INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN ADOPTIONS INSTITUTE FOR CHILDRENS AID

INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN'S AID WAS BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF HOSPITALITY AND SANCTUARY SEEKING TO BE A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES BELIEVING THAT ALL LIFE IS SACRED. ICA WORKS TO PROMOTE AND SECURE THE EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL WELFARE OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN VICTIMIZED, ABANDONED OR PERSECUTED; FOUND IN THE STREETS, WAR ZONES, GOVERNMENT RUN INSTITUIONS, REFUGEE CAMPS OR FAMILY HOMES. ICA ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN PROVIDING IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT SERVICES TO THOSE FLEEING PERSECUTION, WAR, OPPRESSION AND PROVERTY AND PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT OF PEACEFUL AND HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE TO STUDENTS AND THOSE WHO GO ABROAD. ICA OFFERS AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE HARD WORKING ARTISANS CAN BE PAID A FAIR WAGE AND BE GIVEN THE DIGNITY OF SELF DETERMINATION. ICA PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORPHANS TO EXPERIENCE CULTURE AND SENSE OF FAMILY WITH CAMPS TO AMERICA AND IN THEIR COUNTRY.

DOMESTIC PROGRAMS PROVIDE LICENSED ADOPTION AND FOSTER FAMILY AGENCY SERVICES THROUGH THE ADOPTION TRIAD WITH COMPASSIONATE AND CARING SERVICES. THE PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDES COMPASSION AND RELIEF SERVICES TO DOMESTIC ORPHANAGES AS WELL CHILDREN IN DOMESTIC RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES. RELIEF SERVICES INCLUDE GOODS DELIVERED AS WELL AS FOREIGN EXCHANGE PROGRAMS, TRANSITION HOMES AND MICRO BUSINESSES. COUNSELING AND SUPPORT CENTER PROVIDES SUPPORT GROUPS AND COUNSELING SERVICES FOR BIRTH PARENTS, ADOPTED CHILDREN, ADOPTIVE PARENTS, FOSTER CHILDREN AND FOSTER PARENTS. FAMILY TRAINING CENTER PROVIDES CLASSES TO PREPARE THE ADOPTIVE AND FOSTER FAMILIES FOR THE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT OR EMOTIONAL CHALLENGES THAT ACCOMPANY CHILDREN FROM INSTITUTIONAL CARE. WE PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT FOR THE ADOPTIVE FAMILY AND THE CHILDREN THEY ARE PARENTING INCLUDING SUPPORT GROUPS AND PRE POST PLACEMENT. ICA HAS PLACED AND WORKED WITH OVER 200 CHILDREN THIS PAST YEAR IN PLACEMENTS FOR ADOPTION.