Adoption Cost and Timing in 2014-2015

How much does adoption really cost? How long does it take? We share the results of our latest Adoption Cost & Timing Survey.
Each year, Adoptive Families polls newly formed families across the country to get actual information on the cost and length of time it took those families to complete their adoptions. We are grateful to every one of you who took our most recent Cost & Timing of Adoption Survey.
Adoption expenses vary according to the route and country program, the agency or attorney used, and secondary expenses, such as travel. With the exception of adopting a child via the U.S. public foster care system, it remains expensive to adopt in the U.S. or internationally. Total costs range from almost nothing, if you adopt from U.S. foster care, to more than $50,000 from several international countries. Of adoptions finalized in 2014 and 2015, international adoptions cost an average of $42,000; U.S. newborn adoptions cost an average of $38,000. To read more click here.