Full Adoption Services Fees

Full Adoption Services = the adoptive family completes entire adoption through New Life Family Services

$1,500 Formal Acceptance fee due upon approval of the formal application, to be submitted with signed contract.
Application processing, initial administrative and staff expenses to begin the adoption study, information meeting
$3,000 Adoption Study fee due upon adoption study approval.
Education: Seminars, individual
Meetings and Assessment: Choices in adoption, preparation for adoption issues, background checks, reference requests, compiling medical, financial, mental health history, other verifications, fulfilling State-mandated requirements regarding the adoption study
Miscellaneous: Assistance with profile preparation and annual study updates
$5,000 Birth Parent Services fee due after the "legal risk" period has passed. This fee covers the services provided primarily by the Birth Parent Unit social workers. Families who do not receive a placement from New Life Family Services are not charged the Birth Parent Services fee. If interim care is necessary, there will be an additional fee of $750. The use of interim care is at the discretion of New Life Family Services in the best interests of the child.
Birth Parent Sessions with a social worker: Decision making, adoption planning, openness, grief counseling before and after the adoption. These services are available to family members as well.
Case Management: ICWA eligibility, Medical Assistance, other service providers
Placement: Hospital visits, completing paperwork, going over specific case risks, entrustment ceremony
$2,000 Placement Services fee due after the "legal risk" period has passed. This fee covers the services provided primarily by the Adoption Unit staff. Families who do not receive a placement from New Life Family Services are not charged the Placement Services fee. If a Termination of Parental Rights hearing is necessary to facilitate a secure placement, there will be an additional fee of $1000 for legal services.
Case Management: Communication with doctor, hospital, other service providers
Adoption facilitation: Compiling social medical histories, birth certificates, Father's Adoption Registry verifications, pre-placement meetings with adoptive family, assisting with completing cooperative agreements, Medical Assistance, communication with adoptive family
Placement: Hospital visits, completing paperwork, going over specific case risks, entrustment ceremony
$3,000 Post-Placement, Finalization, Post-Adoption Services fee due at the end of the supervision period and prior to finalization.
Supervision Visits: State-required visits to document adjustment and attachment
Reports: Post-placement report, report to court, certificate of adoption, documentation of child's well-being and adjustment, forwarding documents to court for finalization as required by law
Post-Adoption Services: Requests to update addresses, setting up visits through NLFS, passing along information concerning death or terminal illness (birth parents/adoptee), passing along new medical information from birth family, providing a social worker to facilitate meetings within the first two years after placement, connecting clients with similar circumstances, referrals, forwarding/copying regular correspondence once contact has been made, basic correspondence related questions

All fees are due upon the provision of service. Once the service is completed and a fee is paid, the fee is non-refundable. New Life will not submit consent for finalization until fees are paid in full. Contact our Social Work Program Assistant at (612) 866-7643, ext. 158 for information on New Life's limited service fee structure.