Current Waiting Children - China
last modified: November 3, 2008
Chinese Holiday
Schedule 2008
Current China
Adoption Regulations
After reviewing the information below in its entirety, you may contact
Aisha Cooper,
Aisha@hopeforchildren.org, with further questions.
HOPE for Children
received an individual waiting child list comprised of 11 children in
September. Please scroll to the bottom
of this page after reading the information below for access to HFC's
individual list.
We will continue to update the shared
agency list as often as possible. Due to the number of children
added and the frequency of changes made to the shared list, it is not
possible to update this list every day. There are approximately
100-300
children on the shared agency list at any given time, all waiting for their forever families.
We have created a Yahoo! Group to allow families to access to
the shared agency list, and anyone interested in viewing the list must
become a member of the Group in order to do so. There are no photos
of the children posted on the
Yahoo! Group as required by the CCAA. You will only find the children's dates of birth
and type of special need(s) listed.
Each family interested in viewing a child on the
shared agency list must review HFC's protocol for this program.
Please
click here for HFC's
protocol and to become a member of the Yahoo! Group.
Before inquiring about a child on HFC'S INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL
NEEDS LIST, please read the following carefully: It is extremely
important for each family to understand that a child on our list is
not "their" child until they have been through the selection process
(details are stated in the Waiting Child Agreement) and have been officially chosen by the selection committee.
We urge each family to pray for God's guidance and wisdom in
considering a special needs child.
1.
Read the
Waiting Child Agreement thoroughly, sign, date, and fax or email to HFC (fax no. 770-391-1566). This agreement has
been updated as of February 25, 2008. If you signed a previous
edition, please download, sign, and submit the new version.
2.
Aisha will email child’s
medical information and pictures to the inquiring family(ies).
3. Two families may review one child at a time for a total of four (4)
days. Within or by the end of the 4-day review period, each family is
required to notify HFC of their desire to proceed with adopting the child in
question through the online Letter of Intent (LOI). Family or families must
also submit insurance statement (see #3 of Waiting Child Agreement for
details).*
*Dr. Jerri Jenista, international adoption physician, has four adopted
children from India. Dr. Jenista charges $50 for reviewing a waiting
child medical. This is a one-time fee until you find a child. No
matter how many times you need her to review files, it is only $50.
Please see the following website for more information:
www.comeunity.com/adoption/health/jenista.html
4. HOPE for Children Waiting Child Committee meets to discuss family or
families interested in particular child and review information submitted in
the LOI(s). Committee will notify family or families of final decision
within 24 hours or the following business day.
5. HFC submits LOI of chosen family to CCAA via email. This will “lock”
the child, thus placing the child on hold to wait for Pre-Approval from the
CCAA.
6. CCAA notifies HFC of Pre-Approval via email. There is no timeframe
given for this step.
7. If a dossier has not yet been submitted by the chosen family, they
must complete and submit their dossier within five (5) months of Pre-Approval. This
is a requirement of the CCAA.
Note: The China Center of Adoption Affairs
(CCAA) no longer allows inter-agency adoptions. For example, you find
a child on our waiting child list but your dossier has been submitted to
China through another agency. According to the CCAA, you will not be
permitted to adopt a child through our waiting child program unless you have
your dossier retracted and resubmitted through HFC.
Click here to access HFC's
individual list
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