International Children's Services Fee Schedule

(These fees do not apply to applicants adopting their relatives. A separate fee schedule applies in these situations).

Catholic Charities (C.C.) is a private, non-profit, Maryland licensed child placement agency serving applicants of all faiths. Our adoption program is entirely financed through adoption fees and donations, without any private or public subsidy. Services cannot be provided unless all fees are paid at the times indicated below.

The adoption service fees paid to Catholic Charities are determined by the program selected. All families pay for the Pre-Adoption Assessment/Education (Home Study) and Post-Placement Services. Applicants adopting from Korea and the Philippines pay a Placement Fee. Applicants adopting from all other countries will work with another agency for placement services. In those cases, placement fees will be paid directly to the other agency.

Catholic Charities’ Fees

Application Fee: $400

Home Study fee/Post Placement fee/Training/Facilitation/Support: $5000

This full fee will be billed after your preliminary interview, and is due prior to the completion of your home study.

Fee Description

$2500: Home Study, Interviews, Training, Evaluation

$1250: Facilitation/Processing Fee: Coordination with foreign or US based adoption agency; support between home study and child arrival; liaison with CIS; document preparation; advocacy for our clients

$1250: Post Placement Services: include 3 post placement visit in the first six months following your child’s arrival. Also includes assistance in finalizing and re-finalizing adoption and obtaining US citizenship, which will save you attorney’s fees. Some countries (for example China, Russia, Ethiopia and Colombia) require more than three post placement visits, and require them over a longer period of time than the typical six months. In these cases, each additional visit will cost $350.

Total: $5000

Foreign Country Costs – Catholic Charities’ Sources

These are current fees, and are subject to change during the process. The current placement/program fees may not be in effect at the time that an assignment is made by the overseas child placement agency.

Korea (due at time of child referral)

$12,710	Holt’s Placement Fee	This covers the care of the child, medical expenses, services to the birthparents, legal and bureaucratic fees, U.S. Visa application, and the overseas work necessary to process a child for intercountry adoption.
$ 9,000	Program Fees	This covers Catholic Charities’ costs of supporting and maintaining programs overseas.
$ 2,000	Donation & Sponsorship	This supports Holt’s social service and medical programs for the physically and mentally handicapped.
$ 900	In country services provided	This covers Holt’s staff time and services to the families by Holt Children’s Services while they are in country, including transportation to and from the airport.
$24,610	Subtotal	Paid in a check to Catholic Charities
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$ 2,300	Round Trip Airfare	This is an approximate fee, paid directly by the parents (per person) to the airline.
$ 750	One way airfare for child from Korea to the US	This is an approximate fee, paid directly by the parents to the airline.
$ 1,500	Accommodations, meals, shopping, misc.	This is an approximate fee, paid directly by the parents to the hotel and restaurants
Total (Korea)	$29,160 (not including home study)

Philippines

#1: Processing Fees: Due when dossier is sent to the Philippines
$3,000	Philippine Program Fee
$ 200	ICAB Dossier approval fee
$3,200	Subtotal
$24,610	Subtotal	Paid in a check to Catholic Charities
#2 Placement Fees: Due at the time child is referred to you
$ 1,000	Child’s visa and travel	This fee covers the processing and bureaucratic fees, documents passport, Visa, and other overseas expenses related to processing children for intercountry adoption.
$ 2,000	ICAB Placement Fee	add $1000 for all additional children
$ 1,000	Orphanage Donation	This covers some of the costs associated with caring for the child. (Relative and Identified Adopters do not pay this fee
$ 500	Chosen Children Orphanage Donation	This supports the special needs children at Chosen Children Village, a residential facility for the physically and mentally handicapped.
$ 180	Chosen Children USA	Sponsorship of one child at CCV for one year.
$ 9,000 (healthy child) $ 7,000 (relative/identified/special needs child)	Program Fee	This covers Catholic Charities’ costs of supporting and maintaining the program overseas.
$11,680 - $13,680	Subtotal
$ 6,500 (est.)	Transportation, Accommodation & In-country expenses	This is the approximate cost of both parents’ roundtrip airfare and one child’s one way airfare and 5 days in-country expenses and accommodations (applicants pay this directly to airline and hotel) in the Philippines. There will be additional airfare expenses for children living outside the Metro Manila area.
Total (Philippines)	$23,380	for placement of healthy, non-relative child. (plus Catholic Charities’ fees, listed above) Fees are less for special needs or relative/identified children.

Foreign Country Costs – Other (non-Catholic Charities) Sources

It is the responsibility of the adoptive applicants to verify the amounts they will be charged by the networking agencies, as we do not continually update these fees. These fees are subject to change during the process.

China – Holt International Children’s Services (541) 687-2202 www.holtintl.org

China, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Russia, Eastern Europe – Wide Horizons for Children (781) 894-5330 www.whfc.org

India and Russia – Maine Adoption Placement Services, Portland, Maine (207) 775-4101 www.mapsadopt.com

Ethiopia and China: World Association of Children and Parents, Port Angeles, WA 206-575-4550

www.wacap.org

*Other fees (CIS, inspections, clearances, certifications, courier services) will be paid directly by the adoptive parents to the service provider.

PLEASE NOTE: FEES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Fee changes may be related to fee increases in the foreign country, Catholic Charities’ business cost increases or decreases, and travel cost increases or decreases.

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