Adoptive family’s needs and challenges

1. Overwhelming financial and medical burdens

• Limited income, some will never afford to retire

• Treatments are very costly, medical bills piles up fast, getting a good insurance is a luxury

• Getting little help from the government

• Cannot afford babysitters and professional care workers

2. Mental illness and unmet developmental needs 3. Social & cultural prejudice & bias 4. Limited education choices 5. Isolated, having few or no friends, losing what they had 6. Their own aging and health issues