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You are going to want to stay home after placement so you need to make sure that you have been at your job for at least 12 months prior to placement in order to take Family Leave and that you have savings to take care of your financial responsibilities since you don't get paid when on Family Leave. Also check with your HR regarding any financial assistance they might provide regarding adoption. Some companies even allow for maternity leave and/or reimbursement for some or all of your fees.

Summerchild every agency is different. With our agency we actually had to fill out an application asking all these probing questions and then their board of directors decide if they are going to take you as potential adoptive parents. Once that was done we had to provide a deposit. Then at the end of the home study period we had to provide half of our fees minus the deposit, and our balance was due 30 days after placement into our home. Our agency determines their fees on a sliding scale based on income.
When you are researching agencies beware of any place that requires all of the monies up front these are probably not licensed.

Hope this helps