• FINANCING ADOPTION
• ABBA Fund
• A Child Waits Foundation
• Adoption Tax Credit
• Brittany's Hope Foundation
• Caring Connection
• Employer Assistance
• James Fund
• Gift of Adoption Fund
• LifeSong
• Loan Options
• ACCU
• HelpUsAdopt.org
• The Orphan Foundation
• Military Subsidies
• National Adoption Foundation
• Show Hope
• United Healthcare's
  Children's Foundation
• Other Financing

Employer Assistance

Recently, more employers have begun to provide adoption benefits for employees. Benefits may include time off to care for an adopted child or even cash reimbursements for adoption expenses. If your employer does not offer assistance, it is worth asking!

The late Dave Thomas, founder of Wendy's restaurants and proponent of adoption benefits for employees, urges employees to simply go to their employers and ask for adoption benefits. "They [prospective adoptive parents] can go talk to their bosses and ask them to put it in. It's amazing what happens when people start talking." Thomas also noted that it is important to call an employer's attention to the matter of fairness. As he put it, "I think anyone who has maternity benefits can see it's the right thing to offer adoption benefits. They go hand in hand." (Businessweek Online: February 21, 2000, p.1)

Each year, the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption announces a list of employers with the best adoption benefits in the United States. Learn more about the results at their website: http://www.davethomasfoundation.org/Our-Work/Adoption-Friendly-Workplace/Best-Adoption-Friendly-Workplaces-List-(1)]