Join us for a FREE webinar on our special orphanage projects we have in China!

The webinar is on March 29, 2012 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm! Click here to register! 

The CCCWA allows us to work exclusively with 4 different orphanages in China to help place these children! We will discuss the benefits of this program for the families, as well as for the children being adopted. We will also be featuring information about the children who are currently waiting for their forever families. Because we will be sharing detailed information about these children, this webinar is ONLY open to current and previous GWCA families, as well as non-GWCA families who have a CURRENT Waiting Child Checklist on file. To fill out a checklist, please go here! 

Chengdu's Playground is Complete!

ICAN's Playground Project for Chengdu has been completed, and here's a photo of the children's NEW and beautiful playground. A huge thanks to all of our families! Without you, this would only be a dream for these children, and now it's a reality!

Beyond Borders Conference 2011 Announced!

Our annual Beyond Borders Conference will be in our hometown of Austin, TX, on October 29 & 30, 2011! We are thrilled to bring this wealth of adoption expertise and knowledge to the heart of Texas! All adoptive families, regardless of where they are in the process, are invited to come and attend sessions that will cover topics such as international adoption, re-adoption, bonding and attachment, medical issues related to adoption, multicultural families and financing adoptions. Learn straight from leading adoption experts, adoption medical professionals, orphanage directors, and representatives from foreign countries. Our keynote speakers will be Craig Juntunen and Dr. Todd Ochs, both prominent figures in the international adoption sphere.

Please visit our BBC website for more information and to register!

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We will begin posting stories of families who have adopted Waiting Children here!

ICAN stands for the Institute for Children of All Nations. We have firsthand experience with the blessings, needs and challenges involved in international adoption. We are experts in finding homes for older children and children with special needs. We call these precious kiddos “waiting children.” 

We strongly believe that children with special needs are the most vulnerable and most in need of loving homes. Our Waiting Child Team consists of licensed master level social workers, therapists, child development staff, education counseling staff, and physicians specializing in children with special needs.

ICAN was developed to find homes for waiting children worldwide and put them in touch with the best possible resources available for their growth, development and wellbeing.

ICAN works hand-in-hand with waiting child experts so that families can access an exclusive database of local adoption and special needs related resources, educational tools, support and a community of advocacy. ICAN supports families that are considering adoption as well as those families who have already adopted.

Every child deserves a home. It is ICAN's mission to be the leader in placing and advocating for waiting children worldwide as means of providing them with a brighter future.