Illini Christian Ministries

HOME STUDY AND RELATED ADOPTION FEES

Effective January 1, 2009

Service

Area A Cost

Area B Cost
(more than 100 miles from 61873 Zip Code)

Adoption Home Study Fee,
non-refundable

$250

Domestic Home Study

$1550

$1750

International Home Study

$1750

$1950

Updated Home Study/changes

$250-$1200
(dependant upon amount of alterations)

$350-$1300
(dependant upon amount of alterations)

Placement Fee, for baby from our program

*Includes birth parent services, liason to court, and post placement visits

$7500

Post Placement Visits & Report

$250 per report

*Sibling groups may require multiple reports/fees

$350 per report

*Sibling groups may require multiple reports/fees

Readoption Reports

$250-$450

$350-$550

Cooperative Agency Fee
(International Adoptions only)

$150

*Although ICM wishes that the costs for adoption services could all be universal, these changes are to necessary to address the costs of fuel expenses, # of service hours dedicated to individual reports. ICM not only desires to assist families through Christ-centered services, but to also make our services as cost effective for the families, with whom we work.

Any visit to the home for updates or training,licensing monitor visits, not within the time frame of the home study is $75 per contact hour, plus mileage.

The above prices include everything needed to prepare for the adoption such as training, licensing, coordination of agencies, and is good for one year. Adoptive families are expected to pay other fees to coordinating agencies, countries, over night postage as needed, birth parent living expenses (only as approved by a court), legal expenses, travel, etc. as needed.

ICM is not allowed to charge any fees related to the licensing process only.

ICM will not charge additional fees beyond those in contract unless reasonably required by circumstances and disclosed before incurred.

All fees for the home study are to be paid before they are signed. Domestic adoption fees must be paid before finalization of the adoption is done. THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS POLICY.

Occasionally people apply for grants and they will need copies of the home study. We will be happy to send them to the foundations since grants may be paid to the agency and not to the individual.

Refund policy:

Since none of the above fees are charged until services are performed no money will be refunded. If, for any reason, a client is able to prove that a service was not completed or performed adequately, the grievance procedures (given else where in this document) will be in effect.

Ammended, May 14, 2010