we likely can help. We oﬀer an array of services, including home studies and post-placement visits, and can work collaboratively with whichever attorney or agency you select.

Below, we have also outlined a few ideas to manage the cost of adoption.

Adoption Tax Credit

The Adoption Tax Credit was established in 1997 and applies to all types of adoption (except stepparent adoptions). The credit and how it applies changes, so we recommend always checking with a tax professional. Once the adoption is legally ﬁnalized, you can claim the qualiﬁed adoption expense. Additionally, adoptive parents may take the same dependence exemption on their income taxes for children and children placed with them for adoption as they would for their biological children.

Workplace Support

Many employers oﬀer adoption beneﬁts that possibly could be excluded from income if your employer has a written qualiﬁed adoption assistance program. Check with your employer to ﬁnd out if they oﬀer adoption beneﬁts.

Grants & Scholarships

Check out the many ways to ﬁnance an adoption:

https://adoptionﬁnancinginformation.com/
https://bothhands.org/how-it-works/

PREGNANCY OPTIONS COUNSELING

Pregnant or parenting and considering adoption as an option? You’re not alone. We’re here to help.

Learn more about our Pregnancy Options Counseling services.

Or for immediate assistance call or text our on-call number.

Melyssa.Frederick@caritasfamily.org

Call Or Text Anytime

618.744.7297

ADOPTION MANAGER

Melyssa Frederick, MSW, LCSW

618.744.7297 (direct)
Melyssa.Frederick@caritasfamily.org

900 Royal Heights Rd., Suite 2150
Belleville, IL, 62226

Main Office

8601 W. Main St.
Suite 201
Belleville, IL 62223

Contact us for more information about our Private Adoption program. For foster care inquiries, please contact https://www.foster-adopt.org/

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