Post Adoption Special Services Subsidy (PASS) | Ohiokan

Provides subsidy to assist Ohio families after the finalization of their adoption. The subsidy is available to all adoptive families regardless of the type of adoption (international, attorney, public or private agency), with the exception of step-parent adoptions. The child DOES NOT have to meet either the federal or state definition of special needs to receive this subsidy. Each child may be eligible for up to $10,000 per year ($15,000 if residential treatment is recommended by a qualified professional).

Data provided by

UW 211 Greater Toledo

Physical Address

1427 E 36th Street, Suite 4203f, Cleveland, OH 44114

Hours

Mon-Fri 8:30am-6:30pm

Fee

No fees

Eligibility

Child/young person resides in Ohio with the adoptive family, has been adopted by someone other than a step-parent, has a physical or developmental disability or mental or emotional condition that either existed before the adoption petition was filed or developed after the adoption petition was filed and can be directly attributed to factors in the child/young person’s pre-adoption background or medical history, or biological family’s background or medical history, the child/young person is under the age of eighteen OR the child/young person is at least eighteen years of age and less than twenty-one years of age and has been diagnosed with a mental or physical disability

Service area

Wood County, Ohio Seneca County, Ohio Sandusky County, Ohio Ottawa County, Ohio Lucas County, Ohio Lorain County, Ohio Erie County, Ohio Huron County, Ohio

Agency info

Ohiokan

A non-profit that offers assistance and management for responsive kinship and adoptive parents and their families. Serve Erie, Huron, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and Wood counties.