December 7, 2007
Five Children’s Hope Families Receive the Gift
of Referrals
On
December 6, Children's Hope received referrals for five
happy families adopting from China. Each family saw their
first pictures and reviewed medical information for a
daughter. The girls range in age from 9-10 months, and are
from the Jiangxi province.
These
referral families all had their adoption paperwork added to
the CCAA's database on December 13, 2005. After waiting 24
long months from log-in-date to referral, we expect these
families to travel in about 8 weeks. Congratulations! The
CCAA’s next group of referrals will begin with the December
15, 2005 log-in-date. The next log-in-dates for Children’s
Hope families are December 19 and 20. We fully expect the
wait time from log-in-date to referral to grow to over two
years in 2008 and continue to climb to possibly four years
over time.
WAITING CHILDREN NEWS
- We have placed 27 waiting children and 2 waiting children
files are being reviewed. Seven additional waiting children
are still available. Congratulations to these families and
their children!
CCAA ANNOUNCES FEE INCREASE
– On November 23, the CCAA announced a fee increase of $40
effective immediately. The new CCAA fee is now $860 due at
the time you submit your dossier. The China information
guides will be updated with this information.
Travel:
The
November referral group and the three waiting children
families will travel to China to finalize their adoptions in
mid-December and will return December 28 or 29. The October
referral group and eight waiting children families,
currently in country, are set to return December 13.
Anticipated China adoptions to be complete in 2007:
231
CCAA NEWS:
http://www.china-ccaa.org/frames/index_unlogin_en.jsp
November 15, 2007
It’s a Match for 36 Children’s Hope China
Families
The
Children’s Hope China Team is very excited to announce that
26 waiting children have been placed with our China families
this month and several children are currently being
reviewed. Waiting children are those children available for
adoption who are older or have medical needs.
Congratulations to these families!
The
Children's Hope China Team also received healthy infant
referrals on November 5 for ten of our China families. The
10 beautiful little girls are from the Guangxi, Guangdong,
Jiangxi and Liaoning provinces. Nine of the girls range in
age from 6½ to 13 months; and one toddler girl, just over 3
½ years old, was referred to a St. Louis family. When her
parents were presented her referral, they said, “We are
thrilled; she is so beautiful!”
These ten
families waited 23 months from the day China entered their
paperwork in December 2005. Our Chinese expedited family
waited 14 months. These families will travel to China to
finalize their Chinese adoptions in approximately 8 weeks.
Congratulations!
The group
of referrals were for Children’s Hope families with
log-in-dates 12/1/05 through 12/8/05. Congratulations to
these families and all our China families who have moved up
in line! The next group of referrals will begin with the
12/9/05 log-in-date. Children’s Hope next log-in-date is
12/13/05.
WAIT TIME FROM LID TO REFERRAL
- The current waiting time from log-in-date until referral
is 23 months. We fully expect the wait from log-in-date to
referral to grow to 2+ years in 2008, but we do not know how
long it will grow.
Travel:
Six waiting children families traveled to China this past
month to complete their China adoptions and one family is
set to return home on November 22. Welcome home! Children’s
Hope October referral group and eight additional waiting
children families will travel to China on November 29 and
will return in mid-December.
2007 COMPLETED CHINA ADOPTIONS:
197
CCAA NEWS:
http://www.china-ccaa.org/frames/index_unlogin_en.jsp
October 15, 2007
Twelve Children’s Hope China Families Usher in
October with Referrals!
Children's
Hope China team received twelve referrals on the first of
October for our 11/28/05 log-in-date families and our 8/8/06
and 8/29/06 Chinese expedited families! The referrals are
for twelve beautiful little girls from the Chongqing,
Jiangxi and Shanghai provinces. These girls range in age
from 6.5 to 9 months, and one 2.5-year-old. Our families
waited 22 months from the completion of their adoption
paperwork to referral; the Chinese expedited families, 14
months. We expect these families to travel in about 7 weeks
to complete their China adoptions.
