(A Network Program with Wide Horizons for Children)

At-A-Glance
 

Who can adopt from Ethiopia

• Couples married for at least 2 years and single women
• Adopting parents must be between the ages of 25 and 50 to adopt a child of any age; Adopting parents over the age of 50 are eligible to adopt children 4 years of age and older.

Children available for adoption

• Healthy infants from newborn to 12 months old at time of referral
• Toddlers, older children and sibling groups
• The majority of children are relinquished for adoption by the birth mother.
• Ethiopia strongly encourages that the adoptive parents meet the birth mother.

Process

•  Apply to The Barker Foundation and Wide Horizons for Children
• Complete pre-adoption group, on-line training and home study
• Work with Wide Horizons to complete dossier
• Dossier is submitted to Ethiopia via Wide Horizons
• Referral of a child between newborn and 18 months of age is received 14 to 24 months after the dossier is submitted; for a child over 18 months of age, the referral is received 6 to 12 months after the dossier is submitted to Ethiopia.
• Parents may travel in 2 to 3 months once they accept the referral.
• Parents remain in Ethiopia for approximately one week
• Adoption of child is finalized in Ethiopia.
• Re-adoption of your child in the U.S. and then the child becomes a U.S. citizen.
• Welcome your child into your home and begin 6-month post-placement supervision period.