[sak9645]

I am not in process, as my daughter is home.

However, I would still recommend China to anyone who clearly meets the criteria. It is still one of the most stable and organized programs around, served by many reputable agencies. The care tends to be decent, on average, and ripoffs are non-existent.

I strongly believe that wait times will come down. China will NOT let things go to a three or four year process.

What I DO think, is that the definition of a NSN child will change. People who adopt through the NSN program will need to be open to children with already-corrected medical issues and children with very minor issues such as extra toes, birthmarks, a droopy eyelid, etc. Such children are often put in the Waiting Child program now, but China has signaled that they won't be in the future. China has come to realize that Americans don't consider these problems to be special needs, as Chinese citizens might.

By putting these children into the NSN category, along with children who are totally healthy, China will increase the size of its NSN pool. Right now, China is projecting that the number of true NSN children will decline, but adding back the children with minor special needs will probably bring availability up enough to reduce wait times to manageable levels.

I'm just a Mom, and I don't have an "in" with the CCAA, but this is my considered guess as to what is going on.

Sharon