Adopting From the Adoption Replacement Program

A Child’s Waiting adoption agency is not only an open adoption agency, but also specializes in an adoption disruption child replacement program. We are based in Akron Ohio, but as an adoption agency, we work with adoptive families from around the country who feel unable to parent an adoptive child for one reason or another that leads to adoption disruption. The adoptive children can range in age from birth to seventeen years of age and are of all ethic, racial and cultural backgrounds. The needs of the child will also range on a spectrum from normal to severe. In order to be considered as an adoptive family for these children that have been through adoption disruption, your family must have a current domestic homestudy. Your family will be called with potential situations and presented with the information. Once you have had a chance to review the documentation, you can decide whether or not to be included in a staffing for the child. A Child’s Waiting adoption services narrows down the possible adoptive families and ranks them for the current legal parents who make the final decision about the child’s placement.

Because these children are considered private adoptions (they are not currently residing in foster care and they are in the legal custody of their adoptive parents), there are minimal fees for placement although there are no fees to be a part of our child replacement family pool. At the time that A Child’s Waiting adoption agency presents the child’s information to you, an estimated fee will be given. Final costs depend on your residential state and the process needed to get the child home to you. On average, the fees will range anywhere from $3500 to $6000. The previous adoptive family who initiates the adoption disruption renders payment for our assessments of the child, family identification, transition preparation, as well as all legal fees needed to terminate their parental rights. Your family is responsible for your placement fee, post-placement supervision, and finalization costs. Children that were adopted internationally are not eligible for subsidy but may fall under the criteria for Social Security Benefits. Children who were adopted domestically out of foster care system may be eligible to have continued subsidy if they were receiving payments in the current adoptive placement. This information is part of the adoption services provided by the adoption agency and will be given to you at the time the worker is presenting the child’s information.