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Originally Posted By Neralu
My aunt and uncle would like to adopt a child from Cambodia but do not have the money it costs. My uncle is Cambodian and both speak the language fluently. They have one girl, but my aunt no longer can have children because her heart is weak. Both were in the refugee camps--my uncle as a refugee, my aunt as a volunteer. They really would love a baby boy, but it is too expensive. Does anyone know of an agency where the cost is under $10,000? neralu@homestead.com
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Originally Posted By Anita
My husband and I are adopting with a fairly new agency based in Montana called A New Arrival, Inc. Their agency fee is $2,500 and the Cambodian fee is $9000. I know this isn't under 10k, but it comes pretty close.
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Originally Posted By Linda
I think you will be hard-presssed to keep adoption under 10,000 because as it stands the Cambodia's fee alone is 9,000. We have checked with different agencies and the country fee is the same- Cambodia sets its fee and then the agency here has a fee, plus travel, INS, etc.
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Originally Posted By Mallory
My husband and I are looking at multiple agencies. Has anyone heard of or worked with Children's House International. There program looks very good, but we want to have outside referrals before we commit. We would appreciate any advice and input. Thanks!
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Originally Posted By Anita
Mallory,
My husband and I also thought about CHI. Their program seemed very good to us also. However, we decided to go with a young agency named A New Arrival after we got a disturbing email from CHI which said that they knew the preliminary changes that would occur with the moratorium--nobody knows what may or may not occur, and we felt that this information was not appropriate to be sent as a blanket email to all prospective clients. The email stated that Cambodia is making a change to a minimum adopting age of 30. They may be a very good agency--this "blanket" email just made us feel a little uncomfortable.
Best of Luck!
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Originally Posted By Lin
There is a foundation that grants low intrest loans to help (not totally finance) adoptions . You must qualify as a fiancial need and the loan maximum is 7,000. You can get more info off the website for "A Child Waits."
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Originally Posted By s.
From what I have read on the cambodian list, it may be impossible for them adopt a child from Cambodia if they are Cambodian. I know that there a couple on the list that have been unsucessful because of this.
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Originally Posted By chris
I just read your message and perhaps you have already chosen an agency. In case you haven't, you might want to speak with Maine Adoption Placement Services, mapsdopt.org. Their program coordinator is Karen and I've found her to be very helpful and knowledgeable.
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Originally Posted By Shelly
We have not started our process yet, but these and many websites are very good to getting personal opinions about agencies. We were about to use one and got an outpoor of people of bad experiences. So, keep searching and praying. Also, is good too for references on agencies. I have been reading about formal complaints and family complaints, lawsuits on different agencies. May God bless you on your journey as well as ours.
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