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Resources

• Shaohannah's Hope provides an excellent list of where to go for adoption assistance. It includes information on tax credits, adoption subsidies, employee benefits, grants and loans, adoption agencies offering grants or low-cost loans, etc.

• The website of Adoptive Families magazine offers excellent resources on  affording adoption. Check out What Adoption Really Costs, Sample Adoption Budgets By Country, a special report on how some families dealt with the costs, unique strategies for affording adoption, and a detailed explanation of the federal adoption expense tax credit.

• How to Make Adoption An Affordable Option booklet published by the National Endowment for Financial Education

Grants

• Shaohannah's Hope offers grants to Christian couples using any licensed and accredited agency, with priority given to those that are using one of the agencies listed on their website. Grants range from $2,000-$7,000.

• Kingdom Kids Adoption Ministry offers adoption fundraising grants (your friends and family can donate to your adoption through the ministry for a tax deduction). No maximum fundraising grant amount.

• The Gift of Adoption Fund offers financial assistance to moderate- and low-income couples seeking to adopt.  Preference given to situations such as adoption of a child with special needs.  Grants available in amounts up to $5,000.

• God's Grace Adoption Ministries offers grants to two-parent, Christian families who make less than $60,000 a year.  Grants range from $1,000-$4,000 with the average being $2,000.

• Gift of Adoption provides singles and married couples pursuing domestic adoption or adoption from a Hague compliant country grants from $500 to $7,500.

• HelpUsAdopt.org offers married couples and singles financial awards ranging from $500 to $15,000

• National Adoption Foundation offers singles and married couples grants ranging from $500 to $2,500

• Parenthood for Me offers grants to parents building their families through adoption

Loans 

• The AbbaFund provides interest free loans to Christian couples and an extensive list of adoption resources. 

• Lifesong for Orphans provides interest fee loans and matching grants

• A Child Waits International provides loans of up to $10,000, with a five-percent interest rate; grants are available for special-needs children. 

• Oxford Adoption Foundation provides loans of up to $5,000 per child adopted internationally; loans are interest-free for the first three years.

Other

• GotchaGiftRegistry.com allows adoptive parents to create a personalized webpage where friends and relatives can contribute to agency fees, medical costs, travel funds, and more.

• Myregistry.com allows adoptive parents to register for baby gifts and request monetary donations to fund their adoption.