Sumpter Family Adoption

An adoption in Idaho can vary in cost depending on the type (foster, etc) but with the agency we are using, the average cost is about $21,000 to $24,000. These funds go to our agency to cover their important work in the process. Here are the costs for our current adoption with descriptions for each part. Registration Fee ($250): This covers the paperwork to sign up. Training ($500): This covers the two days of training(~12 hours) that we received at the agency in Boise. Home study ($600): We are assigned a local case worker who comes and inspects our home to ensure that everything is safe: baby proofed, smoke alarms, etc. The caseworker also helps us compile all the documents the agency needs to approve our home study. The paperwork is about the size of a small book (~100 pages). The caseworker reads through and checks everything for us. Infant Waiting list ($4000): This is for the waiting list and for help compiling our profile book. The profile book is a description of...

As we began the process in September, we were planning to pay for the first few steps (homestudy and waiting list) and then raise the rest of the funds while we waited on the waiting list. That is how we did it on the last adoption. However, the agency would like us to have all the money in hand before our homestudy can be approved. This way we are ready with all of the funds as soon as we are matched with an infant. This means we are not on the waiting list yet and we won't be able to be on it until we have all the funds. Given this requirement, we have started a Gofundme page. We currently have $11,000 saved for the adoption. The Gofundme amount is set at $12,000 which covers the rest of the needed funds (that is, 10,000 for placement fee and 2,000 for travel/legal fees). We decided to do an online fundraiser to let others outside of our community know about our plans and so people know how to pray for us as we pursue this adoption.  Emily Wells, Kate's sister, is h...