Do children come with subsidies? What are subsidies?
Many children in the foster care system will come with a subsidy. It is a monthly, contractually agreed amount of money between you and your child’s County to help you defray the costs of therapy, transportation, food, etc. for your new adopted child. It is not guaranteed for every child but occurs most often for sibling groups, minority children, and other reasons. Medicade is also available for adopted children until they are 18 yrs old with some exceptions. We recommend that families not plan on having a stipend available on a long term basis. The counties can not guarantee this will occur. However, Project 1.27 will do everything it can to help advocate for potentially deserved stipends for its families.
