We have two agencies confirming this date now. One of them posted a C&P of the CCAA’s internal box, and the other is an agency that generally gets it right. I don’t normally jump to an R4 with only two agencies speaking up, but I’m making an exception this time in part because of the [...]

I’ll just post a quick note this morning to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!!!! We were awakened at 5:40 this morning by two very excited girls, and I just got a break to check things here. It’s been a wonderful morning, with the rest of Christmas yet to come. To those still waiting, here’s my [...]

An agency has posted that the CCAA’s internal box has changed to show matches through April 3rd. Usually we get a lot of agencies reporting this when it happens… but with today being Christmas Eve? We may not see agencies confirming it until Monday. I’ve been peaking in occasionally this morning, but our out of [...]

TA’s from the most recent referral batch are starting to show up. Congrats to those families who can finally buy those plane tickets! Also, there is a notice on the CCAA site you may want to read. Update: Here are some news stories that pertain to the CCAA’s notice: CBS News Global Times China (note [...]

An agency reports that the CCAA is currently matching. Can I get a Woo-HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!? Sometimes we see referrals within four or five days of this report, sometimes not. Still, it’s good to see. I don’t see any mention of cut off dates yet.

I made some projections in this post a few weeks ago. At the time I requested that families not pay too much attention to them, and I said I would revisit that concept again once the FY2009 State Department numbers came out. So, here goes: This first chart comes from the above referenced post, and [...]