Prospective parents may be eligible for a grant to help reduce or eliminate the fee. Without fees, Pact could not have provided services to over 400 children of color placed in adoptive homes in the last seven years. Instead of being adopted, they would be caught in a dysfunctional system that turns healthy infants into older foster children waiting for permanent families. There are only 6,570 days between birth and child's 18th birthday. Each day spent in limbo means diminished health, lowered self-esteem and reduced chance for success.
Every child deserves a permanent family from the earliest possible moment.