Historical data comes from espirer. Based on this historical data: The shortest time frame is 18 days, the longest is 45. If we assume those two are awkward because of CNY then we’d view shortest and longest as 28 and 37 days. The average is 33, the median is 34, and we see 34 [...]

There are a few early rumors floating around, none are higher than an R2 at this point. The rumors range from a cut off of the 9th to the 14th. I have confirmation that the CCAA internal box has not changed. The CCAA is apparently confirming a cut off of the 6th verbally, but for [...]

This is a tough one. I still hear about one case every two or three months of a child with a fairly significant special need being referred in the NSN program. (I can’t give specific special needs here, as the families who have emailed me have asked me to not give specifics.) In these cases [...]

The Box: A few agencies are confirming that the cut off was March 6. But, when the box changes I normally get reports all at once from the clients of half a dozen agencies saying the box has changed. And that is not happening. I think we all know the cut off was March 6 [...]

TA’s for the March 1st referrals are beginning to arrive. Congrats to those families who will soon be buying plane tickets!!!

As I’ve said before, I view my role here as reporting any rumor that seems to be legitimately “out there”. That means I’d rather have more than one agency saying something before I report it, but if I have multiple people reporting something from a single agency that I respect then I’ll report something from [...]