Blind Referral

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With 360,000 babies born daily, this means 131 million births annually around the world. Broken down even further, there are 15,000 births hourly, 250 births each minute and 4 births each second of the day around the world. Most people would say that a live is a purse thing and that 360,000 lives being born every day equals to 131,400,000 a year would be more than just a purse thing some would even go to say that life is smaller than a micro and bigger then the universe. When we take a step back and really look at that numbers then we compare that those numbers to the numbers of kids who are currently in foster care we see that in the U.S. 397,122 children are living without permanent families in the foster care system. 101,666 of these children …show more content…
However, some countries, such as Kazakhstan, do not allow referrals until the prospective parent travels to the country on their first trip. This is called a "blind" referral. A travel date is arranged, when the adoptive parents travel to meet the child and sign any additional paperwork required to accept the referral. While the application fee with the U.S. State Department is under $700, and fingerprinting costs are $80 per person in the household, the actual adoption fee can range anywhere from seven to thirty thousand dollars. Some employers have adoption benefits such as paid leave to allow for travel to pick the child up, as well as adoption reimbursements and adoption loans may be available.
International adoption benefits abandoned children from economically depressed nations, couples trying to start families and international relations. Because of the steps taken on the part of the Hague Convention and participating nations, many illegal matches are prevented and intercountry adoption regulations are finally coming into being. As more countries join the Hague Convention, the standardized procedures will increase the benefits of foreign adoption for everybody …show more content…
Without proper diagnoses and treatment, problems can, and do, persist.
The emotional, psychological, financial and physical toll incurred on the adoptee and his or her adopted parents can be extraordinary. Because it is often difficult to detect problems in infants, abnormalities may not visibly manifest themselves until children are well into their toddler years. Which is one less down to the situations where adopting parents only want infants. Its kinda like toddler are like a wilted rose. This pretty but not pretty enough to keep around.
In November 2007, US President George W. Bush ratified the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption(Hague Adoption Convention). Originally implemented by the US in 1993, the Convention is designed to protect the rights of children and parents in intercountry adoptions, prevent traffic in children and ensure accountability and ethical procedures in adoption
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