Ontario adoption and legal custody subsidies (through your children's aid society)

Monthly money for families who adopt or take legal custody of a child in extended society care in Ontario. For a child 8 or older, or two or more siblings, it is $1,035 a month for each child until age 21. For a child 7 or younger who is not in a sibling group, it is $475 a month for each child until age 18. Extra help for a child's medical and other special needs may be given case by case.

Program in Ontario-wide. Parents & families Money, grants & charity Government benefits

How to reach them

1. Apply on their website.
2. Come back here and tell us if it worked.

Other ways, if that one is quiet

• Find your children's aid societyFind your children's aid society
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• Centralized Adoption Intake ServiceCentralized Adoption Intake Service
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Where else they are

Their website is ontario.ca/page/adoption-services-and-supports.

Good to know

• For whomOntario families adopting or taking legal custody of a child in extended society care, with a combined net family income of $97,856 or less.
• CostFree
• Their stepsFind your local children's aid society. Apply to your society for the subsidy. Ask the society about special needs support if your child needs it.

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