Phillipine Summer Hosting Program

I received some information on hosting some children from the Philippines this summer, with the possibility of adopting them. If you are interested, please contact me and I can provide you with more information, as well as specifics on the children.

The way the Philippine hosting program works as follows:
1.Interested families are recruited. The first priority is for families who want to host and adopt. We will also want some back-up families and these can be just interested in hosting.
2.Profiles are generated for each of the families which include information on the number, age and gender of the child/children they want to host, plus any willingness to accept any kinds of medical or other issues.
3.Staff within the Inter-Country Adoption Board of the Philippines and various orphanages will be choosing children who are good candidates for the program.
4.Photos, case studies and medical information on each child proposed for the program will be sent to Hand In Hand.
5.The children are matched to the host families that seem the best fit for them.

The children for this camp will be children between 7 and 15 years old who are considered to be good candidates for international adoption, who are legally free for adoption, and who have a desire to be a part of a “forever family.” In addition to single children, there will be the possibility of a family choosing to host a sibling group. (there are 3 sibling sets)

The children will stay in the U.S. for a 3-4 week period and then return to the Philippines. Families who choose to adopt their host child or children will then submit a complete dossier to the Inter-Country Adoption Board requesting to adopt that specific child.

Host/adopt families will need to be finished with home studies before the children come, so that after the children’s departure little time is needed to prepare the dossiers for submission to the Philippines. (If a family decides not to adopt the child they hosted, we can continue to build and submit their dossier to the Philippines for a match through the regular adoption process.) We also want families to have their first Immigration filing initiated before the children arrive, since it is a lengthy process. (This too will apply to the adoption of a child through the hosting program, or through a regular adoption process

The camp is to be July 10 to August 10 and families who participate must have their home studies done before the children arrive. There is more information on complete case studies, photos, medicals and psychological evaluations on all of the potential children.