A residential rate ($10,000.00) will be paid to an agency that places a child for adoption directly from residential care. The child must be placed within 120 days of leaving residential care.

A MARE rate ($9,325.00) will be paid to a non-custodial agency that places a child registered on MARE with a recruited family. A foster or relative family is not considered a recruited family. The child may be placed in foster care with the prospective adoptive family for up to 150 days. (Note: The 150-day approval will require an exceptional situation).

An Intra-Agency MARE rate ($7,000.00) will be paid to the custodial agency that places a child registered on MARE for six or more consecutive months with a recruited family. A foster or relative family is not considered a recruited family. The child may be placed in foster care with the prospective adoptive family for up to 120 days. Documentation of recruitment efforts is required to obtain this rate.

A five-month premium rate ($8,660.00) will be paid to an agency that places a child in its care in adoption within five months of the child's permanent wardship.

An enhanced rate ($6,520.00) will be paid to an agency that places a child in its care in adoption within seven months of permanent wardship. An agency will also receive the enhanced rate for placing a child within nine months of permanent wardship if the child was referred to the agency for adoptive placement prior to registration of the child on MARE.

A standard rate ($3,860.00) will be paid to an agency that places a child in its care seven months after the date of permanent wardship.

An enhanced pre-placement fee ($2,600.00) will be paid to an agency when a child in its care is referred to another agency or DHS local office within three months of the child's permanent wardship date.

A standard pre-placement fee ($1,300.00) will be paid to an agency when a child in its care is placed by another agency or DHS local office and the criteria for an enhanced pre-placement fee does not apply.