Well, Here is the latest look of statistics from our Adoption Agency.
Here is an update about what families are currently experiencing:
- 24 families received a referral in the month of March. So far in April, 12 families have accepted referrals for 15 children.
- the wait time estimate for a single child continues to be 12-18 months from dossier submission. Currently families are receiving a referral of a single child approximately 13 months after submitting a dossier.
- of the families who received a referral of a single child in March/early April, one family waited 13 months and 1 week, while another family waited about 11 months.
- families “at the top of the list” for a referral submitted their dossier in March 2008
- court date assignments that we received at the end of March were for a date approximately 8 weeks after a family accepted their referral; which is a positive change from the 12 week time frame we had previously been seeing. Hopefully this will continue to be the pattern.
-at this time we continue to see families traveling to Ethiopia about 16 weeks after they accept a referral.
On a related note, CHSFS Ethiopia has finally received all of the necessary documents and permissions needed in order to begin referring children from Bethel Orphanage in Nazret, Oromiya! A few children have already been matched with CHSFS families and we hope to be placing more children from there soon.
Maybe it will be October when we get a call afterall! Keep the Faith!
Friday, April 24, 2009
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