Adoption Benefit Program

State employees who have finalized the legal adoption of a child, other than the child of a spouse, can be reimbursed for a portion of their adoption expenses through the Adoption Benefit Program.

The Adoption Benefit Program provides for the following:

1)    Up to $5,000 per family for direct costs related to the adoption of a special needs child, and

2)    Up to $3,000 for the adoption of any other child.

The money is provided by existing funds from the agency where the adoptive parent is employed, not to exceed $150,000 total in one year.

For more information, such as unreimbursed costs, view the regulation at 101 KAR 2:120, Section 2.