Post # 8 : The TODAY show explores affording the cost of Adoption

This short article from Carrie's adoption blog talks about how the Today Show talked about adoption costs. They featured an organization called helpusadopt.org. The Co-Founders quoted that their adoption agent said that if they couldn't afford adoption that they had to either go into financial ruin or not adopt. They didn't appreciate that answer. They were going to do something to help. Helpusadopt.org in a national non-profit organization that gives grants to adoptive families. The "families aren't judged based on race, religion, marital status, or sexual preference. Families do need to have completed an adoption home study"; where someone from an agencies comes to review your home and family life to see if you're suitable to adopt. Grants range from $500 to $1500. "Applications for June 2009 grants are due Friday, April 17, 2009.