Applicants to Orphan's Hope Kids to Canada must meet the following requirements to be eligible to qualify for financial assistance in an applicant’s attempt at an international adoption.

1. The applicant(s) must be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant.

2. The table below is based on the 2008 Statistics Canada Low income cutoff table for before tax income. The values in the table have been adjusted to represent twice the amount indicated in the original table provided by Statistics Canada. To qualify for a grant from Orphan’s Hope Kids to Canada, your total gross household income level must be less than the amount shown in the section of the table applicable to your circumstances for each of the last 2 complete calendar years, as evidenced by your Notices of Assessment for those years. Notices of Assessment must be included for all adults 18+ currently living in the household. Please include the child you are about to adopt in the family size when assessing your eligibility.

Please note that the information in the table below is subject to change without notice.

Orphan’s Hope Kids to Canada Income Qualification Table based on 2008 figures
Size of family unit	Rural areas	Urban areas
	Population less than 15,000	Population 15,000 to 30,000	Population 30,000 to 99,999	Population 100,000 to 499,999	Population 500,000 and over
2 persons	$38,000	$43,230	$47,246	$47,538	$55,202
3 persons	$46,716	$53,146	$58,082	$58,444	$67,866
4 persons	$56,722	$64,528	$70,522	$70,960	$82,396
5 persons	$64,330	$73,188	$79,984	$80,478	$93,454
6 persons	$72,556	$82,544	$90,210	$90,770	$105,398
7 or more	$80,780	$91,900	$100,436	$101,058	$117,346

3. The Board will determine the scheduling of lotteries that determine grant recipients from a pool of qualified applicants, as determined by the board of directors of Orphan’s Hope Kids to Canada. Only those who are offered a grant will be contacted by Orphan’s Hope Kids to Canada. Orphan’s Hope Kids to Canada will notify successful Grantees by a Notice sent by registered mail. Applicants that are not awarded a grant will be entered into lotteries up to one year from the date of the application. After this time, a new application must be submitted if an applicant still wants to proceed.

4. With the application, the Grantee must submit to Orphan’s Hope Kids to Canada:

   • (i) proof of Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status,

   • (ii) Notice of Assessment for the previous two (2) years for each of the applicants as well as for all persons 18+ currently living in the household.

     Within twelve (12) months of the date written on the Acceptance Letter from Orphan’s Hope Kids to Canada, the Grantee must submit:

   • (iii) a current Letter of No Objection or Letter of Approval from the appropriate government agency.

5. If the applicant does not submit their proof of Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status and Notices of Assessment together with the application, the application will be returned to the applicant and the applicant will not be eligible to participate in the lottery that determines grant recipients until a new application together with required documents is received by Orphan’s Hope Kids to Canada.

6. The applicant is not eligible to receive more than one grant for the adoption of the same child.

7. All monies will be distributed directly to the licensed Canadian adoption agencies or Canadian travel agencies on Grantee’s behalf. No monies will be distributed directly to Grantee. No monies will be distributed until criteria number four (4) above has been met and an Acceptance Letter from Orphan’s Hope Kids to Canada has been sent to Grantee.

8. See Appendix B for Guidelines for Distribution of Funds.

9. The applicant is not eligible to receive the grant if they have already adopted their child.