Helpusadopt.org Grant Application

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Before submitting your application, please note: Helpusadopt.org grants can only be paid directly to a licensed adoption agency or lawyer (not a consultant). We will not reimburse expenses paid via loan or credit card, or those covered by money you already have in escrow with an agency. We only pay out for the last amount due.

Additionally, if you took placement prior to the previous grant deadline, you are not eligible. Extremely rarely there are exceptions to this requirement (e.g. adoption dissolution placements, older child placements, kinship or guardianship adoptions, special needs placements); if you believe your case may be an exception, please reach out to us for more information before applying.

You will be required to upload documents before you can submit this application. You can fill out the application first, save, and return to attach them before submitting your application. The required documents: Personal Statement, Home Study, Taxes (two years), Anticipated Expenses Sheet (from agency, lawyer, or consultant).

Please note: you MUST have a home study or a comprehensive home study summary; unfortunately, if your adoption does not require one or your agency is unable to provide this, you are not eligible.




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Please note: If you took placement before the previous grant deadline, you are not eligible. In extremely rare cases (i.e. adoption dissolution placements, older child placements, kinship, special needs), we may be able to consider your application; please reach out to us for more information before applying.





Please note, if you are not actively being shown, we recommend you apply for a later cycle, we are not currently considering applications that are not active. Please email grants@helpusadopt.org with any questions.












Please note that our organization can only make payments to a licensed adoption agency or lawyer. If you are working with a consultant, please confirm with them that you can make your final payments directly to an agency






Please be sure to discuss this in your personal statement.






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**Include ALL sources of income, including housing stipends, child support, and untaxed clerical income; do not enter your after tax income or your adjusted gross income.


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Do NOT list any funds listed elsewhere on this form under "other"; e.g. do not include retirement funds, property, etc. Make sure you include things like a separate ROTH IRA under retirement, do not include the value of your primary residence (requested below).




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Approximately how much non-adoption-related debt to you have? Please list in the following categories:

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Adoption Expenses


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Anticipated Expenses


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As stated previously, please know that we can only pay out grant funds to a licensed US-based adoption agency or lawyer for outstanding expenses. Any other expenses are not eligible for grant funds.

Expense Sheet

Please submit a letter from your agency, lawyer, or consultant listing all fees paid to date, and all anticipated future charges and the anticipated due date ("At Match" or "At Placement" is sufficient). This should include fees not only due to the agency, but a list of fees estimating travel and birth mother costs. If you are working with a consultant, we understand that the remaining expenses are only an estimate. 

Supplemental Materials

We recommend saving your application before adding documents below. 

The following documents must be submitted. If you are not submitting any of the following documents, please note why in the comments section. If you are having trouble attaching a document, please email grants@helpusadopt.org. We strongly discourage you from submitting documents via email for security purposes and because they can be difficult to match to an application, please only do so when necessary. Do not mail any documents. 

We prefer PDF files for your home study, tax return, and personal statement. 
Please note, each individual file upload is limited to 25MB and the combined total of all of the files uploaded must not exceed 35MB. If you cannot reduce or compress the file size, please email only the large file to grants@helpusadopt.org

Home Study


Please attach a copy of your approved, valid home study. If you have had a home study renewal processed, please include a copy of the (most recent) renewal and the original home study. We require the full home study, not an approval letter; your application will not be considered without this document.
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Please have them email the document to grants@helpusadopt.org.

Personal Statement


The personal statement is your opportunity to explain to the grant committee why you should be selected to receive a grant. Some things you might want to discuss: If you have been matched already, tell us about the child you're adopting. Let us know why you require financial assistance to complete the adoption. Tell us about who you are, and why this grant is important to you. Be sure to address: any special considerations you would like the grant selection committee to know about; any past experience with adoption or foster care; what has inspired you to build your family through adoption; anything not addressed in the application that you feel we should know.
 
There is no minimum or maximum length requirement. We recommend approximately 1-2 typewritten pages. WE DO NOT ACCEPT HANDWRITTEN STATEMENTS. Keep in mind that the best way to increase your chance of receiving a grant is to include a meaningful personal statement. If no statement is submitted, your application WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. 

Tax Documents


Please attach the first two pages of your 1040 form from the last two years. If you own your own business, please include any pages you feel are relevant to your household income. Please DO NOT attach your full tax return.

Additional Documents


If there are any additional documents you would like to include with your application, please attach them below.


Answers to the following questions will not affect your likelihood of receiving a grant



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