December Poland Update
CAN welcomes two new families who have applied and been approved for our Poland program! Many of our families continue to be open to our Waiting Children which we have been advocating for on our website. We are seeking out more specific information on parent eligibility and matching these children to specific families who have expressed interest in them.
After the dossier is submitted, translations usually take between 2-4 weeks. Those who are adopting a Waiting Child will have an immediate match. For families who request to be matched by the Central Authority, these families typically experience about a 12 month referral wait for a match.
As a reminder, the children typically available in Poland are:
- Boys and girls age 6-16 years old
- Children between ages 1-8 are typically special needs
- Two or more siblings at one time
December Ukraine Update
We have had a busy month in Ukraine! Two families have traveled and been matched with referrals! We are so happy for these families. One will be welcoming a 9 year old girl, and the other family will welcome a 10 year old boy. These families are in the court process and awaiting exit documents to be able to bring these children home!
We are grateful to these 2 families for paving the way for future families. From their experience and recommendations, we highly encourage new families to be open to children at least ages 0-12 years, who have special needs, and siblings. Typically, boys are more common than girls. We encourage families to receive USCIS approval for special needs.
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Today 19 children are arriving from the Philippines for our first hosting program! One of our team members will be at the airport tonight to meet one of the kids and their host family. This is super exciting because it’s the first Christmas many of these kids will have with a family EVER, and it’s the first Winter host program the Philippines has ever done! Some of these kids come from the Typhoon-affected areas, so we are also taking them away from these disaster zones for a month while they continue to rebuild them. We’re so happy this is finally happening, as we’ve been working on this for most of the year. We hope most of these kids will get adopted through the hosting program and our Philippines adoption program will see a huge jump in numbers!
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