CAAA - Cost Savings of Adoption

Subtracting the costs to the Federal, State and Counties of the adoption of a child from foster care, from the costs that are avoided by adoption of that child, the average taxpayer saving in the first year is $9,777, and $22,922 each year thereafter, as follows;

For the combined fiscal years 2005-2007:
First Year:

Adoption Costs:			$10,488
Child Welfare Services Savings:			($8,040)
Foster Care Savings:
	Grants:		($19,770)
	Admin:		($1,985)
AAP Costs:
	Grants:		$18,664
	Admin:		$262
Medi-Cal
	AAP Costs:		$3,178
	Foster Care Savings:		($10,984)
Court Hearings:
	Costs:		$1,329
	Savings:		$2,656

Cost of a Child's Adoption:			$33,658
Costs Avoided by Adoption:			($43.435)

Total County costs saved:		$6,889
Total State costs saved:		$562
Total Federal costs saved:		$2,327

Total Savings first year:			$9,777
Savings each year thereafter:			$22,922

Thanks to Scott Carney of the California Department of Social Services
for his work on this this analysis.