The Real Cost of Adoption
Private agency adoptions can range anywhere from $5,000 to $40,000-plus, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Administration for Children and Families, with $25,000 to $35,000 being the norm, experts say. “Most families look at that $25,000 as if it’s a gigantic brick wall,†says Cherri Walrod, who founded the website Resources4Adoption.com after looking for money to fund her own three adoptions.