India Children Waiting for Adoption

Children Waiting for Adoption in India

In India, there are many precious children of all ages, with minor to significant developmental, physical, or emotional needs. They wait for the love and stability of a family. These children have experienced great loss through the death of parents, relinquishment, or abandonment and have been placed in the care of institutions. Once they are deemed legally free for adoption by the Indian Adoption Authorities, their greatest hope is to be welcomed into a safe and loving forever family.

Non-Resident Indian (NRI) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) heritage families may request to be matched with a child with no known medical needs; however, they should be prepared for the possibility of mild or correctable medical issues, developmental delays, and unpredictable wait times. Non-Indian heritage families (commonly referred to as a Foreign Family) must be open to adopting a child with an identified special need.

Children who are adopted through the special needs process can have minor to severe medical needs.  Some examples of medical needs we see in child referrals from India include cleft lip and/or palate, clubbed foot, hearing loss, vision issues, heart defects, blood conditions, limb differences, genital malformations, developmental delays, Down syndrome, or cerebral palsy.  Please note, these are just a handful of examples of the various medical needs we see in child referrals from India, all of which can vary in severity and necessary medical care or treatment.  Children who are older (8+) with no known medical needs can also be considered special needs.   

Families can be open to adopting a sibling set of two or more children, although single-child placements are most common in the India program.  India does not allow families to adopt two or more unrelated children simultaneously.