Every once in a while someone pops up with concerns that the CCAA is monitoring me.
First off, I don’t think they have time to monitor every blog that talks about them. We hear how understaffed they are, and yet it would take a dozen or more full time English speaking workers to monitor all China [...]

Jane Liedtke runs OCDF and has an email list called Ask Jane. Jane was recently asked about the slowdown and said (paraphrased) that:

She doesn’t believe domestic adoptions are increasing enough to impact international referrals.
She believes that the restructuring of the CCAA when they took on all CWI’s and SWI’s has caused temporary delays.
She also believes [...]

A second agency (one of the big ones) has now told their people that the CCAA will be giving out some kind of official statement in the next week or so about the slow down.
Since we have also been hearing rumors about the CCAA issuing more strict guidelines, I have to wonder if they won’t [...]

Someone with a December 12 LID was contacted for more information.
UPDATE: I’m now told that this was a question about translation, so there is some discussion about whether they are in review or in translation.

Someone was told by their agency that they have heard that the CCAA may soon be putting something out that will provide an idea of what to expect in the coming months.

At least two agencies have issued stork alerts.
I’m so happy for the families who will have pictures to show their families for their Memorial Day celebrations.
Congratulations! And please share your joy with us. We have three families on our links page that are due for their referrals.