Region Once Closed in Kazakhstan Now Open

The Kazakhstan Ministry of Education along with the Department of Education of Almaty City are allowing the Almaty region to re-open to international adoption. For over a year, the Almaty region has been closed to Americans adopting from Kazakhstan as a restrictive effort imposed to enforce timely post-placement report submittal from American agencies. Some European agencies were able to proceed with adoptions in that region during the closure.

Because Children’s Hope met post-placement deadlines as required, we expect to have more families receiving travel dates for that region soon.

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New Requirements for Prospective Parents for Waiting Child

The question: Do we need to meet new CCAA requirements to consider a Waiting Child?

The answer: In the fall of 2006, the CCAA communicated personally to our Beijing staff that the CCAA feels that families adopting waiting children should meet an even higher standard to parent a child with special needs. The CCAA has requested that CHI submit families that are fully prepared to parent a child with special needs and do not have any personal issues that would hinder their ability to parent such a child. At the end of October 2006 when the CCAA sent CHI the November list of waiting children, the CCAA Waiting Children's unit and the CCAA Department 1 requested that CHI not submit letters of intent (LOI) for China waiting children from families with any major issues. (No criminal background, mental issues such as depression or bipolar and/or major medical issues). Parent's age for a waiting child is still 30 to 55.

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