• Infants, toddlers and older children available.
• Sibling groups and twins are sometimes available.
• Currently we do not allow adoption of unrelated children.
• Currently more boys than girls are being placed. Families may not gender specify unless they are open to a more than likely very long, possibly double wait time. 
• Many healthy children, some with minor and correctable special needs.
• Children reside in several orphanages in and around the capital including government run and private orphanages.
• Prior to being in the orphanage children may have resided with the family of origin, in a local orphanage, community care or in the hospital of birth.
• The children are tested for HIV, and Hepatitis prior to being placed.

• Heterosexual married couples (with or without children) may apply.
• Single female applicants are accepted.
• Must be 25-50 years old or up to 55 on a case-by-case basis for 7 years and older.
• Couples should be married at least one year to apply to the program.
• No more than 2 divorces permitted.
• Preference is that there be no more than a 45 year (flexible) gap between the age of the youngest adopting parent and the child being adopted.
• Use of anti-depressants, anxiety medications, criminal background or certain chronic medical conditions will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Timelines & Process:

• Families typically receive a referral in 9-15 months from the time the dossier is registered in Ethiopia for families open to gender and broad age range;  and potentially significantly longer for young sibling groups or twins.
• The waiting time from referral to travel for court is about 6-9 months and can only be scheduled once the USCIS PAIR process approval is issued.
• Final trip of 3-5 days takes place approximately 4-6 weeks after court.
• Applicants will wait the longest who limit their request to twins, specific sibling age groups or genders. For this reason we do not currently allow selection of gender.
• Once the dossier is completed the family will be placed on a waiting list for a referral.
• The family will be presented with a referral of a child and have two weeks to consider the referral.
• A photo and any and all available medical and social information is provided upon referral of the child.
• Upon your acceptance of the referral, notification is sent to Ethiopia where our Ethiopian partner’s attorney will begin the official legal adoption process.
• The Ethiopian partner's attorney will assist with translating the dossier and submitting documents for a court hearing.
• Both parents must plan to attend court.
• One parent may attend court with the other’s power of attorney under select extreme circumstances and prior approval from the Ethiopian government is required. 
• For the trip to receive your child and complete the immigration process, one or both parents (or escort) will travel for the final trip.

To learn more, email info@bbinternationaladoption.com or call 303-333-1572. If you feel that adopting a child or children from Ethiopia is your heart's desire please fill out the Adoption Avenues application at their website: Apply for Adoption.

Learn about Ethiopia:

Ethiopia, officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by Eritrea to the north, Djibouti and Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the west, and Kenya to the south. With over 91,000,000 inhabitants Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world and the second-most populated nation on the African continent.

Ethiopia is one of the oldest locations of human life known to scientists and is widely considered the region from which Homo sapiens first set out for the Middle East and points beyond. Tracing its roots 

to the 2nd millennium BC, Ethiopia was a monarchy for most of its history. Alongside Rome, Persia, China and India the Kingdom of Aksum was one of the great world powers of the 3rd century. In the 4th century, it was the first major empire in the world to officially adopt Christianity as a state religion.

Ethiopia is a multilingual society with around 80 ethnic groups, with the two largest being the Oromo and the Amhara. The origin of the coffee bean, Ethiopia is a land of natural contrasts; with its vast fertile West, jungles & numerous rivers the World's hottest settlement in its north, Africa's largest continuous mountain ranges and the largest cave in Africa at Sof Omar. Ethiopia has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Africa. Ethiopia's ancient Ge'ez script, also known as Ethiopic, is one of the oldest alphabets still in use in the world. The Ethiopian calendar, which is seven years and about three months behind the Gregorian calendar, co-exists alongside the Oromo calendar. The majority of the population is Christian and a third is Muslim; the country is the site of the first Hijra in Islamic history and the oldest Muslim settlement in Africa at Negash. A substantial population of Ethiopian Jews, known as Beta Israel, resided in Ethiopia until the 1980s but most of them have since gradually immigrated to Israel. Ethiopia is also the spiritual homeland of the Rastafari movement, which globalized its flag colors worldwide via pop culture and Reggae music.