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Criteria

Our primary goal is to help one family each year to cover a portion of the expenses of adopting one little girl from China .  We have established the following criteria:

1.       Applicants must meet all of the criteria set by the Chinese government at the time of the adoption of their daughter (Single applicants must meet the criteria set by the Nepalese or Vietnamese government.)

2.       Applicants must meet all of the criteria set by the Cradle of Hope adoption agency or any other registered agency

3.       Applicants must meet these additional criteria:

1. They must write a statement explaining why they wish to adopt from China (singles, from Nepal or Vietnam )
2. They must demonstrate a need for financial assistance to cover adoption expenses by submitting information about their adjusted gross income which will not exceed $80,000

4.       Priority will be give to single parents over the age of 40 without children, who reside in York, Dauphin, Adams, or Lancaster county

5.       If no applicants meet the criteria listed in #4, others who meet all of the other requirements will be considered

Criteria

--Selection of the applicant(s) will be made based on recommendations from the Cradle of Hope Adoption Center, Inc. or another  agency and the Board of the Foundation for Meg’s Sisters.  

--Employees of Cradle of Hope or other affiliated agency and/or their relatives, members of the Board of the Foundation for Meg’s Sisters and/or their relatives will not be eligible to receive funding.  

--One grant will be awarded annually.  

--The Board will ask each recipient to sign an agreement, which indicates that the funds they receive will be used only for the purpose of undertaking the adoption of a Chinese girl.  

--Further, we will ask the family to provide written receipts of their expenditures.  

--None of the funds provided may be used to pay any of the legal fees charged by the Chinese government 

--The total funds provided by the Foundation will not exceed 2/3 of the total adoption expenses.  

--The Board will ask each recipient to sign an agreement to indemnify the Foundation if they do not use the funds for the purpose of undertaking the adoption of a Chinese child.  

--Adoptive parents acting in good faith, whose adoption is unavoidably delayed or incomplete while in China will not be responsible for returning funds.

--Those receiving the grant will be expected to participate in the Foundation’s activities and to attend specific events for fund-raising.