| Introduction |
Financial and medical subsidies are made
available to adoptive parents to facilitate adoption of children with special needs
through state and federal subsidized adoption programs. |
Topics In This
Section |
For links to topics in this section, see the
table of contents, section 48-18-1 through
48-18-18. |
State and Federal
Adoption Assistance |
There are two separate adoption assistance
programs offered in Connecticut. They are the:
•federal adoption assistance program which helps states support the adoption of
Title IV-E (AFDC or SSI eligible) children with special needs, and
•state funded assistance program for children who are not Title IV-E eligible.
|
Programs'
Purpose |
State and Federal subsidized adoption programs
make financial and medical subsidies available to adoptive parents to facilitate adoption
of children with special needs under the care of the Department or a Connecticut licensed
child placement agency. Note: The private agency must be statutory
parent of the child. |
Types of
Programs |
Children who meet the definition of special needs
are eligible to apply for the following subsidies: |
Type of Subsidy |
Federal
Programs |
State
Programs |
| Periodic Subsidy (Usually
monthly) |
Yes - for Title IV-(AFDC or SSI
eligible) children. |
Yes - for non IV-E eligible
children. |
Non-recurring
adoption
assistance payments |
Yes - for special needs regardless of
Title IV-E eligibility. |
Yes - up to $750 which is federally
reimbursable at 50%. |
| Medical coverage |
Yes - the Medicaid program for those
children eligible for AFDC or SSI. |
Yes - a state funded subsidy for
children not eligible for Medicaid but only for those medical services approved within the
Medicaid program. |
Connecticut
medical expens
subsidy |
No federal program. |
A 100% state medical subsidy for
children who are handicapped as defined in Section 17a-120, C.G.S. |
Special Need
Subsidy |
Yes - but only reimbursable up to the
amount of monthly foster care rates. |
Yes. For need associated with the
adoption of the child not covered by other programs. |
| The Federal Government reimburses the state
(50%) for children found eligible under the Title IV-E adoption assistance program. All
other children who are eligible for subsidized adoption are covered by the state program. |
