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| Adoption Subsidy Program |
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The Adoption Subsidy Program provides financial support subsidy and/or medical subsidy to encourage the placement of special needs children with adoptive families. Support subsidy assists with the payment of expenses related to caring for and raising the child. Medical subsidy assists with the costs of necessary treatment for a physical, mental, or emotional condition which existed, or the cause of which existed prior to the adoption.
The purpose of support and medical subsidies is to assist with the costs of caring for a child with special needs. An adoptive child may be eligible to receive a support subsidy or a medical subsidy or both. The subsidies are intended to help with the costs of raising the child. They are not intended to cover every expense.
Questions concerning adoption subsidies should be directed to the local adoption worker prior to adoptive placement. After a subsidy case is opened, questions should be directed to an adoption subsidy specialist at the DHS in Lansing.
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