Facts (minus the theories and rumors)
I try to make it clear when I present a theory or a rumor. But it appears some are still not understanding the difference between fact and theory. So, lets try to come up with a list of the facts as we know them. No theories or rumors here, just facts.
- One year ago the wait was 6 months. At that time the CCAA did about a months worth of LID's every month, keeping the wait about the same.
- Most of January 2005 LID's received their referrals on July 29, 2005. The June people assumed they were 5 months away from their referral. It is now 9 months later and the June people do not have their referral.
- On October 3rd referrals arrived for less than three weeks of LID's. We were disappointed, and hoped they would catch up the next month.
- On November 10th, more than a month later, they did two weeks worth of LID's.
- They hovered around the two weeks per month mark until the most recent referrals, when they did 5 days worth.
- The CCAA tells us via their website on November 29, 2005 that they have more parent dossiers and less baby dossiers and this is why things have slowed down.
- The CCAA took on a lot of extra responsibilities in the late summer/early fall of last year - including being responsible for domestic adoptions and being the governing body over all SWI's (not just the ones in the international program, as before).
- We learn from the State Department that the number of referrals are down 9% from the previous fiscal year during the same period of time.
- The review department is currently working through months faster than the matching department.
- There were problems in Hunan and some staff members were pulled away from their everyday jobs to deal with them.
- There are inconsistencies with how some health issues are being handled
- People are being denied for health issues that were not a problem last year
- Changes went into effect in late 2004 or early 2005 that made it easier for families in China to adopt domestically.
posted by RumorQueen at 4/13/2006 12:52:00 PM
5 Comments:
RQ - One more fact, 2 years ago, they were doing 2 months worth of LID's at at time. Then 1 month. then 2 weeks, then 5 days, now . . .
Do you think, RQ, that that the CCAA shows "favoritism" or partiality toward certain agencies? This is in regards to the fact stated that some families have had problems whereas some have not. Just your observations.
RQ-
Do you or any contacts, etc know exactly (or close to exactly) how long it takes them in the Match Dept at the CCAA to actually match a child with a family? I mean...do they have a stack of Dossiers at the beginning of each day and just go through them until the end of the day, or do they have a certain amount they have to match by the end of the day? I'm curious to know because I haven't really thought of the referral times and all that down at the level of a business day for the CCAA or even the time spent on each child to family match.
I read somewhere on a family's site that they got to visit the CCAA office and noticed while in the Match Dept that each person had about 5-6 infant photos on their computer screen, etc. Don't know what this ultimately has to do with the referral timeline, but I've not read or heard much about that part of the process except that no-one knows how exactly but they seem to match the right child to the right family. Obviously there is a timeframe for that don't you think?
This from the Chinese Central Government's Official Web Portal. Notice the date.
How long will it take approximately the CCAA from the time of accepting the adoption application to the time of issuing “Notice of Coming to China for Adoption of Children”?
GOV.cn Wednesday, August 31, 2005
The duration from the time the CCAA accepts the adoption application to the time it issues the Notice of Coming to China for Adoption of Children is restricted by various factors, such as the number of foreign adopters’ applications and the number of children who can be placed out for inter-country adoption; whether or not the adopters’ desire could be met; and whether or not the supplementary materials and the feedback of Letter Seeking Confirmation from the Adopters can be received in time, etc. At present, it will take the CCAA about 12 months from the time of accepting the adoption application to the time of issuing the Notice of Coming to China for Adoption of Children.
Editor: Chen Feng
Source: China-ccaa.org
vicki-
now that bit of info is really interesting. seems to lend alittle bit of substance to the 'CCAA wanting to make referral times to about 12 months' rumour...????
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