695 Dossiers Ahead of Us!

With the most recent issue of the CHI China Program newsletter I learned that with families dropping out, waiting children adopted and Chinese expedited families traveling, there are now 695 families with dossiers ahead of us in line. We moved up 16 spots in a month.

Stories in the news about the wait

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_re_us/china_adoptions_long_wait_1

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_re_us/china_adoptions_glance_1

Movin' on up...

CHI received 7 China referrals on 4.4.08. These referrals were for their 1/6/06 log in date families. This group of referrals included 7 girls from the Jiangxi province. Their ages were 7 to 9.5 months and one 3 ½ year old. The family that received the 3 ½ year old little girl requested a 0-18 months old girl but the referral fell within the CCAA age guidelines. These families waited 27 long months from log in date to referral and are expected to travel in about 8 weeks.

There are now 704 families ahead of us. :)

Recent info on China's One Child Policy

Here is a recent NYT article on China's one child policy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/world/asia/11china.html?ref=world