After ready some lengthy information provided by my agency and what other news sites say about Chinese Adoptions, Kurt & I have come up with a summary of "factors" beyond our control on our wait for a referral.
This is what we came up with:
Factors For
CCAA is working to persuade local officials to work with them and developing a relationship with them. This is provided through funding, education and supplies.
CCAA moved to a new building with more space. They may hire more people.
There are stricter requirements for incoming dossiers, so there won’t be as much of a build up in the future. Doesn’t really help many of us with our Dossier already there.
Factors against
Dramatic increase in Dossiers (foreign paperwork) –This is because the health of the children, acceptance of Asian adoptions, successful program stability & reliability and manageable wait time. CCAA took more dossiers than their past yearly quota in 2005, then they received many more than they could manage. This is probably the biggest cause for the slow down.
Hunan trafficking incident- A baby was brought to an orphanage and money was asked for the child. The Chinese government made example of these people including the director of the orphanage, so directors may not participate in reporting the orphans to CCAA if there is any uncertainty and the hassle since it was voluntary to participate.
Lack of motivation among officials- international adoption adds too much extra work on an already heavy work load. This is probably the other greatest reason.
Orphanages buildings and symbols of power – Overly large newer facilities need to maintain a certain number of kids or they can lose their jobs. The government has put a lot of money into the orphanages to improve them.
Impact of Economic success – Improved economics has lead to more domestic adoptions and less abandonment.Less orphans is a good sign for China, but this is minimal since the most of the country sides are still dealing with low economic issues.
This is what we came up with:
Factors For
CCAA is working to persuade local officials to work with them and developing a relationship with them. This is provided through funding, education and supplies.
CCAA moved to a new building with more space. They may hire more people.
There are stricter requirements for incoming dossiers, so there won’t be as much of a build up in the future. Doesn’t really help many of us with our Dossier already there.
Factors against
Dramatic increase in Dossiers (foreign paperwork) –This is because the health of the children, acceptance of Asian adoptions, successful program stability & reliability and manageable wait time. CCAA took more dossiers than their past yearly quota in 2005, then they received many more than they could manage. This is probably the biggest cause for the slow down.
Hunan trafficking incident- A baby was brought to an orphanage and money was asked for the child. The Chinese government made example of these people including the director of the orphanage, so directors may not participate in reporting the orphans to CCAA if there is any uncertainty and the hassle since it was voluntary to participate.
Lack of motivation among officials- international adoption adds too much extra work on an already heavy work load. This is probably the other greatest reason.
Orphanages buildings and symbols of power – Overly large newer facilities need to maintain a certain number of kids or they can lose their jobs. The government has put a lot of money into the orphanages to improve them.
Impact of Economic success – Improved economics has lead to more domestic adoptions and less abandonment.Less orphans is a good sign for China, but this is minimal since the most of the country sides are still dealing with low economic issues.
1 comment:
Your summary sounds quite accurate to me.
Thanks for the delurk post :)
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