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China Waiting Children: Special Needs Spotlight on Dwarfism
Let me tell you a little about Leo. I recently came across Leo’s file when I was searching China’s shared list of children available for adoption. My specific search was for “limb …
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Looking Towards the Future for Chinese Adoptions
More changes were announced this week for the China adoption program. Just two weeks ago, agencies and families learned that the CCCWA placed tighter restrictions on adoptive families, including …Continue reading “Looking Towards the Future for Chinese Adoptions” »
Updated China Adoption Requirements
Recently China updated their adoption regulations concerning international families who desire to adopt. There are new qualifications to consider if you are interested in adopting from this program. …International Adoption Net’s China Adoptive Families Picnic 2017
On June 24, 2017, International Adoption Net hosted a picnic in Dublin, Ohio to connect China adoptive families. We were delighted to host over 150 people for our event! This gave 35 families the …Continue reading “International Adoption Net’s China Adoptive Families Picnic 2017” »
The Importance of the Post Adoption Report
At least when the adoption is done, I won’t have any more paperwork! Wait…there’s more???!!! By the time adoptive parents are granted legal custody of their child, they have …Continue reading “The Importance of the Post Adoption Report” »
Transfer of EACI India and China adoption cases to IAN
As many of you know, EACI adoption agency lost it’s Hague status in December of 2016. As a result they had to move all their programs to other agencies. IAN was identified to take on India and …
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Little Zi waiting for her forever family!
For those of us who are lucky enough to have a loving Father, we know the feeling of love and protection. Little Zi knows this love…and misses it. In all my years of working as an international …Continue reading “Little Zi waiting for her forever family!” »
Important Adoption Announcement
Important Adoption Update!! ast month we were informed by the State Department that they would be enacting yet another round of heavy regulations for international adoptions. We were given only 42 …Introducing sweet “Matthew”, waiting for his forever family!
“Matthew” is an adorable, HAPPY little boy who happens to have extra lower body parts due to having an incomplete conjoined twin. He has underwent surgery for some of the physical …Continue reading “Introducing sweet “Matthew”, waiting for his forever family!” »
India Waiting Kids: Special Need Spotlight on Ambiguous genitalia
This Blog post is written by one of our Adoption Coordinators, Angela. As an experienced international adoption specialist for 11 years, I’ve seen a variety of medical conditions with children …Continue reading “India Waiting Kids: Special Need Spotlight on Ambiguous genitalia” »
5 Questions to Ask If You Are Considering Adoption
/contact/ This is a guest post from our partner Diane Hogan. She is an adoptive parent twice over, adoption and education expert, and President of A Step Ahead Adoption Services. Are you a family …Continue reading “5 Questions to Ask If You Are Considering Adoption” »
Mexico Hosting Program!
IAN is excited to announce a new hosting program with our Mexico program! Joan recently returned from Mexico where she signed a contract with a specific Mexican State. This means that, in addition to …
Uganda Update
Please see below the latest update from the State Department concerning the new regulations from Uganda (found here- http://www.mglsd.go.ug/laws/ The%20Children%20Amendment% 20Act%202016.pdf (start …
Announcing our Florida Branch Office!
We are so excited to announce that this month we have been approved for our Child Placement license in Florida ! We are opening our branch office, and will be starting up our programs there in the …
Ethiopia Update from Department of State
By now, many of you have seen the update posted on the Department of State website regarding Ethiopia. You can find the article here if you have not already read it: …Continue reading “Ethiopia Update from Department of State” »
Ethiopia Program Update and Hosting program!
Over the past year or so the Ethiopian program has seen many changes, both with the US side of the process as well as the process with the Ethiopian authorities. As many of you know the PAIR process, …
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Melkam Gena (Merry Christmas)!!
Hello all! To celebrate Gena with our Ethiopian children today, Heaven would like to share her memories of the holiday from when she was a child in Ethiopia. We hope you enjoy learning about these …
CItizenship Certificates and Social Security Cards
Citizenship Certificates and Social Security Cards Hello Families! We have a little update for you about post arrival documents. First, it seems to be taking longer for Citizen Certificates to come in …
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Ghana Humanitarian Projects
IAN is excited to share some news from one of our humanitarian partners! We have joined efforts with Springs of Hope International in Ghana, which works to provide support for orphanages and families …
IAN community dinner, November 14th
Happy Friday everyone!! We are super excited about our family mixer dinner IAN is hosting on November 14, 2014 at 6pm. We already have several families that have RSVP’d; some with children home, …
US Embassy Update: No Ebola in Ethiopia
The U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia has released the following information stating that no confirmed or suspected cases of Ebola have been found in Ethiopia! We have been glued to the news hoping all of our …
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Welcome IAN’s New Post Adoption Coordinator, Heaven
ሰላም Selam, My name is Heaven Tesfaye, the Post-Adoption Coordinator at IAN. I am an Ethiopian native born and raised. I came to the United Stated when I was 15. For the past 13 years Colorado has been …
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Happy Ethiopian New Year!
እንቁጣጣሽ Happy New Years Ethiopia!! On September 11, 2014 Ethiopians will be celebrating one of the biggest holidays of the nation, New years! Also known as እንቁጣጣሽ (Enkutatash)! According to the …
Thank you from Tami
Love is patient, love is kind… wait this isn’t a wedding, this is my goodbye blog. Maybe I’m referring to how you are with your kids or maybe just maybe I could change those words to be …
My Travels in Uganda
My Travels in Uganda I was able to spend 10 days in this beautiful country just a couple of weeks ago! Here at IAN we have been working to improve and expand our program in Uganda over the past year. …
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- August 29, 2017 China Waiting Children: Special Needs Spotlight on Dwarfism
- July 20, 2017 Looking Towards the Future for Chinese Adoptions
- July 6, 2017 Updated China Adoption Requirements