Application fees: initial and formal. 

Finger Printing 10.00 per person for up to two cards each

FBI processing

Training fee

Home Study Fee

Web Profile hosting and development fee

Medical fees

Final Placement fee

Legal Proceedings 

Pass Through Costs: Costs incurred by the birth family that a judge allows them to ask reimbursement for from the agency, which then gets passed through to the adoptive family. Most of the time unless the child is in NICU for several days prior to official placement, this d...

When we began our adoption process, the portion I had the most concern about was the "Home Study" even today my friends are not quite certain what the home study process was all about. 

The Home Study is actually a large document. (Think mortgage papers) Interviews, financial paperwork and applications are enclosed and a visit to the home is detailed in the home study document. Candidates for adoption are evaluated by questionnaire (the one I answered was 40 questions long and it was personal)...

When I first realized I wasn't going to be able to have biological children, I was angry. I was angry at God for taking my motherhood from me. I have always wanted children. Even when I was a child I knew I wanted to be a Mommy some day. So, for me to have my fertility in jeopardy initiated a fear that I would never be a mother, that produced anger toward God, the world, irony, etc.

But once I calmed down, after some yelling at the ceiling and God, and crying in the shower, I came to a realiza...