

Adoption
Choices for Minnesota Residents
Families can Choose Any Child Referral Agency
or Source for Any Country!!
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| Central
and South America |
Europe and
Eastern Europe |
Africa | Asia | Middle East | Atlantic,
Pacific and Caribbean Islands |
USA |
| Honduras (11) |
Russia (1,821) | Sierra Leone (10) | China (3,909) |
Jordan (2) |
Samoa (1) |
Private, independent |
| Mexico (103) | Poland (77) |
Ethiopia (1,725) | Thailand (59) |
Lebanon (11) |
Haiti (302) | U.S.
waiting |
| Guatemala (4,123) | Ukraine (457) | Kenya (24) |
Khazakhastan (380) | Pakistan
(47) |
Philippines (291) | Canada
(1) |
| Belize (6) | Germany (3) | Liberia (249) |
Bangladesh (7) |
Krygstan
(78) |
Jamaica (39) |
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| Panama (4) |
Moldova (33) |
Rwanda (17) |
Japan (35) |
Uzbekistan
(19) |
Dominica (2) |
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| Costa Rica (1) |
Estonia (11) | Nigeria (149) | Nepal (54) | Armenia
(29) |
Dominican Republic (18) |
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| Ecuador (26) |
Lithuania (16) |
Ghana (101) |
India (307) | Fiji
(1) |
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| Brazil (46) | Bulgaria (5) | Cameroon (9) |
Malaysia (1) |
Grenada/St.Vincent (4) |
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| Colombia (310) | Latvia (38) | Morocco
(9) |
Taiwan (267) |
Guinea
(3) |
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| Peru (30) |
Romania (2)Closed | Zimbabwe
(1) |
South Korea (1,065) | Trinidad/Tobago
(5) |
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| El Salvador (21) |
Togo (2) | Mongolia (9) |
Tonga
(1) |
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| Uruguay
(1) |
Zambia
(6) |
Indonesia (6) |
St.
Lucia (1) |
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| Venezuela
(2) |
Tanzania
(9) |
Sri Lanka (2) |
St.Vincent
(1) |
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| Surinam
(2) |
Uganda
(55) |
Vietnam (751) Closed | ||||
| Nicaragua
(10) |
Burkino
Faso (2) |
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| Guyana
(5) |
Burundi
(2) |
| Closed | Country
still closed for adoption in April 2009 |
| ( ) | Number of adoption visas for 2008 to U.S. |
The
United States Department of State has published a web site describing
international adoption procedures and information on adoption laws of
many countries. There is also a list of Hague Convention
Countries. Summit Adoption Home Studies can work as a supervised or
exempt home study provider working with many Hague accredited child
referral agencies. Summit Adoption Home Studies and the child
referral agency will also be a valuable resource on exploring
countries. The web link is www.//adoption.state.gov..
17,438 adopted children from international countries
came to the U.S. based on immigration statistics for fiscal year 2008 ![]() Source: http://adoption.state.gov/news/total_chart.html |



![]() Africa Child Referral Sources |
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who can provide child referral services to Minnesota families with a home study from Summit Adoption Home Studies. |
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![]() Asia Child Referral Sources |
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who can provide child referral services to Minnesota families with a home study from Summit Adoption Home Studies. |
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![]() U.S. Waiting Children Child Referral Sources in 50 states |
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Minnesota Adoption Resource Network: http://www.mnadopt.org North American Council on Adoptable Children: http://www.nacac.org National Adoption Center: http://www.adopt.org |

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Phone: 651-645-6657
Fax: 651-645-6713
E-mail:
summitadopt@uswest.net

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