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December 23, 2005
Queens-Based Adoption Service Announces Year Of The Teen
Adoption subsidies are one way to encourage families to adopt disabled, older, or other hard-to-place children. Subsidies provide a monthly stipend to adoptive parents. There is also a federal tax credit for parents who adopt kids over the age of 11.
Liberal state adoption laws grease the wheels further, allowing same-sex couples, singles, older people and disabled people to adopt.
Nonetheless, as kids in the foster care system grow closer to age 18, their chances of being adopted become slimmer. "These kids are desperate for a permanent family," Blechner said, and finding homes for those teenagers can be a challenge.
Posted by Michelle at December 23, 2005 04:36 PM