Before we start anything we need to make sure Kelly will want to help us do this. Having numerous donations being passed through a third party really needs some trustworthy accounting and an organization already legally established as a 501(c)3 would have that already set up.

If I understand the adoption process, a certain amount of expense is considered part of the suitability requirements, in that if someone couldn’t afford at least that much, they probably couldn’t afford to support the extra children. This is generally not applicable to special needs adoptions, which this would be.