HAITI
Haiti gets its name from the Taino people, who called it Ayiti, meaning “land of mountains.”

HAITI ADOPTION PROGRAM

PLEASE BE AWARE At this time, we are not accepting applications for our Haiti Adoption Program, as we are currently at our agency’s maximum number enrollees (for the Haiti Program). This limit was established to ensure “In Process” clients can receive services from us that meet our agency’s high-standards. We do not use a “waiting list” to alert potential clients when new applications are being accepted. Please check our website regularly for updates.
ABI’s Haiti Adoption Program
All Blessings International is fully accredited by the Haitian Government to provide adoption services in Haiti. Our foreign service provider in Haiti has completed over 4,000 successful adoptions from Hait and is well respected with the Central Authority, IBESR, in Haiti. We are a Christian agency – this does not infer exclusion. It simply means we will serve our clients with honesty, compassion, and transparency, seeking at all time to glorify God and be an example of Christian love. We serve families of all faiths. ABI has been working in Haiti for many years and currently supports numerous humanitarian efforts in Haiti. Haiti is a signatory to the Hague Treaty for Inter-country Adoptions, meaning that a very high standard of ethics and supervision is applied to all adoptions. ABI also has extensive experience with relative Haiti adoption cases, as well as more complicated situations.



Adoptive Parent Qualifications
- Opposite sex married couples with at least one parent age 30 and neither older than age 50
- Five years of marriage or five years of cohabitation
OR
- Singles ages 35-50
- Haiti will not permit same sex couples to adopt
- Prospective adoptive parents must have never been convicted of any crime
- Applicants can have any number of biological or adopted children provided that they can provide for the new adopted child(ren)
Timeline and Travel
Families should be prepared to experience a wait of two years or longer for the referral of a child, particularly if they request to adopt a healthy child age two years or younger.
After the Haitian government issues the referral of a child, the adoptive family will travel to Haiti for fifteen days for a socialization period. Additional visits are permissible after IBESR approval. ABI will assist with in country travel and accommodations.
A six-day re-acquaintance period just before the child may go home to his/her new family may be waived if the family has visited the child during the adoption process.
Referral and Adoption Process
Adoption referrals in Haiti are made by the Central Authority. Families can be referred to a child who is legally free for adoption residing in any orphanage in Haiti that has been licensed to perform adoptions. Referral information includes as much detail as we receive from our overseas counterparts, including photographs with medical and social history. Following an official referral from the Central Authority, ABI will deliver all documentation and information that we can obtain regarding the child to the adoptive family. Families will travel to Haiti to spend a fifteen day socialization period with their referred child. Additional visits may be allowed.
Following approval of the referral and socialization reports by the Central Authority, ABI’s experienced and competent in-country partners will complete the legal adoption in Haiti. Typically families may then travel to bring their new child home approximately 12 months after referral.
Reports following a child’s placement for adoption are required to be completed by a licensed adoption agency at 3, 12, 24 months, and annually for 7 years or until the child is 18 years of age. The first three reports must be completed by a social worker with a Hague approved agency. The remainder of the reports may be completed by the adoptive family. These reports are sent by ABI to Haiti. Eight photos should be included with each report.
Available Children

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