This group
of referrals was given to families whose paperwork was
logged into the China Center of Adoption Affairs November
26-30, 2005. The CCAA is FINALLY finished with November 2005
dossiers and is ready to refer children for December 2005
dossier families! Children’s Hope next log-in-date for
families is 12/5/05. Congratulations to these families and
all our China families who have moved up in line!
On October
2, Children’s Hope also received ten official referrals for
families adopting waiting children. The next group of
thirty-five China waiting children, those children who are
older or have special medical needs, will be posted on CHI
Family Net for review Monday, October 15 at 10:00 a.m. CST.
Application approved families and those that have previously
completed an adoption through Children’s Hope may access CHI
Family Net; please note, this site is not open to the
general public.
WAIT TIME FROM LID TO REFERRAL:
The current wait time from log-in-date until referral is 22
months. We fully expect the wait time from log-in-date to
referral to be at 24 months by the end of 2007 and grow in
2008, but we do not know how long it will grow.
2007 COMPLETED CHINA ADOPTIONS:
194
CCAA NEWS:
http://www.china-ccaa.org/frames/index_unlogin_en.jsp
September 15, 2007
Twenty-four Children’s Hope China Families
Travel to Unite with Their Children
Traveling!
Children’s Hope families who received referrals in July just
recently returned home with their children and those who
were matched in August left for China for the Hunan, Anhui,
and Guangdong provinces this week. This month, our families
are staying at The Garden while in Guangzhou finalizing
their adoptions with the US Consulate (please find more
information below). We are very fortunate that these
families will be home before the celebrations of the Harvest
Moon Festival holidays and the Guangzhou Trade Fair!
REFERRAL NEWS:
The China
Center of Adoption Affairs matched prospective parents with
children on September 3 for families whose adoption
application documents were received and logged into their
database during November 22 through November 25, 2005.
Unfortunately, the next log-in-date for Children's Hope's
families is November 28, 2005. The next batch of referrals
will be released beginning with the November 26, 2005
log-in-date.
The
current wait time from log-in-date until referral is 21
months. We expect the wait time from log-in-date to referral
to be at 24 months by the end of 2007 and grow in 2008, but
we do not know how long it will continue to increase.
2007 Children’s Hope completed China Adoptions through
August:
168
August 31, 2007
Reminder: Children’s Hope offices will be
closed on Monday, September 3 in observance
of Labor Day; we wish all our families a
fun-filled and safe holiday weekend!
The August China program newsletters were
mailed today. This latest issue is also
available on CHI Family Net under
"Newsletters", "China", "August 2007". We
are requesting our next group of waiting
children and will provide information when
we receive the next list to the CHI Family
Net site as well.
REFERRALS: The next group of referrals will
begin with the 11/22/05 log-in-date. We hope
to see referrals soon. The current wait time
from the date a family’s paperwork is
entered into the CCAA’s system to the day
they are matched with a child is now 21
months. We expect this wait period to
increase to 24 months by the end of 2007 and
grow in 2008.
CHINA TRAVEL: Families who received their
referral in July and two waiting child
families are currently traveling and will
return the week of Labor Day. Those with
August referrals and one additional waiting
child family will travel in the second week
of September and will return before the end
of the month. We are very fortunate these
families will be home before the Harvest
Moon Festival holidays and the Guangzhou
Trade Fair!
COMPLETED CHINA ADOPTIONS in 2007 through
August– 168
CCAA NEWS –
http://www.china-ccaa.org/frames/index_unlogin_en.jsp
August 15, 2007
REFERRAL NEWS: On August 2, twenty-two
families celebrated their referral through
Children’s Hope for their China adoption,
including four referrals for Chinese
expedited families. Twenty-one beautiful
little girls and one very handsome boy made
up the group matched with their forever
families. They range in age from 7- to
20-months up to 37 months. These families
waited 21 months since their paperwork was
registered in China to their referral day;
the Chinese expedited families, 14 months.
Congratulations to these families and all
our China families who are approaching their
own referral day!
The referrals received on August 2 were for
the 11/15/05 through 11/21/05 log in dates.
