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Adoption Leave

Paid Benefit

• Missionaries will receive fully paid Adoption Leave, based on the availability of funds in the account for which they are responsible, for 2 weeks for an adoption placement to care for the child or children.
• Full-Time, PT-30, PT-25, and PT-20 employees are eligible for this leave.
• Missionaries may request an additional 2 weeks of paid Adoption Leave. To request this extension, missionaries should contact their Program Team. Supervisors will need to approve the extension.
• These 2 weeks (or 4 weeks, if extension is approved) do not need to be taken immediately or consecutively, but they can be taken any time within the first 3 months after the adoption. They can also be taken before the adoption is finalized, if needed.
• If both adoptive parents work at the same ministry or church, each missionary will receive the 2 weeks of Adoption Leave. Only one of the adoptive parents is eligible for the 2-week extension of Adoption Leave.

Leave of Absence

• The adoptive parent may take his or her available PTO, as well as unpaid leave, totaling up to 12 weeks of leave.
• If both adoptive parents work at the same ministry or church, they may be limited to a combined total of 12 weeks of leave. 
• See the Family and Medical Leave section of the Leave of Absence policy.

To notify Reliant of your Adoption Leave, please email your Program Team and CC your supervisor.