Utah's Adoption Connection Newsletters

Adoption Tax Credit for Special Needs
Adoptions Finalized between 2003 and 2009
Most families that adopted foster children who receive adoption assistance between 2005 and 2009, and a few who
adopted earlier, should be able to take advantage of the federal adoption tax credit, even if they had no expenses
related to the adoption. A new law and guidance have now made the tax credit refundable for the first time. [For non-special needs adoptions (except step-parent adoptions, which do not qualify for the credit), parents can claim
the credit with the same rules as below, except that they have to document qualified adoption expenses.]
NACAC Tax Information Sheet

Post Adoption Support: Needs Assessment 2008
Report by: Susan Egbert, MSW, PhD, Independent Researcher
The on-line report contains detailed summaries of parents’ responses with regard to their children’s maltreatment histories; post adoption needs experiences; and post adoption service awareness, access, use and ratings of quality. Quotes from parents are included in the report.

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