China Waiting Child Adoption Program

Sunny Ridge Family Center is honored to be a part of China’s Waiting Child Adoption Program. Since May 2009, we have had access to the China Center of for Children's Welfare and Adoption (CCCWA) online referral system and have been working to find families for children with special medical needs.

All of the children available are placed on one shared list by CCCWA. This list of children is made available by CCCWA on their secure website to any agency that has been selected to be a part of China’s Waiting Child Program. Due to the time sensitivity of this list, families have up to 72 hours to review referral information. The time frame of being matched with a child varies depending on what a family is open to accepting and could take anywhere from weeks to many months.

In order to keep the length of wait times down for referrals, our Waiting Child Program has only 20 available slots for families. As a family is matched with a child, they are removed from our list and a new family can be added. If a family’s application is received and there are no available slots, the family will be notified that they are on a waiting list.

 Children in this program will have anywhere from minor, correctable medical needs to more involved needs. They may range in age from one year of age to 13 years of age, with healthy children over the age of eight also available.  Before a family has access to a referral, they must have a completed home study, immigration approval and a dossier logged in to China. They must also complete our Medical Conditions Checklist and have researched the conditions that they are open to accepting.

China has very specific written eligibility requirements for prospective adoptive parents. See Eligibility requirements for families seeking to adopt through our China Waiting Child program.