Creating and Helping Jewish Families
The Hebrew Free Loan Society’s (HFLS) Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Adoption Loan program assists Jewish couples and singles with the high cost of adoption-related expenses. Since 2000, HFLS has made 32 adoption loans, totaling more than $325,000, to help adoptive parents handle the cost. It is a unique financial resource for those who have sufficient income to support a child but are unable to afford adoption expenses.
HFLS also provides loan assistance to single-parent families, a population with high levels of need, and large families of modest means.
The Slotnicks were able to obtain a $15,000 interest-free loan from HFLS for most of the adoption expenses. Less than a year later, eleven-month-old Sierra Vanessa joined their family. "David and I are so in love with Sierra. She’s fulfilled our dreams of having a family," Michelle told Jewish Week.
A year later, HFLS provided a second loan so the couple could adopt Sierra’s cousin, whom they named Miranda.