Tennessee offers individual $1,000 grants to reduce private adoption costs
News organizations across Tennessee reported on Governor Lee, the Department of Children’s Services, and The Adoption Project partnering together to create a home study grant program for private adoptions.
The following is a collection of stories from across Tennessee:
Times Free Press: Tennessee offers individual $1,000 grants to reduce private adoption costs
Starting next year, Tennessee families pursuing a private adoption can get $1,000 in public funds to help cover the costs of a legally required home study, the state department of children's services announced Thursday…
The new initiative grew out of an ongoing collaboration between the state and a nonprofit called The Adoption Project as part of an effort to improve adoption policy in Tennessee, Zarach said. Read more from Times Free Press >>
TN launches grant program to lower the cost of private adoption
The Department of Children's Services (DCS), along with Governor Bill Lee, are launching a new program for National Adoption Month to reduce the cost of the private adoption process for Tennessee families while helping to recruit more foster families…
The Home Study Reimbursement Program grew out of a collaboration between DCS, Gov. Lee’s office and The Adoption Project, a nonprofit organization focused on adoption and foster care public policy. Read more from WRCB >>
WBIR: Tennessee launches new grant program to lower cost of adoption
WKRN: State leaders make efforts to ensure secure, legal adoptions
…“The adoption process is not always easy and one of the most significant barriers can be the cost,” said Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti in a video message shared this week.
Skrmetti and The Adoption Project have partnered together to raise awareness of the risks posed by illegal and unethical adoption facilitators. Adoption facilitators are not licensed and aren’t regulated. The scam often works like this: a facilitator will match expectant birth parents with adoptive parents in exchange for large, non-refundable fees that are meant to be paid in advance…
On Thursday, Governor Bill Lee launched a new program to reduce the cost of private adoptions. The grant will also be used to help the Department of Children’s Services (DCS) recruit more foster families. Read more from WKRN >>
WDEF: Gov. Bill Lee announces Home Study Reimbursement Grant Program
Governor Bill Lee has announced a new program aimed at reducing the cost of the private adoption process for Tennessee families. The Home Study Reimbursement Grant Program will begin January 1, 2025.
Adoptive families could see reimbursements up to $1,000 for the cost of a home study completed by a licensed clinical social worker or child-placing agency. Read more from WDEF >>
WNBJ: New Tennessee grant to reimburse adoption home study costs up to $1000
There’s a new grant program aimed at lowering the cost of adoptions in Tennessee.
The state’s Department of Children’s Services and Governor Bill Lee announced the Home Study Reimbursement Grant Program. Read more from WNBJ >>
