Hoyer Statement on Passage of the Help HAITI Act, December 1, 2010 WASHINGTON, DC - House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer released the following statement today after the House passed the Help HAITI Act: “Today, the House passed the Help HAITI Act, an important piece of humanitarian legislation that continues America’s constructive response to the […]

On November 30, 2010, President Obama signed the International Adoption Simplification Act.  This Act provides the same waiver for  required vaccination documentation for Hague Convention adoptions as is available for non-Hague adoptions.  Effective immediately, I-800 families can follow the same procedure as used by I-600 families to apply for a vaccination waiver by completing a […]

Domestic Adoption Support Group
Adult Adoptee to Present
Monday, Nov. 29th
Vine Community Church
4373 Wade Hampton Blvd.
Taylors, SC
7:00 p.m.

On November 15, 2010, Congress joined together across party lines to pass S.1376, the International Adoption Simplification Act, which will allow parents to internationally adopt older children (ages 16 and 17) when adopting a younger sibling.

South Carolina Medical Resources The American Academy of Pediatrics provides a state-by-state directory of health care providers serving adopted children. The list includes physicians in private practice as well as those who provide services for internationally adopted children. MUSC International Adoption Clinic at MUSC Children's Hospital Charleston, SC www.musckids.com/adoptions TEFRA This program provides financial resources […]

The Adoption Tax Credit has been extended another year, and starting this year, it has increased to $13,170. So if you adopted this year or next, you can receive not only a tax credit of $13,170 but for the first time, the tax credit is refundable.

National Adoption Celebration November 18 , 2010 Greenville County Family Court House Conference Room 301 University Ridge Greenville, SC 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Proclamation Honoring National Adoption Day By Mayor Knox White 11:00 a.m. We will be honoring the families who are finalizing their adoptions on this special day. Each year the family court […]

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) and the other in Moore (Nov. 20). These are very special events featuring the China Special Needs Program, the Russia program, and the Ukraine/Hosting Program. In addition to […]

It is difficult to find words to express the experience of Nightlight’s first Uganda Mission Trip.  We took a team of 22 people and each person had a story about how God lead them to be on the trip and confirmed his direction many times.  There were many stories regarding fundraising miracles, details working out, […]

Today was a humbling day.  We visited the Nairungu slum area of Kampala with Manna Ministries.  We broke into groups of 5 and went along with the Manna Ministry leaders and translators.  We had 2 women accept Christ while we were ministering to them.  Many of these families live in homes large enough only for […]