The next group of referrals will begin with
the 11/22/05 log in date.
WAIT TIME FROM LID TO REFERRAL: The current
waiting time from log in date until referral
is 21 months.
CHINA TRAVEL: Twenty-one Children’s Hope
families are currently traveling in China to
complete their international adoption. Eight
of these families are adopting from the
Chongqing province and will return to the US
on August 17. The following day, eight
families adopting from the Guangdong
province and six waiting children families
will return after their China adoption
trips.
Families who received their referrals on
July 6 will be traveling in late August.
Congratulations!
CCAA NEWS:
http://www.china-ccaa.org/frames/index_unlogin_en.jsp
July 20, 2007
The China team reunited with 229
China children at the Children’s Hope Reunion Picnic on
Saturday. We had a wonderful day celebrating with our
families! Many travel groups from years past planned to come
together for a full weekend; some groups even matched with
tie-dye t-shirts. Packing peanuts in blow-up swim pools?
This was a family favorite, along with a performance by
singing Babaloo and the face painting and balloon animal art
of Funnie Farm.
REFERRAL NEWS
Fifteen families
across the United States received their China referrals on
July 6, 2007 through Children's Hope. Matched with their
forever home and their forever country, these fourteen
beautiful little girls and one handsome infant boy will be
celebrating next year's Fourth of July as US citizens. These
children range in age from 9- to 14-months up to
26-months-old, as requested by their families, and are from
the Guangxi and Guangdong provinces. The happy families
waited 20 months from log in date to referral and now will
travel in about 8 weeks to finalize their Chinese adoptions
in country.
Congratulations to these
families and all our China families who are approaching
their own referral day!
The referrals received on July 6
were for the 11/8/05 through 11/14/05 log in dates. The next
group of referrals will begin with the 11/15/05 log in date.
WAIT TIME FROM LID TO
REFERRAL
The current waiting
time from log in date until referral is 20 to 21 months.
The CCAA updated their CCAA/Agency
Information System and web site with the following on
7/5/07: "The CCAA has finished the review of the adoption
application documents registered with our office before May
31, 2006." Our Beijing office has confirmed with the CCAA
that all of our May 2006 dossiers have been approved.
On 7/6/07, the CCAA updated
their CCAA/Agency Information System and web site with the
following referral news: "The CCAA has finished the
placement of children for the families whose adoption
application documents were registered with our office before
November 14, 2005."
Current completed adoptions
in 2007 through Children’s Hope: 128
June 4, 2007
Referrals: The CCAA was busy
matching referrals to families seeking Chinese adoptions
last week. We hope to receive new referrals very soon!
This group of referrals will begin with the 11/2/05 log
in date. The current wait time from log in date until
referral is 18-19 months.
Travel: Children’s Hope has recently received
travel approvals for the 5/1/07 referral group. The
families will travel to China to complete their
international adoptions from June 21-July 4. Four
families are set to return with their children late this
week. Congratulations to these newly united families!
Completed China adoptions in 2007 through May:
106
May 09, 2007
May Day Brings May “Flowers” to 15
Families Across the Nation
Referrals:
Children's Hope announced the arrival of 15 China
referrals for our 10/27/05 log in date families last
week on May 1, 2007. These beautiful children are all
girls from the Jiangxi province and range in age from 7
to 11 months. These referrals were for families whose
dossiers were logged into the China database system on
October 27, 2005 through November 1, 2005. These
families waited 18 months from log in date to referral.
We expect all of these families to travel in about 8
weeks to complete their adoptions from China. The next
group of referrals will begin with the 11/2/05 log in
date.
China Travel:
Families that received their referrals in February and
March, along with fifteen waiting children families will
be in China from May 10-25. One additional family will
travel in late May at their request. The China Labor
holiday ended May 7.
Completed China adoptions in 2007
through May: 106
April 13, 2007
This
past month saw a record number of completed dossiers
sent to China, 115. Congratulations to all the families
as they completed their dossiers for submission under
the current China requirements! Almost all of our
families with the desire and capability to submit before
the deadline met this goal. This is an amazing
accomplishment! Those that were unable to do so are
currently selecting from optional Children’s Hope
country programs.
