China
Guatemala
Russia
Vietnam
Brazil
India
EthiopiaMore and more corporations and businesses are offering adoption benefits as part of their employment benefit package. Many organizations provide their employees with time off for adoption or other benefits designed to promote adoption. It is also becoming more common for companies to offer financial assistance (some up to $10,000!!), to defray the cost of adoption. Your company may have an AAP that you are not even aware of - ask about it! If your employer does not offer an Adoption Assistance Program (AAP) yet, we encourage you to approach your human resources department or your supervisor with a Proposal for an AAP!
An article from ADOPT, an adoption support web site provides ideas on how to suggest that your employer start an AAP, plus other suggestions for promoting adoption at the workplace. Click here to read this article.
To learn about the "Adoption and the Workplace" program that the National Adoption Center and the Dave Thomas Foundation have cooperatively initiated, visit adopt friendly. Here you will find a list of employers that offer adoption benefits, plus much more. The purpose of this program is to encourage employers to provide adoption benefits to employees.
