FEE SCHEDULE AND PAYMENT POLICIES,
effective until July 2008.

Pre-Adoption Services:

• Basic fee paid over the first six months of the process:
  
• Non-refundable application and pre-adopt class fee $300 due upon submission of the application.
  
• Homestudy fee $2,600$1,300 payable before the first homestudy visit and $1,300 prior to the third visit.  Services included in this fee are the four visits by the social worker, and a minimum of two notarized copies of the homestudy document.
  
• Adoption Services and Country Program Fee includes: BAAS paperwork and documentation assistance, CIS (Immigration) support, dossier preparation assistance (including all notary fees), consultation with overseas program coordinator, ongoing country program support, resource and referral, liaison agency coordination (including preparation of all country specific documents) if required. This fee is due before the homestudy is released.
  • China: $1,000
  • Colombia: $1,500
  • Ethiopia: $1,000
  • India: $1,300
  • Kazakhstan: $1,500
  • Philippines: $2,000
  • Russia: $1,500
  • Taiwan: $1,000
  • Vietnam: $1,300

Post Adoption Services:

• Basic Post-Placement Supervision: (Adopt Abroad – IR3) $700   Includes two visits with your social worker and assistance with obtaining a California registration of birth, Social Security card,  U.S. passport and certificate of citizenship.
• Inter-country Post-Placement Services (IR4) $ 1,500 If the family needs to finalize the adoption in the U.S. because you have received legal guardianship or if only one parent (of a two parent couple) travels, this fee is paid after you come home with your child and includes four visits with the social worker and the court report. This fee includes assistance with court report paperwork needed to finalize the adoption in the U.S.  If more than one child has been adopted, there will be an additional fee of $500 per child.
• Re-Adoption Services $ 600 Includes two visits and preparation of the court report. This fee also includes assistance with all paperwork needed to file with the court.

Additional fees which may apply to specific adoption circumstances

• Older child class $200Required for families adopting a child aged 3 years or older
• Translator fee $400Extra time with the social worker and additional time spent by staff to
  process paperwork for Applicant(s) who are non-English speaking and need to work with a translator
• Alumni adoption fee $1,800For a subsequent adoption (plus adoption services and program fee)
• Homestudy update $400Significant change in the previous homestudy/6 month old or more/client initiated changes ($500, if home visit required, in the case of a new residence)
• Homestudy update $600CIS approval has expired
• Extra fee $100 for new binder If a family wishes to meet with a social worker prior to starting the homestudy to explore family adoption, medical, legal or other issues, a consultation fee of $300 will be billed.

In addition, Applicant(s) will have further expenses, such as document fees (to notarize, certify, authenticate, translate), fees to the overseas program or liaison agency, CIS filing fee, CIS fingerprint fee, passport and photos for family and child, express mail charges, phone charges, and travel expenses for family (air and hotel).  Also, certain countries (i.e. Russia, China, and India) require additional post-placement visits, and those extra post-placement visits will be billed at $300 per visit.

Fees are based on services provided.