Lifestyle / Adoption / Adoption Assistance: Monthly or one-time only subsidy payments to help adoptive parents raise children with special needs. These payments were initially made possible by the enactment of the Adoption Assistance and Child Welfare Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-272) which provided federal funding for children eligible under title IV-E of the Social Security Act: States also fund monthly payments for children with special needs who are not eligible for federally funded subsidy payments. 'Adoption assistance' can also refer to any help given to adoptive parents.
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Assistance Noun Synonyms: help, aid, support, succor, backing, reinforcement, relief, benefit
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Lifestyle / Adoption / Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA): An agreement between member states that governs the interstate delivery of and payment for medical services and adoption assistance payments/subsidies for adopted children with special needs. The agre MORE
Lifestyle / Adoption / Adoption Subsidies: Federal or state adoption benefits (also known as adoption assistance) designed to help offset the short- and long-term costs associated with adopting children who need special services. To be eligibl MORE
Lifestyle / Adoption / Non-Recurring Adoption Costs: One time adoption expenses, which may be at least partially reimbursed by states up to a maximum amount to families adopting children with special needs. Allowable expenses for this reimbursement bene MORE