Pregnancy and Adoption Resources

International adoption data reveals a drastic decline in international adoptions over the past three years. Probable factors for this decline include the economic recession, regulations that sometimes delay the adoption process, and negative press that thrives on the few negative stories about adoption while ignoring the tens of thousands of positive ones.

How does New Beginnings survive and grow and during this period? Relationship building. New Beginnings co-founded the National Christian Adoption Fellowship (www.AdoptionFellowship.org) and we remain active and proud members of the National Council for Adoption (www.AdoptionCouncil.org). We also partner with other Hague accredited agencies agencies to provide services for countries such as Russia and China. These programs are in addition to our programs in Haiti, Poland and the Ukraine.

Domestic adoption continues to be a vital and active program for us and we look forward to possibly serving you should you choose to adopt or, for birthmothers, to make an adoption plan.

Thank you for choosing adoption and thank you for choosing New Beginnings. Visit us at www.NewBeginningsAdoptions.org or call us at 800-264-2229.

Tom Velie, President

The team at New Beginnings was recently interviewed by Mrs. Joy Lucius of American Family Association regarding its Haiti Adoption Program.  The interview was featured in the September 2011 edition of the AFA Journal and has been copied below for your enjoyment.

AJA Journal Article

New Beginnings Adoption and Family Services has partnered with another Christian, Hague accredited agency, licensed by the China Center for Adoption Affairs, to bring you the China Adoption Program. All initial client contact and coordination is maintained through New Beginnings. We are able to provide the home study/post-adoption, dossier prep and other adoption services.

As of March 15, 2011, the CCAA has begun accepting applications for single, female applicants for children listed on their Special Needs System. If you are a single female and you are interested in this program, please take note of the points mentioned below:

• Only one child can be adopted at a time, with an interval of at least one year between the adoptions if more than one child is desired
• Must be at least 30 years old and under 50; for applicants 50 years old and older, the age difference between the child requested and the applicant should not be more than 45 years
• Must be able to provide evidence of your civil status; non-homosexual, divorced, widowed
• Must be in good physical and mental health
• Must not have a criminal record
• Must have $10,000 of annual income per family member including prospective adoptee
• Must have $100,000 in net assets
• Must have adequate medical insurance
• Must have experience in child care, or be a child care professional such as a doctor, nurse, teacher, child psychologist, etc…; experience in caring for special needs children is best
• Must not have more that two children under the age of 18; the youngest child should not be younger than 6 years old

Other options…

New Beginnings is also able to offer adoptions from Haiti, Poland, Ukraine, Serbia*, Russia*, Uganda*, Zambia*, Ghana*, Taiwan* and more. For more information on any of these programs, please call the New Beginnings office (662.842.6752) or visit the website (www.NewBeginningsAdoptions.org).

*Programs offered through partner agencies.

There is still no sign of referrals from Nepal for New Beginnings families. Hopefully, they will come soon. It appears that some of our families have been matched and that their files are awaiting “consent” by the Minister? of MOWCSW. Did I mention that no one currently holds this position? Other agencies have received referrals so I am assuming that this position was recently vacated. Let’s pray for Nepal, MOWCSW, and the families in the program. For more information on the Nepal Adoption Program, please visit www.NewBeginningsAdoptions.org or call 662.842.6752.

Check back for an update on the Polish Adoption Program and the Sri Lankan Adoption Program.

Kathmandu: A meeting was held today between the consulates, embassies of various countries in Nepal and the Ministry of Women Children and Social Welfare to discuss and update International Adoption of Nepal. The meeting was coordinated by the German Embassy here in Nepal.

The Ministry briefed the international offices about a “Code of Conduct “which the government is planning to introduce to stake holders of international adoption which would include the orphanages, representatives and agencies. A participant of the meeting said that this Code of Conduct however did not speak about anything for the Ministry ” themselves” who with the centralization of process has become the key players of adoption.
The ministry also updated in the meeting that almost two hundred fifty dossiers have been registered, however the ministry did not “openly” state about the matching status said a participant. He added that several important questions raised by the embassies and consulates were not clarified by the Nepal officials, the counsels were not satisfied with govt. response to their questions. Meanwhile according to a reliable source the Ministry has matched children from three families of American Agency Holt International.

The ministry has directly mailed the referral package to these three families. This has taken the representatives here and adoption agencies abroad by surprise. “Nepal has just ratified the Hague and according to Hague communication with the family has to be through the Agency” said one of the representative from the Adoption Agencies Representative Forum Nepal (AARFN) “ We representatives are confused and surprised by Ministry’s step of sending the child referral directly to the families, there is a system which the New Terms and Conditions have laid down and the government should walk on those lines”.

The new rules states of families going through an approved agency.
The government had last year invited application from agencies abroad and approved and accredited 68 adoption agencies earlier to work for international Adoption from Nepal.

If you haven’t visited the website for New Beginnings in Tupelo, Mississippi, please so  please do so today. New Beginnings offers free maternity care in crisis pregnancy situations, international adoption services for families who want to adopt children from overseas, crisis pregnancy counseling, and 24/7 care during the crisis pregnancy period at The Erwin House care center.

The Adopting Angels Program (www.adoptingangelsofms.org) refers to the crisis pregnancy servics we offer within the state of Mississippi. Good birth mothers can also call Renae or Debbie at 800-264-2229 (BABY).

Click here to check them out.

New Beginnings, Crisis Pregnancy & You

NEW BEGINNINGS International Children’s & Family Services promotes LIFE for the unborn child, HOPE and NEW BEGINNINGS for BIRTH MOTHERS in CRISIS PREGNANCY situations, and “Forever Families” for children through a variety of ministry programs. CRISIS PREGNANCY and MATERNITY CARE services are provided to birth mothers FREE of charge and under the umbrella of Christ’s LOVE and COMPASSION. Our goal is to serve you in a warm, safe and loving environment while you seek direction and a “NEW BEGINNING.”

Families are invited to contact us for information about DOMESTIC and INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION. Thank you for contacting us today, even if you’re just beginning the adoption journey and need to ask a few questions. And…Thank you for considering New Beginnings where a “NEW BEGINNING“ awaits you. We’re here for you…

Tom Velie, LMSW
Executive Director
Adoption is the option that both you and your baby can “live” with

Visit New Beginnings Adoptions for more information.