A survey of adoptive parents released by Children’s Rights shows the importance of adoption subsidies in ensuring that children in foster care can be adopted and grow up in permanent families.

“Adequate adoption subsidies are critical to parents’ ability to adopt vulnerable children from foster care,” said Julie Farber, Children’s Rights’ director of policy.  “Attempts by states to restrict access to adoption subsidies are short-sighted since cost analyses show that keeping children in foster care is more costly than providing adoption subsidies.  Providing adequate adoption subsidies can help end the cycle of multiple foster home placements, which, for too many children can lead to bad long-term life outcomes such as unemployment, incarceration or homelessness.”

Download the press release for more information: Adoption Subsidy Survey Report