The Ohio Statehouse on Capitol Square in downtown Columbus. (David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com)David Petkiewicz, cleveland.com
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new Ohio law overhauls and significantly expands existing state incentives for adoptive families, a change that bill sponsors hope will help encourage families to consider adoption as an option while cutting down on the thousands of children in the state foster care system.
Last Monday, Gov. Mike DeWine signed House Bill 45, which includes language that creates three tiers of new adoption grants. They are:
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