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Purchase of Service

By Carrie Craft, About.com

Definition:

When a child's agency agrees to pay the family's adoption agency for providing an adoption home study, post-placement visits and reports, and/or other services or expenses. Many foster children who are waiting for adoptive parents may have purchase of service attached as a benefit. It's always a good idea to ask.

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