Christian Family Services and Bethany Christian Services are sponsoring a one-day workshop on Saturday, November 12, 2011 called “It’s NOT About Me! Raising Adolecents with Peace and Not Fear.” This is a workshop for families who adopted infants and young children who are now teenagers. The cost is $20 per person, or $50 for a [...]

Over the last couple weeks, there has been an extraordinary amount of flooding in Cambodia. One site recently affected is the Children’s Relief Center (CRC), an organization that Nightlight has partnered with in the past for humanitarian efforts and adoption. The flooding has come into the first story of a wooden house that’s part of [...]

Laura Beauvais-Godwin, director of Nightlight Christian Adoption’s South Carolina office and leader of the Carolina Christian Alliance for Orphans, is helping coordinate Finding Families: 2011 Adoption and Foster Care Conference, to be held October 25, 2011. Presenters include representatives from USCIS, SC DSS, US Department of State, various South Carolina adoption agencies, and the ABBA [...]

The SPOON Foundation and JCICS have recently partnered to launch a website, Adoption Nutrition. It looks like a great resource, featuring, for example, a section with nutrition profiles for various countries where children are adopted from.

The Cambodian government has announced its intention to resume international child placement as early as April 1, 2012. This means adoptions in Cambodia will not resume for U.S. Citizens or Non-U.S. Citizens before April 1, 2012. The U.S. has stated that specific safeguards and procedures must be in place before it will agree to allow [...]

Three months ago and on the other side of the globe, a 2-year-old African orphan named Vivian died of bacterial meningitis. While the news might not seem so out of the ordinary considering the continent’s state of affairs, Vivian’s death was a blow to two local residents who had met and come to love the [...]

Thanks to all the runners that came out on June 11th for our 3rd Annual 5K. We felt that it was a very successful year and we have learned much for next year’s race. We had a total of 211 runners that came out in support of our 5K! Nightlight also raised $5,000 from our [...]

The risk for lead exposure is higher in many countries from which children are adopted than in the United States. Sources of lead exposure vary by country. Concern exists about children adopted from overseas who may have been exposed in their home countries.

2011 Together for Adoption National Conference: Registration opens today.

If you are adopting internationally, you know that there are two particularly critical times that you want professional medical assistance from someone who knows about international adoption: when you get a referral, and when you come home. Nightlight has compiled a state-by-state listing of Medical Providers that specialize in helping internationally adopted children. The list [...]

Nightlight Christian Adoptions South Carolina office is holding our 3rd Annual Adoption Awareness 5K on June 11, 2011. Over the last two years, our in-house staff have planned and organized the 5K on our own. Last year, we reached out for help but were only able to find volunteers for the day of the event. [...]

Next week, our China facilitator Sabrina Chang and Russia coordinator Kate Zyubenko will be in South Carolina at two adoption seminars, one in Lake Wylie (Nov. 18, register here) and the other in Moore (Nov. 20, register here). These are very special events featuring the China Special Needs Program, the Russia program, and the Ukraine/Hosting [...]

Nightlight Christian Adoptions has recently made available an updated 10-page guide to funding the expenses of your adoption. The resource guide provides detailed information concerning the new Federal Tax Credit/Refund for Adoption. The Financing your Adoption resource list is available at our Funding Your Adoption Resource Page. The resource guide covers the following topics: Federal and State Government [...]

We are very pleased to announce that a new youth group curriculum, “Adopt: The Option,” promoting adoption within teen peer groups is now available for Youth Directors nationwide.

On Sept 29, 2010, the Internal Revenue Service issued guidance on the expanded adoption credit included in the Affordable Care Act.