WAITING CHILDREN
Waiting Children Program
Since 2003 Adopt Abroad, Inc. has been helping children find their Forever Family through adoption. We have always focused on finding loving, permanent homes for children with special needs as well as sibling groups.
Adopt Abroad has created a waiting child photo list where families can view waiting children from different regions. Due to country restrictions, all photos and further information must be password protected. The families who are interested in applying for this program must complete a pre-application and register with Adopt Abroad. Click here Online Pre-Application
After you register you will be contacted by our agency for an initial introduction and interview. Upon approval, you will receive a username and password to access the waiting child photo listing.
Waiting Children Program - Bulgaria
The Bulgarian adoption authorities have now created a web site listing children with special needs for whom they are seeking adoptive families. Multiple agencies have access and work within the system to place these children. Adopt Abroad and its Bulgarian partner are among the agencies who have access to the waiting children listings.
Adopt Abroad will review the information on the children when it becomes available. We will post brief information about the waiting children on our website. Photos and further information are available through our password protected site, as per the requirements of the Bulgarian adoption authorities.
If you find a listing that you feel may be interested and please contact us and we will review the information we have available on that particular child. If your family feels it is in the best interest of the child and your family to continue, you will be provided the child's full file for review.
Your family then has up to two weeks to review the child's documentation to determine if you would like to proceed with the adoption. Note that the children on the shared list are typically matched very quickly, so it will be important to make a decision as quickly as possible. All families are strongly encouraged to review the child's medical information with a medical professional. For your convenience, we have a list of medical specialists who work in the field of international adoption.
Families should also discuss the needs of that particular child with the medical specialist and your home study social worker to get their assessment as to how they feel you could accommodate the child's needs.
The Bulgarian adoption authorities will have the final approval for all placements.
If your family chooses to move forward with a specific child we will submit your name and information as applicants to adopt that particular child. You will then be asked to complete a formal application for the child, write a letter of intent complete a parent information sheet and submit photos to Adopt Abroad, Inc.
The Bulgarian adoption authorities will review your family's information and judge your eligibility. If they feel your family is a suitable potential match for that particular child, they will issue a notice of preapproval.
The Bulgarian adoption authorities pre-approve the match between the applicant(s) and the specific child and hereby, the period allocated to dossier preparation is commenced. This period is not legally determined but usually candidates take up to 3 months. However, if candidates do exceed the usual timeframe, it is likely that the authorities will need well grounded reasons to give adopters more time to prepare their dossier. Therefore it is best that you already have your home study completed by the time you apply for a child.
Waiting Children - Special Needs
1050 Female, DOB: 04.26.2004 - good physical development, neuro-psychological delay, dyslalia, jovial and kind child
1055 Female, DOB: 08.02.2003 - neuropsychological delays, left ventricle/median aberrant cord. Physically well developed, sociable and with good emotional tonus
1056 Male, DOB: 06.16.2006 - born with Perinatal asphyxia, kidney problems, physical & developmental delays. Very intelligent, cheerful and sociable child
1096 Female, DOB: 10.24.2004 - (sibling group 1097 - adoptable only together) premature birth, strabism, equinovarus of right foot
1097 Male, DOB 10.24.2004 - (sibling group 1096 - adoptable only together) retinopathy, strabism, slight delay in the physical development; normal psycho-motor development; sociable child
1124 Male, DOB: 06.30.1997 - (sibling group 1125 - adoptable only together) normal physical and mental development, lack of motivation for schoolwork, but very intelligent and inquisitive, very good memory, good imagination and perceptions, shy but sociable after getting to know you
1125 Male, DOB: 06.30.1999 - (sibling group 1125 - adoptable only together) healthy, normal physical and mental development
1133 Male, DOB: 08.14.2004 - strabismus, congential anomaly syndrome with predominantely small stature, delay in the physical development; normal intellectual development, kind and sociable child
1134 Male, DOB: 06.28.2000 - (sibling group 1135 - adoptable only together) healthy, normal physical and neuro-psychological development, good emotional tonus, very intelligent, well-meaning, sociable
1135 Male, DOB: 03.05.1998 - (sibling group 1134 - adoptable only together) healthy, normal physical and neuro-psychological development, very intelligent
1136 Female, DOB: 07.04.2006 - premature birth, slight neuro/psychological delay, mainly in the speech development; well developed fine and gross motorics
1138 Female, DOB: 05.03.2003 - (sibling group 1139 - adoptable only together) healthy, normal physical and neuro-psychological development, sociable, quite inquisitive, very assiduous in school
1139 Female, DOB: 11.11.2004 - (sibling group 1138 - adoptable only together) condition for epilepsy, hyperkinetic difficulties; progress in the neuro-psychological development; normal physical development; kind and not aggressive; quite a talker; likes asking different kind of questions
1141 Male, DOB: 05.05.2006 - good health condition, delay in neuro/psychological development. Cognitive delays
1143 Female, DOB: 08.02.2006 - slight neuro/physical delays; good common condition; smiling; sociable
1149 Male, DOB: 02.11.2009 - strabism, neuro/psychological delays, pes equinovarus sinistra
1150 Female, DOB: 04.07.2008 - born with respiratory problems, frequent colds, slight delay in neuro-physical development; good muscle tonus; loves interacting with adults
1157 Male, DOB: 03.28.2005 - delay of expressive speech, dyslalia; healthy, normal physical and neuro-psychological development; sociable; smiling; responsive, likes playing with other children
1164 Male, DOB 01.13.2000 - (sibling group 1165 - adoptable only together) healthy, normal physical and neuro-psychological development
1165 Male, DOB: 01.11.1999 - (sibling group 1164 - adoptable only together) healthy, normal physical and neuro-psychological development
1121 Female, DOB: 10.12.2001 - (sibling group 1122 - but separate adoption is also possible) Speech delays; normal physical development; good health condition
1122 Female, DOB 09.08.2004 - (sibling group 1121 - but separate adoption is also possible) small in stature but not attributed to any medical abnormalities; healthy; sociable; calm; nice; intelligent and inquisitive