Gladney Taiwan Adoption

Friday, July 23, 2010

Adoption Reunion with Benjamin and Linsey!

Benjamin and Linsey's families first met in Taiwan in 2009. They decided to met up again for a 16 month post adoption reunion. It is amazing to see how much the two kiddos have grown since placement with their forever families!

Welcome Baby George!

Violet and Kostas welcome their first child, baby George, into their family!

Friday, June 11, 2010

Double Takes!

Experienced parents Mark and Ann from Ohio add 4 little girls from Taiwan, under age six, to their family! These little girls are welcomed by three big sisters and a brother-in-law! Congratulations to this wonderful and blessed family!

From the Family- "I cannot tell you the number of double-takes we've gotten from people when they see us with all these little girls- probably 50 a day. Maybe 8 or 10 times a day, someone will do a quick count and their eyes get big and their mouths kind of fall open, and they start to comment on our 4 little girls, and then notice the 5th one who was being carried or who was standing behind one of us and have the same reaction all over again! It is really comical. When we went to the zoo, people were ignoring the animals and taking pictures of us! We are having a blast!" Mark and Ann

Welcome Home!

Chuck & Chris, from Wisconsin, bring home two happy kiddos, Isaiah and Isaac!

Earlier this week, Isaiah & Issac met their three older siblings & many farm animals.

Congratulations to this big happy family!

Monday, May 24, 2010

Gladney Center for Adoption's Humanitarian Aid Program

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Evan's Big Golf Outing!

Evan, age 20 months, gathers his clubs

and ejoys a day out on the greens!

We hope you came in under-par big guy!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Trey and Tessa

We have been home with Tessa YiLing for almost three years now! She was adopted as an infant from Taiwan in July 2007. She is perfect, vivacious, beautiful and just our little doodlebug.

Trey JingLai has been home almost 9 months! He was adopted at 5 years in age from the Chung Yi adoption program. He transitioned into our family of 4 other children quickly and started school 2 weeks later. He does well in school and if full of life!

Older child adoption is truly a blessing for our family. We could not have asked for a sweeter and more loving little boy. We feel lucky to have Five Fabulous Children now in our family!

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE May 2012

The child welfare laws of Taiwan are undergoing significant revisions. New legislation, “Protection of Children and Youths Welfare and Rights Act,” was passed in November 2011. The legislation has an implementation date of June 1, 2012 and addresses various aspects of child welfare including adoption services.

Expected changes include:
Only government-licensed child welfare organizations will be able to provide adoption services. Child Welfare organizations will be subject to increased requirements and standards in terms of initial licensing and renewals, as well as ongoing agency procedures and services.

Judges will be authorized to require that adoptive parents receive parent training, physical and mental health assessments, alcohol and drug screenings, and/or criminal background clearances.

Domestic placement will be considered a priority, with international adoption becoming an option after efforts have been made to place the child with a local family. All adoptable children will be listed on a country-wide database. After being posted on the database, a child is eligible to be considered for international adoption.