Program Fees and Documents

Services:

• Initial Application Interview
• Home Study
• Adoption Education/Training
• Up to 5 Post Placements Visits for one child
• Court report

All domestic home studies must be updated annually for a $750 fee until placement occurs. All International home studies must be updated when prospective adoptive parents I800A/I600A will be expiring (if prospective adoptive parents have not filed an I800/I600 for a specific child).

Fee due with application: $4,900
Fee ACI Alumni: $4,400 

Services:

• Coordinating with other agencies for home study review, document submission, and ongoing case support
• ICPC Coordination (Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children)

Fee due upon finalization of Home Study:  $500

*This fee is waived for families who submitted their Phase I fee prior to 9/30/2024

Services:

• Application & Initial Interview
• Home Study
• Adoption Education/Training
• Up to 5 Post Placements Visits for one child
• Court report

All domestic home studies must be updated annually for a $750 fee until placement occurs.

Fee due with application: $4,900
Fee for returning ACI applicants: $4,400

Services:

• Expectant Parent (EP) outreach/advertising efforts
• Emergency response service – staff on call 24 hours per day
• Support/feedback in the creation of family profiles
• Expectant Parent Counselor services
• Family profile services on agency website
• EP expense fund coordination of post-placement
  communication plan between APs and EPs

Fee due after acceptance into program: $6,500

Fee due at the time of placement: $28,500

Sibling Placements: When two or more children from the same birth parent(s) are placed at the same time through the TAP program, prospective adoptive parents will pay 1.5 full placement fees.

Family Based Financial Aid – TAP PROGRAM ONLY: The Board of Directors established the FBFA program to reduce financial barriers to adoption. Families may apply for FBFA before submitting a formal ACI application and Phase I fee by paying a $250 non-refundable FBFA fee. This fee will be applied to the Phase I fee, should the family proceed.

Alternatively, upon submitting the ACI application and Phase I fee, families are eligible to submit a FBFA application within 60 days at no additional cost. Any award is applied to the Phase III placement fee and credited at the time of placement. Additional information can be found HERE.

Services:

• Initial meeting and assessment with expectant parent

Fee: $400 + mileage and travel expenses

Services:

• Initial Application Interview
• Home Study
• Adoption Education/Training
• Up to 5 Post Placements Visits for one child
• Court report
• ICPC (Interstate Placement of Children)

All domestic home studies must be updated annually for a $750 fee until placement occurs.

Fee due with application: $4,900
Fee for returning ACI applicants: $4,400
Fee for applicants with current Home Study: $3,000 (Fee only applies to applicants who are using another agency to provide home study and post placement services).

Services:

• Emergency response service – staff on call 24 hours per day
• Expectant Parent counseling services to identified EP(s)
• Coordination of hospital plan
• Management of EP Expense Fund
• Coordination of post-placement communication plan between APs and EPs

Fee due with submission of AAP Program Agreement:

Expectant Parent Counseling Services:  $3,000

Expectant Parent Expense Fund: $3,000
ACI manages and disburses these funds for pre-approved expenses, such as living, medical, and transportation costs.
Expenses may exceed this amount. Unused funds will be refunded.

Total: $6,000

Services:

• Application & Initial Interview
• Home Study
• Adoption Education/Training
• Foster Family Home Licensing
• Post Placements Visits/Reports
• Court report

All domestic home studies must be updated annually for a $750 fee until placement occurs.

Fee due with application: $4,900
Fee for returning ACI applicants: $4,400

Services:

• Pre-placement matching assistance
• Obtaining information about available children
• Coordinating process with the sending state
• Child Specific Home Study
• Identifying and locating services that may be needed (i.e. counseling, psychologists)
• ICPC Coordination (Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children)

Fee due after acceptance into program: $3,000

Services:

• Document Review & Consultation – Once initial email questions are answered, we will review your adoption documents and if they appear to be in good order, we will then ask you to submit an application for our Primary Provider Services and pay the Phase I fee.

NOTE: If the document review stage has not progressed within 12 months from date of first contact due to lack of communication or not submitting required documentation, we will close your file.  You can then restart the process at any time with newly scanned documentation and an additional $250 review fee per child.

Fee: $250 per child (non-refundable)

Services:

• Initial Consultation with other adoption service providers, in-country attorneys and/or foreign authorities as needed
• Review of any adoption documents already obtained
• Determination of the viability of providing primary provider services
• Includes an $815 Monitoring and Oversight fee that agency will pay directly to CEAS, the accrediting entity, for the adoption of ONE child

NOTE: If more than one child is being adopted.  Phase 1 will include an additional $1,100 per child ($815 for each child will be send directly to CEAS for Monitoring and Oversight)

Fee: $3,100

Services:

• Ongoing communication and/or supervision of home study service provider, foreign supervised providers, foreign attorneys, foreign and US governmental agencies and Central Authorities.
• Review of all documentation required to verify completion of all six-adoption services in order to allow prospective adoptive parents to apply for visa for child’s entry to United States. Support and assistance with USCIS and Visa application process.

Fee: $3,100

Illinois residents may utilize FRC’s Primary Provider services and our International Home Study Services. These two services are independent and separate from one another and require separate fees.

Services:

• Initial Application Interview
• Home Study
• Adoption Education/Training
• Up to 5 Post Placements Visits for one child
• Court report

All International home studies must be updated when prospective adoptive parents I800A/I600A will be expiring (if prospective adoptive parents have not filed an I800/I600 for a specific child). Home study update fee $750.

Fee due with application: $4,900
Fee for returning ACI applicants: $4,400 

Services:

• Review of current Home Study and Article 15
• Orientation to the Hague Convention process
• Communication with other adoption service providers (ASPs)
• Determination of the viability of the possible adoption

Fee: $4,000

Services:

• Ongoing communication and/or supervision of other ASPs
• Preparation of all required preliminary documents in compliance with the Hague convention.

Fee: $4,500

Services:

• Review and/or preparation of Child Background Study, Birth Parent consents, Article 16 letter, Article 17 letter, post-placement supervision reports, and documentation for Hague Adoption Certificate

Fee: $4,500