New Horizons For Children: A Christian based hosting program for orphaned children

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To host a child, the actual cost of their travel and program expenses is $2500. Siblings are $2400. Ultimately, each host family is responsible for fundraising or paying this expense. We have ideas to assist with fundraising! All hosting money is considered a donation and is tax-deductible as NHFC is a non-profit IRS approved 501-(c) 3 Corporation.

If you can't host, please call about other needs! We always need donations to help bring sibling groups as they are cost-prohibitive for a single family to usually pay for more than 1 child.

All hosting families must have criminal background checks, child abuse clearances, reference checks and have a social worker visit in their home prior to hosting. Each family is required to attend a 6 hour mandatory training session in one of the programs cities. If a group forms in another area, training will also be held in that area. A full homestudy is not necessary, but a home safety visit is required.

Most children who are hosted are deemed available for adoption, but no child is guaranteed to be available for adoption until verified later by an International Adoption Agency, accredited to handle adoptions in the child's home country, after a family applies and is approved to adopt.

NHFC is NOT an adoption agency, though we do understand the processes to a great extent from our own personal adoption experiences.

Please understand that adoption is a natural by-product of our program. However, statistics show that normally only 20% of our hosting families go into hosting with an idea of adoption. However, generally 80% or more of our children do end up being adopted by their host family or someone they met while staying with their host family through neighbors, extended family, church members of the host family's church, or others who found out about the program while in process. For this reason, each family who applies to host is considered a potential adopting family and the approval process for hosting is very similar to the approval process for adoption.

In some cases, families cannot be approved for adoption, but can be approved to host. Examples would be age, length of marriage or chronic medical issues of the parents that are not life threatening, but in other countries are not acceptable for adoption of a child. If you have a concern, please ask!

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Who To Contact.....

Le Ann Dakake, Director of Program, Atlanta
(678) 574-4677 ext 1

Beverly Acker Lense, MD, Assistant Director, Atlanta (407) 902-8389 (cell)

Renee McAlpin, Office Manager, Atlanta
(678) 574-4677 ext 2

Michelle Vernon, Director of Fundraising and Church Affiliates, Atlanta
(678) 574-4677 ext 6

Keith or Jennifer Bolt, (678) 574-4677 ext 351, (NC, SC, TN, KY)

Aileen Clay, (678) 574-4677 ext 352, (New England States)

John Devine, (678) 574-4677 ext 353, (Northeast Coordinator; NY, NJ, PA)

Melanie McVeagh, (678) 574-4677 ext 354, (PA)

Emily Leavitt, (678) 574-4677 ext 355, (TX, LA, OK)

Jane Griggs, (678) 574-4677 ext 356, (FL)

Maria Haas , (678) 574-4677 ext 357, (DC, VA, MD, IN, OH, IL)

New Horizons for Children is a non-profit, 501(c)3, Christian ministry. Our goal is to identify children in orphanages in other countries who would benefit from and most likely be able to adapt to a Christian family environment in the USA. We aim to teach English, prayer time, cultural differences and how a loving family life can and should be. This one example, may well be, the only example of a functional family in these children's lives. Because of the mission of our program, all our hosting families must be of the Christian faith and attending a Christian church. We are a non-denominational organization, but we are all Christians, serving one God and following Jesus Christ as His son, and as our personal Savior. Teaching and modeling these Christian principles is a primary goal for our hosting families.