Adoption Associates, Inc: Domestic Infant and International Adoption Agency

January 2007

New Beginnings

With the dawn of every new year comes the opportunity to change something in our lives and give us a “new beginning.” Many people spend much of the month of December thinking of what their resolution will be for the coming year. Once January 1 arrives, they sign up for new gym memberships, say they’ll start exercising more and eating healthier, or proclaim that they’ll spend more time with their family.

Affording Adoption

With tax season right around the corner, you’ll want to remember that adoptive families may be eligible for a tax credit of $10,960 for the 2006 tax year.

Domestic Adoption

When visiting with Andrew’s family last Christmas, Andrew and Jaclyn asked them if, in the future, they would consider “adopting” a family for Christmas rather than exchanging gifts with each other. This year, Andrew and Jaclyn took the idea one step further. They contacted Adoption Associates, Inc. to see if their children’s birth mother would be open to having them “adopt” her and her children for Christmas.

International Adoption

Are you planning to adopt from China or Guatemala, and wondering how you will communicate during your trips to these countries? Are you concerned about how you will talk to your child once he or she arrives home, or how you will teach him or her about his or her heritage? Then consider one of our language classes!

Agency News

This month, read about the first child brought home from our Ethiopia program, our new adoption program in Nepal, our first annual Golf Marathon, the need for adoptive families for many healthy Guatemalan infants, and our Birth Parent Video Project.

Adoption Accents

As parents who have adopted transracially, there are many challenges you may face. One of these challenges is how to care for your African-American or biracial child’s hair. AAI understands this, and we created the African-American and Biracial Hair Care DVD for parents just like you. There is nothing else like this video on the market!