CCAA Made New Rules

The new rules are effective May 2007. The CCAA announced there are twice the number of families waiting than they have paper-ready children. The slowdown will continue and average a 2 month wait for one month of referrals. This means we have AT LEAST 16 more months of waiting for them to get our April 2006 LID, which would be May 2008.

Here are the specific rules:

Married couples only. No singles.

Married couples must be married over 2 years if there are no previous marriages. If there are previous marriages then the present marriage must be over 5 years. However, no more than two previous marriages will be allowed.

Each parent must be 30 to 50 years old.

The CCAA wants healthy parents - no infectious disease, no mental disease (including depression or anxiety), no blindness, and no serious disease or disability. Cancer was not specifically mentioned.

Both parents must have a BMI under 40.

At least one parent must have a stable job. Income requirement is $10,000 per family member including the child to be adopted.

Family’s net assets must be over $80,000

Each parent must have a high school education or higher.

No more than five children in the home including the child to be adopted. The youngest child in the home must be over 1 year old. Exceptions will be considered for the waiting child program.

No criminal record.

The CCAA fees are also changing - going from $410 to $620