The ABCs of TPRs
Presented by Margaret Burt
The ABCs of TPRs
Presented by Margaret Burt
NYS Citizens' Coalition for Children, Inc.
17th Annual Statewide Adoption Training Conference
Adoption 2006: There's No Place like Home
May 12-13, 2006 • Albany New York
1. The child has been freed for adoption for six months before placed with prospective adoptive parents. This category is not eligible for non-recurring expenses such as legal fees.
2. The child has been in foster care with the same foster parents for more than 12 months before the foster parents signed an agreement to adopt. (This rule was recently changed from what used to be 18 months)
3. The child is aged 10 or older.
4. The child is aged 8 or older and is a member of a minority.
5. The child is being adopted in a sibling group of three or more.
6. The child is being adopted in a sibling group of two or more and one of the siblings is aged five or older, or one of the siblings is a member of a minority, or one of the siblings is otherwise eligible for an adoption subsidy.
7. The child is a sibling to a child the adoptive parents have already adopted and the child to be adopted is aged five or older, or the child to be adopted is a member of a minority, or the already adopted sibling is eligible for a subsidy.
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06/21/06