RK ADDA newsletter december

Domestic Adoption:
1. Visit CARA (the legal adoption authority in India, run by the
government) website and go through the guidelines.
http://cara.nic.in/
2. Request for a counselling session with CARA consultants. CARA is
based in Delhi so if PAPs live in Delhi, it will be in person. Otherwise, it
will be over the phone.
3. Prepare the required documents for online registration (the list of
documents is given on CARA website.)
4. Locate the Specialized Adoption Agencies (SAA) registered with
CARA nearby in your city for conducting home study and uploading
home study report. Visit them to see how proactive the staff is, which
agency is willing to do home study at your place, depending upon
geographical distance. Your home study will include your preferences.
5. Once you finalize the agency, ask them if they have any specific
format for medical certificate and if they require any extra documents
other than the list mentioned by CARA.
6. Domestic families are allowed to choose up to 3 states or anywhere
in India. Realize that the more restrictions you put, the longer you
may wait. Our family is from Chennai, and we adopted an amazing
child from Mumbai. She is a perfect fit for our family!
7. Accordingly, prepare documents oand register online and upload the
documents. Your registration is considered complete only after you
upload all the documents. The referral seniority comes based on your
date of registration.
8. Inform the agency, which you choose for home study, about your
registration and ask them when they will conduct home study. You
might need to do a little follow up here as well depending upon the
efficiency of agency staff.
9. You need to pay Rs. 6000 (this may change, was accurate when
article was written) for home study to the agency either in cash or DD
or cheque for which you will get a receipt.
10. Once home study is done, the agency has to upload the home
study report online to CARA. This has to be done asap as only after
this, you will be able to check your seniority and immediate
placement list and special needs kids list.
11. After this, starts your waiting period. CARA will match you with a
healthy child based on your seniority and parameters. Utilize this to
understand more about how heart families bond and the challenges
and other things. Have faith and be positive during this period. Join
support groups and learn from other adoptive parents and Adoptees.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/622989274464148/ and
https://www.facebook.com/groups/ForOfHeartBabies/permalink/124
1320099220788/ are highly recommended