Colombia All Families Program

Gender: Boys and girls are equally represented in the Colombian child welfare system. Therefore, the right-fit family for adoption from Colombia is one that is open to a child of either sex; this ensures that children have equal access to adoption irrespective of their sex.

种族/民族: Colombia is a beautifully diverse country. The children come from a wide-range of racial and ethnic backgrounds. Families should be prepared to parent a child of any racial or ethnic background.

年龄: Families must minimally be open to the adoption of a child ages 0 through 5 years old at the time of referral. However, the majority of children awaiting international adoption are older than 7 years-old so families with wider openness with respect to age may experience shorter wait times.

特色: Children placed in this program have a range of special needs. The Colombian adoption authority thoroughly documents each child’s developmental, social and medical functioning. Additionally, you will have an opportunity to further evaluate the specific needs and abilities of the child referred to your family as the following common characteristics might impact individual children differently.

• 全球发育迟缓
• Behavioral & learning disorders which in protective care are often managed with medication
• 虐待或忽视史：哥伦比亚儿童因遭受虐待或忽视而接受保护的情况很常见，虐待或忽视包括身体虐待、情感虐待、性虐待以及身体或情感忽视
• 出生家庭背景：在哥伦比亚，出生家庭通常是已知的，因此我们通常知道孩子在子宫内经历过物质接触，并且有遗传性精神健康状况的风险
• Medical conditions: All children referred through this program will have some form of medical need that requires care in the health system. Families who are open to chronic or profound medical needs such as CP, seizure disorder, or down syndrome may be matched more quickly.
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For families who have wider openness to special needs and who feel prepared to parent a child with complex and multi-faceted needs which exceed the needs described above, Waiting Child Adoption may be a right-fit path.