But when the plan becomes adoption, the child is attached to a family who cannot provide a permanent home. Lack of subsidy. Foster parents often receive board rates that far exceed what can be guaranteed at the time of adoption. Some agencies are unwilling or unable to enter into a financial agreement that would equalize this discrepancy, thus adversely affecting a family's ability to adopt a child who has special needs. Provide subsidy information.
Many foster families experience a drop in income as a result of adoption.
While the maintenance rate for the child may plummet, creative workers can assure that families receive financial reimbursement for special services needed by the child, now and in the future. Assumptions that foster parents do not need information. Because foster parent adoptions are less labor intensive, workers sometimes assume that the foster parents have enough information and support. Workers may not do a thorough job of preparing the family for permanency, advising about specific birth family issues, and discussing adoption-related issues that affect adoptees into adulthood. Review complete information on the child and post-adoption services.