The Adoption Process

Adoption can be unpredictable and no two adoptions are exactly the same. However, there is a general process that all adoptions follow. Below are the steps you will need to complete as part of your adoption.

1. Contact Us

When you contact Sunrise Adoption, we will:

  • Send you information about us and the adoption programs you are interested in
  • Arrange a meeting or a phone call with a Program Manager to discuss your various adoption options

 

2. Register as a Client of Sunrise

When you have made the decision to use Sunrise as your adoption agency:

  • Request the registration and application forms if you do not already have them

  • Complete and send the forms to the Sunrise office

3. Complete a Homestudy

  • A few days after you are registered with Sunrise, one of our Social Workers will contact you to begin the Homestudy
  • After meeting with the Social Worker and completing all the required documentation a Homestudy report will be prepared
  • At this time, if you have not done so already, you will need to select which adoption programs you wish to apply to

4. Submit a Profile or Dossier

  • If you are adopting a child from BC (Sunrise's Domestic Program ), we will help you prepare your "Profile" and "Homestudy Package". These will be looked at by the birth parents and used by them to select the adoptive parents.

  • If you are adopting from another country (Asia , Africa , US , or South America ), we will help you to fulfill the adoption requirements for the country or countries you have selected to adopt from. This usually requires compiling many documents to be submitted to that country.

5. Take your Child Home

  • If you are in the Domestic Program , you will be contacted when your Profile and Homestudy Package are selected by the birthparent. Placement generally occurs soon after the birth.

  • If you are in one of the Intercountry Programs , you will usually be presented with a Proposal for a specific child. If you decide to accept the Proposal, you will most likely begin preparations to travel to that country to pick up your child.