Adoption Tax Credit Advocates is a national collaboration of organizations and individuals that have united to support adoption by advocating for the adoption tax credit. Our goal is an adoption tax credit that is:
- Inclusive: Children, whether adopted from foster care, through intercountry adoption, or through private domestic adoption, should be able to benefit from the adoption tax credit.
- Permanent: The adoption tax credit should remain a permanent part of the tax code to ensure continued support to those who bring children into families through adoption.
- Refundable: The adoption tax credit should be refundable to ensure that families with moderate and lower incomes receive the full benefit of the credit.
- Flat for Special Needs: All families who adopt a child whom the state has determined as special needs should be eligible for a “flat” tax credit, meaning they can claim the maximum credit without documenting expenses. This distinction, which is already in current law, recognizes the fact that many of the expenses associated with adopting children with special needs show up after an adoption is finalized.
Join us!
Organizations who would like to join the working group should e-mail Kate McLean at the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute.
Individuals who want to get involved should:
- Take Action: Click here to contact your Members of Congress.
- Connect With Us: Join us on Facebook and Twitter.
The Adoption Tax Credit Working Group’s Executive Committee
- Academy of Adoption & Assisted Reproduction Attorneys
- Adopt America Network
- Christian Alliance for Orphans
- Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (Secretariat)
- Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption
- National Center on Adoption and Permanency
- National Council For Adoption
- North American Council on Adoptable Children
- RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association
- ShowHope
- Voice for Adoption
Other Members of the Adoption Tax Credit Working Group
- Adopt International
- Adoption Advocacy, Inc.
- Adoption Center of Illinois at Family Resource Center
- Adoption Exchange Association
- Adoption Network Cleveland
- Adoption Rhode Island
- Adoptions of Indiana
- Agape of Central Alabama, Inc.
- All Blessings International, Inc.
- American Adoptions
- Bethany Christian Services
- Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
- Children’s House International
- Coalition for Children Youth and Families, Inc.
- Colorado Coalition of Adoptive Families (COCAF)
- DePaul Community Resources
- Dillon International, Inc.
- Family and Youth Law Center at Capital University Law School
- Family Centered Treatment Foundation
- Florida Foster and Adoptive Parent Association
- Foster Kinship
- Foster Parent Alliance of Washington State
- FosterAdopt Connect
- Global Adoption Services, Inc.
- International Adoption Net
- Jeanne T. Tate, P.A.
- Madison Adoption Associates
- Michael S. Goldstein, Esq., LCSW
- New Beginnings International Children’s and Family Services
- NewFound Families – Virginia
- Northwest Resources Associates, Oregon Post Adoption Resource Center
- Pasco FAPA
- Raise the Future
- Spirit of Faith Adoptions
- Stanford Sierra Youth & Families
- The Gladney Center
- The Sylvia Thomas Center for Adoptive and Foster Families
- TruAdopt Law
- Tuscarawas County Job and Family Services
- WV Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Parents Network
- YATOM: The Jewish Foster and Adoption Network