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Take Action for China Adoptive Families

By Debby DeRosa | September 16, 2024

As we shared last week, the National Council for Adoption (NCFA) coordinated an advocacy effort focused on the China Adoption Program closure announcement and its impact on the children and families in process. This action tool makes it easy to message all three Congressional offices (2 senators and 1 representative) in under a minute to ask…

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Reflecting on China’s Decison

By Debby DeRosa | September 10, 2024

As we shared last week, the U.S. Department of State announced on Wednesday, September 4th, that “…beginning August 28, 2024, except for foreigners adopting stepchildren and children of collateral relatives within three generations in China, civil affairs departments across China will no longer carry out foreign adoption work.” While we await final confirmation from the…

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China Adoption Program Update

By Debby DeRosa | September 5, 2024

Yesterday afternoon, we received an email from the U.S. Department of State noting that they had received a notification from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) stating the following: “…beginning August 28, 2024, except for foreigners adopting stepchildren and children of collateral relatives within three generations in China, civil affairs departments…