Children Available: Children aged from newborns to teenagers are available. Sibling groups are available and the adoption of more than one unrelated child at once is allowed. Both girls and boys are available, parents may request gender.
Requirements: Married couples and singles may adopt. 25-60 is the age requirement. There are no restrictions on the number of children in family nor any divorce requirements. There is some flexibility within the length of marriage, although 1-2 years seems to be the minimum.
Time line: After dossier is submitted, the wait for referral can be anywhere from 1-10 months. After referral, wait time until home can be anywhere from 3-5 months.
Cost: $11,000-22,000
Children placed in 2006: 732 children came home from Ethiopia to the USA in 2006 and was the 5th most adopted from country of international adoptions from the United States.
Adoptions Agencies for Adopting from Ethiopia:
- America World Adoption Association
- Christian World Adoption
- Wide Horizons for Children
- Love Basket, Inc.
- Hope Adoption Agency
- Dove Adoptions, Inc.
- AAA Partners in Adoption, Inc.
- A Second-Chance
- Adoption Advocates International
- Adoption Associates, Inc.
- Adoption Avenues
- African Cradle Adoptions
- Children's Home Society and Family Services
- Children's Hope International
- Gladney Center for Adoption
*Information is subject to change. If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions, please don't hesitate to contact me at bound4meimei@yahoo.com
