Last week, WACAP and Holt announced that their agencies were merging. Quickly after that, our advocates began to get comments on FB posts and private messages asking what that means for Red Thread Advocates. As you probably know, we are all WACAP mamas, so we have a special relationship with the incredible staff there that…

Total Shared List Files – 3,516 Girls – 1012 (28.8%) Boys – 2,504 (71.2%) At Risk for Aging Out Over 10 years old – 1,238 (35.2%), 370 girls/868 boys Over 12 years old – 585 (16.6%), 194 girls/391 boys Over 13 years old – 272 (7.7%), 96 girls/186 boys Breaking it down There are 1,238 children age 10 and up as of…

Total Shared List Files – 3,418 Girls – 984 (28.7%) Boys – 2434 (71.2%) At Risk for Aging Out Over 10 years old – 1,148 (33.5%), 354 girls/794 boys Over 12 years old – 521 (15.2%), 176 girls/345 boys Over 13 years old – 229 (6.7%), 78 girls/151 boys Breaking it down There are 1,148…

Today the CCCWA released new guidelines that are effective immediately. Although many questions still abound, even for agency workers, here is a brief summary of updates and changes to the CCCWA’s guidelines for potential adoptive families. More information will be shared as questions are answered. As for now, this is what we know. For married…

Red Thread Advocates spoke with WACAP staff to discuss the recent changes in the adoption requirements from China. WACAP helped us make this “chart” which explains the way they have interpreted the new rules. Please know that this might not be the way that all agencies are interpreting the policies, and it seems that waivers can…

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month. In the U.S., treatment opportunities for children are endless compared to treatment opportunities for children in other countries. Here in the U.S. we have a social system that will help parents secure care for their critically ill child without bankrupting them. That is not always true in China. Often…

Total Shared List Files – 2,345 Girls – 628 (26.8%) Boys – 1,717 (73.2%) Dossier First (LID) files – 3 (0.13%) Under Age 2 Girls – 7 (0.3%) Boys – 24 (1.0%) At Risk for Aging Out Over 10 years old – 796 (33.9%), 267 girls/529 boys Over 12 years old – 362 (15.4%), 121 girls/241 boys…

In October of 2015 the Administrative Team at Red Thread got together to align our goals, to write our mission statement and to decide on our vision.  When we wrote the vision statement for Red Thread Advocates, it ended with one member of the team saying ‘we advocate until there are no more waiting.’  That…