AHH Latest Rumors and Answers: November 2005

It is important to keep a few things in mind when listening to and / or reacting to "rumors".  First of all it is so important to understand the source of the rumor., which, in many cases in the adoption cyberspace is nearly impossible to do because, according to our research, the author mysteriously decided to remain anonymous,as.  Imaging that.  When we at AHH respond to a rumor, we try to base any speculation there may be on what we know about the subject of the rumor according to our vast, past experience, current rules and protocols in place and current factors that may apply to the situation. We feel compelled in many situations to address those issues we are familiar with and reluctantly pass on those that can not be verified.  We would  recommend that our readers take a similar approach.

NOTE: Please understand that we have not received any official statements from the CCAA on these issues, so it is important that you do not morph our comments into hard cold statements on the APC.

Rumor #1 of the week:

The CCAA is moving offices and their moving will mean that referrals could stop for 2 months.

AHH Response: It appears that the CCAA is moving, but it is a very low key affair, and they have stated that it will not affect the processing of Dossiers in any capacity. They are moving to a larger facility and it is a positive move for everyone in every way.

Rumor #2 of the week:

Word has it that the processing time for Dossiers is going to jump from 6 to 12 months.

AHH Response: To date, the CCAA has not officially provided any such information to AHH nor have we heard from any other agency that the CCAA has communicated this to them. In all of our experiences, the CCAA prefers to disclose this kind of news to the adoption agencies - not adoptive families. The reason is that the Center's relationship is with the agencies, and they realize it is counter productive to circumvent the agencies they partner with and inform families of policy changes without first alerting the agencies of these changes. In general, the CCAA follows the established contact protocols, (to communicate only to agencies and not to adoptive parents) so that agencies are not blind sided with frantic queries from families and can offer the best, most informed service to their adoptive clients.

To date, there seems to be no compelling reason for why it would suddenly take 12 months to process a Dossier the normally takes 6 months to process. Additionally, it appears that the CCAA has not communicated this information to any other agencies. For AHH, the wait has consistently been 6-7 months - even including our most recent referral batch. AHH is committed to providing any news we receive from the CCAA to our families as soon as possible, so if we receive any definitive word on either of these issues, we will promptly update our families.