russian program
Giving New Hope to Children and Families
We have been working in Russian adoption since 1993 and our team has completed over 1000 adoptions in Russia and the former
Eastern Europe for New Hope and for our partner agencies. New Hope sought and obtained accreditation when agencies were first
accredited in Russia in 2001, and now also has Hague accreditation.
Our team works very closely with our staff in Russia to help you navigate the road of your Russian adoption. We are all dedicated to adoption work and helping children find families and families find children. Our entire team consists of dedicated adoption professionals, all with advanced degrees beyond a bachelor’s, and our Executive Director has herself adopted two children from St. Petersburg. We all work with you from the beginning steps of document preparation, through support while you travel to Russia (2-3 trips) and through the court process and the start of your life with your child. Our goal is to give you personal attention and to keep you informed of any changes in the adoption process.
We can provide you with a list of parents who have volunteered to be references for our adoption program.
Hague/Russia-Accredited
Highest Ethical Standards
Post-Adoption Support
THE COST
Although adoption in Russia for Russian citizens is free, there are costs involved in international adoption, including, but not limited to, document preparation and submission costs, mailing costs, translation, notarization and legalization of all documents in Russia, administrative costs, on-site translation in Russia for adoption, driver and car in the city of adoption, salaries of team members in Russia, translation services, orphanage aid, aid to needy families, filing fees, court fees, legalization of child’s documents for the US Embassy, etc.
We aim to keep the costs of the adoption process as accessible to as many parents as possible. Our fees (provided upon request) include all costs; there are no “hidden costs” along the way.
Parents are responsible for their own document preparation costs (copies, notaries, apostilles, and the like in the US), travel to Russia, travel to Moscow to the US Embassy to obtain a visa for the child to enter the US, US Embassy fees, driver/car in Moscow only, and parent's medical examinations. Fees are reduced for siblings.
REQUIREMENTS
We work with parents of all ages, single women and married couples. Russian adoption officials strongly prefer that there be no more than 48 years between the age of the youngest parent and the adopted child.
For a summary of the adoption process including document preparation, please read our FAQs. Additional informative material is posted on our Resources page.
Our Mission Statement
New Hope for Children, a registered DBA of New Hope Christian Services, is a Hague-accredited, Russia-accredited, licensed non-profit adoption agency existing to provide HOPE to orphaned children in Russia by finding their forever families throughout the USA with the highest of ethical standards. We are committed to building the strongest of families by providing emotional support and guidance through the entire adoption process, including post-adoption. Learn more
New Hope for Children is a proud partner of the Joint Council.
