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India

While specific procedures may change slightly from time to time, international adoption has been ongoing in India for more than 25 years. For more than a decade, our Pune-based India coordinator, Manal Dani, has worked with a variety of caring orphanages countrywide to place children in permanent homes. Although material goods may be sparse, it is the personal interaction between caregiver and child that sets India apart as a country from which children are typically well-adjusted and emotionally healthy. There is a great need for families for the children residing in Indian orphanages who are legally available for adoption.

India Waiting Children

Our India Waiting Children program currently has several children in need of loving homes. We are looking for families whose home studies are in process or completed. Married couples or singles are eligible to adopt. Visit our India Waiting Children Program.

At A Glance

Parent Requirements: Married couples and single women can adopt children. Couples should be married at least 5 years with some case-by-case flexibility. For couples: minimum age of 30, maximum age of 55. For singles: minimum age of 30, maximum age of 55. For infants, couples must have a combined age of 90 or younger and at least one parent (single or married) cannot be older than 42 years.

Children: Healthy children, mostly female, referred at approximately 9-12 months of age. Some toddlers, older children, and occasionally sibling groups are also available. NRI families may visit child prior to acceptance.

Waiting Time: Child referral (for children as young as possible) 3 to 10 months after receipt of dossier for NRI/OCI families, up to 15 months for other families.

Travel: One or both parent(s) may travel; approximately 7-10 day trip. Travel expenses $3,000 - $6,000. Escort option available on a case-by-case basis. Escort fee is $4,000 plus cost of child’s ticket.

Your MAPS India Adoption Staff

Jenny Mills, LMSW, began working for MAPS in 1994. Jenny coordinates both our India and Nepal programs. Jenny has traveled to India and Nepal with MAPS numerous times. She has also counseled birthmothers in our domestic adoption program, has prior professional experience working in public health and with Portland’s refugee community.
E-mail: jennym@mapsadopt.org
Phone: (207) 775-4101

Jen McKane, BA, began at MAPS in 2001 in the Russia program. Jen states “My terrific brother, Chris, was adopted from India when I was twelve. The adoption took a year longer than expected and was filled with hurdles and roadblocks along the way. The adoption experience affected me profoundly and instilled me with a deep sense of empathy for adoptive families. I always knew I wanted to work helping other wonderful kids find their families."

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