Wasatch
International Adoptions works with several countries who have children
with special needs available for adoption. These children have varying
degrees of physical problems which might include such things as blindness,
deafness, missing limbs, cleft palate, FAS, correctable heart defects,
Hepatitis B, etc. Sometimes the foreign country will consider the placement
of an older, healthy child to be a special needs placement. WIA is approved
by the China Center of Adoptions Affairs to place special needs children
and we receive a new list of available children at least 4 times each
year. The fees for special needs adoptions are sometimes discounted by
the foreign country, but often times the fees are the same as a "regular"
adoption. However, many times adoption grants are available which helps
to offset the costs associated with these adoptions. The process of adopting
a special needs child can sometimes be expedited, but many countries will
not expedite at all. And, families adopting a special needs child must
still apply to USCIS, will still need to provide a dossier to the foreign
country, and will still have to travel to the foreign country to pick
up their adopted child. Adopting a special needs child is a wonderful
option for families who can do this, and we encourage anyone interested
in this program to contact Kathy Junk at kathy@wiaa.org
for more information about this program.
Overview of Special Needs
Costs
Please
contact the agency for details regarding costs.
Other Costs
Associated
with adoption are the home study or the home study review fee, USCIS filing
fees, authentication of documents needed by the foreign country, the costs
of acquiring these documents, and travel to and accommodations in the
foreign country.
WIA currently has several special needs children available from several
different countries. For information about special needs adoption, please
e-mail Kathy Junk at Kathy@wiaa.org,
or call our office at 801-334-8683 Monday through Friday during regular
business hours.
**Note: Upon request, WIA will disclose the following: Service policy
Contracts, the number of adoption placements per year for the prior 3
calendar years, the number of placements that remain intact, the number
of families who apply to adopt each year, and the number of waiting children
eligible for adoption. To obtain this information please call our office.
Wasatch
International Adoptions works with several countries who have children
with special needs available for adoption. These children have varying
degrees of physical problems which might include such things as blindness,
deafness, missing limbs, cleft palate, FAS, correctable heart defects,
Hepatitis B, etc. Sometimes the foreign country will consider the placement
of an older, healthy child to be a special needs placement. WIA is approved
by the China Center of Adoptions Affairs to place special needs children
and we receive a new list of available children at least 4 times each
year. The fees for special needs adoptions are sometimes discounted by
the foreign country, but often times the fees are the same as a "regular"
adoption. However, many times adoption grants are available which helps
to offset the costs associated with these adoptions. The process of adopting
a special needs child can sometimes be expedited, but many countries will
not expedite at all. And, families adopting a special needs child must
still apply to USCIS, will still need to provide a dossier to the foreign
country, and will still have to travel to the foreign country to pick
up their adopted child. Adopting a special needs child is a wonderful
option for families who can do this, and we encourage anyone interested
in this program to contact Kathy Junk at 
