China update: Looking ahead to the new year and looking back to the recent past - it is hard to know where to begin for this first newsletter of 2016!  Since our last newsletter was distributed in the Fall, we have had 5 more families complete their adoptions in China.  This month four families adopting through Gladney are travelling to China!  Much of the adoption dossier process and in-country travel process remains the same.  This is always reassuring - as other aspects of the process; matching and meeting are filled with newness, information and excitement.

 

The CCCWA communicates that it has matched children with families in the "standard" program with a dossier log-in-date through 1/09/2007.  The standard program is also commonly referred to as the "healthy infant" program.  Gladney completed one standard adoption last year in our China program for a long waiting family.  The China adoptions occurring at this time are almost all children with an identified medical need.  Occasionally there are older children available for adoption that do not have medical needs.  Gladney continues to explore new relationships with Social Welfare Institutes (SWI) in China as well as strengthen our current partnerships.  Our newest partner SWI is located near Shanghai and this year we have already matched 6 children with families through this newest relationship!  Gladney is now working with 10 orphanages in 5 provinces and we continue to foster positive relationships with the orphanage staff and local officials.  We really feel that Gladney's China program is vibrant and from day to day, month to month, so much happens.  Much of what happens is reflected through photos on our Superkids blog- but not all, so please never hesitate to ask one of our caseworkers what is on your mind.