This document explains the financial help that birth mothers in Texas or Kansas can get if they are thinking about adoption. It’s important to know that while birth mothers can get help with certain pregnancy-related and adoption-related costs, they **cannot** get paid for placing a child for
adoption. This is illegal in both states and across the United States.
Help Available for Birth Mothers in Texas and Kansas
In Texas and Kansas, birth mothers can get help with these costs:
• Medical Expenses: This covers things like prenatal care, labor, delivery, and postnatal care for the birth mother and the baby.
• Living Expenses: This can help with things like rent, utilities, food, transportation, and maternity clothing.
• Legal Fees: Money for the lawyer’s fees for adoption counseling or other legal services.
• Clothing: Birth mothers can get help for clothing expenses, including:
-Maternity Clothes: Clothes for pregnancy.
-Baby Clothes: Clothes for the baby after birth, which may also be covered under medical or living expenses if needed.
-These expenses must be reasonable and necessary. Payments will go directly to the store or provider where the clothes are bought.
• Cell Phones: Adoption agencies may pay for a cell phone if it’s needed for communication related to the adoption or if the phone is necessary for safety.
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