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Adoption Information
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Hi! My name is Deborah Price, and I'm the Executive Director and Program Coordinator for Hungary, Moldova and Romania. In 1991, my husband and I privately adopted our daughter from Buzau, Romania when she was 1 month old. This was before Romania had the Romanian Adoption Commission. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns and I will be happy to help you. Email me at: chi4adopt@aol.com
About our Hungary Program:
Our Hungary Program is new to Children's House International. Hungary is an Eastern European country, bordered by Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Austria, Slovakia, and the Ukraine. The city of Budapest, located on the Danube River in the central part of the country, is Hungary's capital. CHI has an agent working in Hungary who will guide you through the process every step of the way.
If you are a US citizen living abroad, please contact our program directors who specializes in helping our families in those situations.
Children Waiting For Families:
Hungarian Children are available for international adoption between the ages of 14 months to 7 years old, including boys and girls.
The children come from loving and supportive foster care families.
Video, pictures, and health/social histories of each child are supplied at referral time.
Waiting... waiting... waiting... why are these children without families?
Children that are available for international adoption are orphans. They are orphaned for many reasons. This is most often due to their birth families inability to parent based on poverty. Poverty worldwide creates the need for international adoption, but it is not the only reason.
Education is another common factor. In many countries, birth control is not widely offered nor is it taught in the family, community or in school. Birth mothers also can lack education on how to parent a child or have the capability to earn a living wage to support the child. So education can play a large part in children becoming orphaned.
In some situations, when a birth mother does become pregnant she may be shunned by both her family and her community. Many times this leads to desperate situations that force a birth parent to either abandon or relinquish their child.
Sadly there are other factors that create orphans, war, worldwide famine, drought and the AIDS epidemic have also created orphans in many countries. These factors are the most common reasons for children to become available for international adoption.
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Hungarian Government Requirements:
Parents must be 25 years of age or older
5 - 6 weeks stay in Hungary is mandatory for at least one parent
I-600A INS approval
International Home Study approval
List of other documentation will be provided upon entering the program
We would be glad to assist you in filing your I-600 CIS and setting up a social worker to complete your international home study.
Time Frame:
After your completed adoption documents are sent to Hungary, the case is registered. The referral time can vary due to holiday seasons in the winter and summer months in which December/Jan and June-August show very few referrals come through. In general a 9-12 month wait is not unusual.
Travel:
Both parents must meet the child during the initial 3 - 5 day period. Following the personal meeting, the documents are forwarded with recommendation to the Guardianship Office. Once the court date is over, at least one parent will stay in Hungary for 30-35 days and you will have the child with you during this time. This period of time is precious in order to help you and your child to begin the bonding process.
About our Hungarian Program Coordinator:
Deborah Price is both our executive director and program coordinator. She has been managing CHI for over 10 years. Ms. Price brings a wealth of knowledge, education and experience to the agency. Ms. Price was domestically adopted as an infant and therefore has the experience of being raised as an adoptive child. She also brings the unique perspective of an adoptive parent. Ms. Price and her husband are adoptive parents of their daughter Alyssa, who arrived from Romania 13 years ago.
Ms. Price is also a Social Worker and is able to counsel families on the issues of international adoption. Ms. Price truly has walked in your moccasins.
Thanks again for your interest!
If you believe there might be a child waiting for you in Hungary, or have questions about any of our other International Programs, please contact me at (360) 380-5370
or e-mail me at CHI4Adopt@aol.com.
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