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Referrals:
Children's Hope received one Chinese expedited referral
last week, for a family requesting either a boy or girl.
This family is surprised to learn they will soon parent
a 14-month-old son from the Shangdong Province. We
expect the family to travel in about 8 weeks to complete
their China adoption process. Congratulations! The CCAA
did refer for two log in dates 10/25/05 and 10/26/05 on
April 9. While Children’s Hope did not have families for
either log in date, our 10/27/05 log in date families
are first in line for next referrals.
China
Travel:
Families from our February Chongqing travel group and
five waiting children families arrived home last week,
with the February Guangdong travel group returning next
week. The March referral group and seven waiting
children families will travel in China from May 5-25.
Fifty-one families have completed their Chinese adoption
through Children’s Hope this year. The current waiting
time from log in date until referral is 17-18 months.
Congratulations to you all as you grow as a family!
The Spring Trade Fair
2007 will be from hosted in Guangzhou April 14th to
30th. China’s Labor Day Holiday is May 1-7. Our Beijing
office expects to work April 28, 29 and 30. Families
traveling during these times will have their travel
scheduled around these events.
CCAA NEWS
http://www.china-ccaa.org/frames/index_unlogin_en.jsp.
March 22, 2007
Waiting
Children:
The China team is thrilled that 18
waiting children have been placed from the current
waiting children list. Two waiting children have not
been requested for review. Updates have been requested
from the CCAA and will be posted when received in hopes
that a family will come forward when more information is
available. Of the two children remaining on this
list, the first has cleft lip/palate. Children's Hope is
in process to provide surgery for him regardless of his
placement with a Children's Hope family. The second child has the same diagnosis as
Adoption Services Director Ann Tollefson’s youngest son,
Andrew. Any family interested may call and speak with
her directly about her experiences and joys in parenting
this condition. We hope the best for all of these
precious children and their future forever families!
Good
Friday, April 6:
Children’s Hope offices will be closed on Good Friday.
China dossiers will be sent to China on Thursday, April
5.
China
Travel: Three families
will be traveling at the end of this month to finalize
their Chinese adoptions. This past Monday we
received travel
approvals for the 2/1/07 referral group. Members of this
group will be traveling to China at the end of March and
beginning of April. Pack your bags carefully!
The Guangzhou Spring Trade Fair 2007 (also
known as the Canton Fair) will be from April 14 through
April 30; China’s Labor Day Holiday, May 1 through May
7.
Completed
adoptions:
Thirty-three children were adopted
through Children’s Hope this past February.
Congratulations to these united families! The current
wait time for referrals is 16 to 17 months.
March 5, 2007
Referrals:
Children's Hope is proud to announce that we received
eighteen China referrals today for families with a
10/18/05 and 10/24/05 log in date. The referrals are all
little girls ranging in age from 7 to 12 months old. The
children are from the Hubei and Jiangxi provinces. We
expect the families to travel in about 8 weeks to
complete their adoption process.
For
these families, the wait from log in date to referral
was 16 to 17 months. Congratulations to these happy
families and everyone who moves up in line for
referrals! Congratulations also to the the three waiting
children families who received their travel approvals
today, too!
China's Waiting Children:
The new group of China waiting children is now available
to approved families. Families may submit their forms
for first review in the next 72 hours, ending March 8 at
10:00 a.m. CST. As they have recently changed, please
review the new Waiting/Special Needs Program Procedures
on CHIFamily.net.
On Thursday, February 22, the
China team posted four special children on
CHIFamily.net. These
four children are not officially a part of the CCAA
Waiting Children's Program, but are in a blind foster
care center near Beijing, as they are legally
blind. Tina Qualls visited the foster care center and
met both children and staff while she was in China last
summer. The staff asked if Children’s Hope could find
homes for these children.
China Travel: The 1/3/07 referral group
and six waiting children families are currently in China
and will return in the second week of March.
The current wait time from
log in date until referral is 16 months.
