Category Archives: General
USCIS Webinar on Immigration Requirements
A message from NCFA:
Adoptive parents, as well as adoption agencies, want to make sure all requirements are met with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) when they bring their child into the U.S. in an intercountry adoption.
On Thursday, Oct 13, USCIS will be presenting a webinar on this topic for all agencies and families [...]
Altynai’s Legacy Adoption Fund
Please consider this letter written by an adoptive family.
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September 7, 2011
Dear Kyrgyz Adoptive Parents:
I am writing this letter to you because you have been blessed with a precious child from Kyrgyzstan. As you are probably aware, adoptions in Kyrgyzstan ceased over 3 years ago, leaving 65 orphans waiting to have their adoptions finalized. My husband [...]
Free Informational Webinar
FREE WEBINAR: Another webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 7 pm EST for anyone who would like to get general information about CWA and adoptions from Russia or Ethiopia. Because of limited space, registration is required. If you are interested in attending, please email Emily Beddingfield with your [...]
Reminder about original adoption documents
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Dear Families:
You’re home and you’ve got a mountain of paperwork you’ve collected from the adoption process.
What do you keep and what don’t you keep?
How much of the pre-adoption paperwork you decide to keep is up to each individual family. Perhaps you want to keep all of it or perhaps you want to keep the significant [...]
New Adoption Nutrition Site
Here’s an interesting new site that answers adoptive parents’ questions on proper nutrition for their adopted children, including a breakdown of nutritional traditions by country:
http://adoptionnutrition.org
Webinar: Adoption Basics for the Classroom
You have been talking to your child about adoption since he came home. But what about the time he spends at school? What does his teacher know about adoption? About birth parents? Does she know how to help him answer why he doesn’t look like his mom?
Join Debbie Riley, the Chief Executive Officer of The [...]
Video Documentary
Thank you to the Walters for offering their perspective on the video documentary available for Ethiopian adoptions.
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We just got home with our 11 month old daughter from Ethiopia. Our time in Ethiopia was wonderful, and it was hard to leave knowing all that our daughter was leaving behind. Our daughter was abandoned [...]
An Adoption Story
Thank you to the Vogler family for sharing their story!
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It’s hard to know just where God will lead a family that is ready and willing to serve Him…
Our “story” has had so many ups and downs, twists and turns that it would take several pages to write, so I will try to keep this brief [...]
Red Threads for Adoption Fundraising
Parents might want to take a look at the “Red Threads” website — idea on using clothing to raise funds for adopting families and get the word out about international adoption: https://www.redthreadslove.com
“Life or Death” from World Magazine
Please take time to read the following article by Jamie Dean originally published in World Magazine. View article at World Magazine.
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GREENVILLE, S.C.—When an Ethiopian woman found an abandoned baby girl on the steps of a government building outside the capital city of Addis Ababa in 2008, she reported the discovery to local [...]
