IMPORTANT NEWS

October 15, 2007

Thursday's Child is temporarily suspending the acceptance of applications from out of state clients until further notice, though may reconsider on a case by case basis if someone has a special circumstance with which we can be of service.

Due to ongoing changes in the world of international adoptions, and significant further changes that are pending , our agency will be focusing for the time being on assisting only CT applicants.  We are revising and restructuring our programs and information to reflect changes that are occurring, as are most agencies affected by these changes. 

Our long years of experience (our director has over 35 years of experience in the adoption field and Thursday's Child recently began our 27th year of operation) place us in a unique position to advise and counsel prospective parents on appropriate avenues for building a family. We offer that service, whether or not clients choose to work with us through an out of state agency's international or domestic programs, or whether they choose an option we offer at the time. We continue to offer comprehensive and thorough homestudy and preparation services in CT , as well as all necessary post placement and post adoption services and follow up. Most importantly, we will continue to serve our clients as their guides and advocates once we ethically determine they qualify for adoption, and we will do so in the caring, personalized manner for which we have been known since our establishment in 1981 as a licensed adoption agency.

We maintain relationships with a number of out of state agencies with whom we can work to effect a placement for you, either domestically or internationally and we do periodically work with birth mothers interested in making an adoption plan for their infants.

Guatemela:
At this time we are sad to report that applications for adoption from Guatemala are presently closed. With the future of Guatemalan adoptions hanging in the balance right now, we feel it is entirely too risky to continue to process new applicants and is not in their best interests. We will continue to advocate and fight  for a fair and humane adoption law and system in Guatemala and for a positive outcome that meets the needs of the children of Guatemala. As an agency that has worked to effect Guatemalan adoptions for many, many years, it is emotionally difficult for us to suspend applications at this time but we feel it is the correct thing to do.  We advise clients to be extremely cautious about beginning a new process for adoption from Guatemala at this time. We do not know what the future will bring.

We will continue to support all families now in process of adopting an identified child from Guatemala and are here for them to help them in any possible way that we can.  We are not giving up on them or on the children of Guatemala.

China and Taiwan:
We are seeking applicants to adopt from China. While the wait has lengthened considerably, China remains a stable and predictable program from which to adopt for those who qualify, though it is as not as flexible as some countries are.  It is also less costly than many countries.

We also seek applicants for older and special needs children from Taiwan-mostly boys.

Thursday's Child, Inc
227 Tunxis Avenue Bloomfield, CT 06002
(860) 242 -5941
Fax (860) 243-9898

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