§ 9-9-404 - Administration -- Funding.
9-9-404. Administration -- Funding.
(a) The Department of Human Services shall establish and administer an ongoing program of subsidized adoption by persons who are determined by the department to be eligible to adopt under this subchapter and who are financially unable to otherwise adopt as determined by the department using a means-based test.
(b) Subsidies and services for children under this program shall be provided out of funds appropriated to the department for the maintenance of children in foster care or made available to it from other sources.