Dear Welcome House families in the China Program,
We have GREAT NEWS to report!!!
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that our next dossier group whose dossiers were registered on May 19th, 2006, FINALLY received their referrals this past week. Both little girls were very healthy, and were just seven months old at the time of referral. Both families are thrilled and waited a whooping 54 months, from the time their dossiers were registered with CCAA until receiving their match. A BIG CONGRATULATIONS!!! to Andrew and Nina and Andrew and Karen... your patience and perseverance finally paid off.
Even though CCAA has not updated their web-site yet, Li has informed us, that as of October 29th, 2010, CCAA has matched children up through May 23rd, 2006!!!! This means that five calendar days, and three business day's worth of dossiers were matched in October. As far as I know, CCAA's review date remains unchanged. They have reviewed dossiers submitted through November 30th, 2009.
Placement and Travel News
I am also very pleased to announce that we had one placement from China in the month of October. A Big Congratulations goes out to Matt and Tana, and siblings, Timothy, Elisa, and Natalie on the placement of their baby sister Anna. The total number of placements from China for fiscal year 2010-2011 is eight and the total number of placements for the calendar year is 13.
We have four more families matched with waiting children from the shared list who have not had placement yet. Two of these families have their travel approvals, and confirmed visa appointments at the US consulate in Guangzhou and will be leaving for Beijing on November 25th, 2010, Thanksgiving Day! Yeah!! Another family, one of the grandfathered single women allowed to adopt under the old rules, has received and returned her signed letter of confirmation to CCAA the last week of October, and should receive her travel approval in approximately four weeks time by the beginning of December. The final family matched with a waiting child is a brand new Hague family, whose dossier was just logged into the system. They have received their pre-approval through the CCAA web-site, but it always takes just a little longer for the actual Letter of Confirmation to arrive at our offices, for a brand new family, because their dossier has not usually been translated yet. However, hang in there, your letter of confirmation should arrive at our offices shortly.
Applications and Dossier Submissions
We received no new applications for the China Program in the month of October. The total number of applications fiscal year to date (FYTD) is three, and the total number of applications calendar year to date (CYTD) is 13. We sent no dossiers to China in October. However, we have six new families with completed, approved home studies whose dossiers will be sent to China very shortly, in the next two months. We have sent three dossiers to China fiscal year to date, (FYTD) and five dossiers to the Chinese Center for Adoption Affairs calendar year to date, (CYTD). It is anticipated that we will send a total of eleven dossiers to China in 2010. Almost all of the new applicants to the program are families who wish to be matched with waiting children.
I hope you all had a happy Halloween. As always do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Amy
