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1,100 China babies taken in by Colorado families since 1993
By Joe GarnerDenver Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer
Madeline HaiXing Mauser will grow up in Colorado among other Chinese children. Almost 1,100 babies have been placed with Colorado families since the Chinese government permitted adoptions to begin in 1993, said Kat LaMons, project manager for Chinese Children Adoption International. She said the Englewood-based, nonprofit agency is the only one in the state arranging Chinese adoptions. The agency has found American homes for about 2,200 Chinese babies, including 29 boys, LaMons said. "The Chinese people are very grateful the children are adopted and taken to a better life," she said. The adoption process requires about 16 months. "Families are checked out on the local level, the county level, the state level and the federal level — and then the Chinese government checks them out," LaMons said. Adoption costs about $15,000, including the cost of a two-week trip to China that the Chinese government requires to pick up the child, she said. Information: Chinese Children Adoption International, 6920 S. Holly Circle, Suite 100, Englewood, CO 80112. (303) 850-9998. November 23, 2000
Madeline HaiXing Mauser will grow up in Colorado among other Chinese children.
Almost 1,100 babies have been placed with Colorado families since the Chinese government permitted adoptions to begin in 1993, said Kat LaMons, project manager for Chinese Children Adoption International.
She said the Englewood-based, nonprofit agency is the only one in the state arranging Chinese adoptions.
The agency has found American homes for about 2,200 Chinese babies, including 29 boys, LaMons said.
"The Chinese people are very grateful the children are adopted and taken to a better life," she said.
The adoption process requires about 16 months.
"Families are checked out on the local level, the county level, the state level and the federal level — and then the Chinese government checks them out," LaMons said.
Adoption costs about $15,000, including the cost of a two-week trip to China that the Chinese government requires to pick up the child, she said.
Information: Chinese Children Adoption International, 6920 S. Holly Circle, Suite 100, Englewood, CO 80112. (303) 850-9998.
November 23, 2000
