Barker Foundation: Program Overview - Domestic, Special Needs, and International Adoption

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HEADQUARTERS

The Barker Foundation
7979 Old Georgetown Road
First Floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
301-664-9664

1-800-673-8489

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SATELLITE OFFICES

2957 Monticello Drive
Falls Church, VA 22042
703-536-1827

1066 - 30th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20007
202-298-7724

Program Overview

Barker Programs and Requirements

Barker must prepare the home study to be eligible
for our Korea, China, and Colombia programs.

Click the country name below for additional information

	Korea	India	Colombia	China	Guatemala PROGRAM ON-HOLD	Domestic-Comp	Domestic-AA-Multiracial & Special Needs
YEARS MARRIED	3	5	FANA 2-1/2	2	1	1	1
SINGLE	no	no	no	no	yes	yes	yes
AGE OF APPLICANTS FOR INFANTS	25-43.5	45	25-38: can adopt a child up to 35 months	30-55, adoptive mother no more than 45 years older than child	Singles -45, Couples - combined age of 92, neither over 50	25-45	25-50
AGE OF APPLICANTS FOR TODDLERS & OLDER CHILDREN	N/A	Ages above plus the age of the child	39-41: 3-4 year old; 42-44: 5-6 year old; 45-55: children ages 7+	Ages above plus the age of the child	Ages above plus the age of the child	N/A	N/A
MAX. NUMBER OF CHILDREN LIVING IN HOUSEHOLD	4	2-3	1	4	4	N/A	N/A	N/A
HOME STUDY MUST BE PREPARED BY BARKER	yes	N/A	yes	N/A	yes	N/A	yes	yes

Age Limits are applicable at the time that the full application is submitted.

Barker must prepare the home study to be eligible
for our Korea, China, and Colombia programs.

There is flexibility in requirements when prospective parents are seeking to adopt older children, siblings groups, children with medical problems or minority children born in the Domestic. Some countries do not place infants with couples who have no fertility problem or other compelling reason for not becoming pregnant.

Please note that requirements are subject to change.

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Do you live outside the Washington, DC metropolitan area?

See our options and guidelines for those prospective adoptive parents who live outside of our traditional service area.