Bay Area Adoption Services

Fee Schedule and Payment Policies

As of June 2006

PRE-ADOPTION SERVICES:

Basic fee of $3,500 paid over the first six months of the process:

$200	Non-refundable application and Pre-adopt class fee due upon submission of the application.
$2,600	Homestudy fee $1,300.00 payable before the first homestudy visit and $1,300.00 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.
$700	Adoption Services and Program Fee includes, BAAS paperwork and documentation assistance, CIS (Immigration), and dossier preparation assistance, consultation with overseas program coordinator and on going country program support. This fee is due before the homestudy is released.

POST ADOPTION SERVICES:

$400

Basic Post-Placement Supervision: (Adopt Abroad - IR3)

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.

$1,000

Inter-country Post-Placement Services: (IR4)

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 $500.00 per child.

$600

Re-Adoption Services:

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:

$100	Older child class required for families adopting a child aged 3 years or older.
$400	Non-English speaker fee Extra 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.
$1,700	Alumni adoption fee for a subsequent adoption.
$300	Homestudy update – significant change in the previous homestudy/6 month old or more/client initiated changes.
$400	Homestudy Abstract – required by the liaison or placement agency.
$500	Homestudy update – (CIS approval has not expired}.
$600	Homestudy update – (CIS approval has expired).

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 $200.00 will be billed. Extra fee $75.00 for new binder.

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 $200.00 per visit.

Fees are based on services provided.