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<body bgcolor="#99FFFF"> <div align="center"> <p><img src="GraphicLogo.gif" width="420" height="120" alt="Thursday's Child International Adoption Agency"></p> <p><font size="3" color="#3333FF"><b><font size="5">-This is a No-Frames Edition-</font></b><br> To get the most from this site, It is suggested to use a browser which can utilize frames.</font></p> <p align="center"><font size="5" color="#0000FF"><img src="wc178x28.gif" width="178" height="28" alt="Welcome!"></font></p> <p align="center"><img src="ChangingDreams.gif" width="450" height="46" alt="Thursday Child International Adoption Agency "></p> <p align="center">Licensed by CT Department of Children and Families<br> Private, Non-Profit<br> <font size="2">(Working in Connecticut and with Applicants In Other States)</font></p> <p align="left">Thank you for visiting our site in order to learn how to be part of our Thursdays Child International Adoption Family. We hope you will take the time to read our information and will see how we are special and unique. We do hope our material is useful to you. We are sure that you will appreciate our differences and will want to contact us soon. Dont forget to click on photos of some of the wonderful children we have placed and to read their families stories.</p> <p align="left">We believe that building a family through adoption is no less exciting and miraculous than creating a family by birth. We do not claim to perform miracles, but ask you to consider allowing us the privilege of being one of the important instruments in your pursuit of your own special miracle.</p> </div> <div align="left"><font size="5" color="#0000FF">FAMILY CENTERED APPROACH-</font><br> </div> <ul> <li> <div align="left"> We are both family AND child focused.<br> </div> </li> <li> <div align="left"> We believe that an agency cant help you create happy, lasting families without caring about the needs of ALL parties involved in the process. </div> </li> </ul> <div align="center"> <div align="left"><font size="5" color="#0000FF">THE THREE Cs -</font><br> </div> </div> <ul> <li> <div align="center"> We provide compassionate, caring and comprehensive adoption services to prospective parents from Connecticut and other states.</div> </li> </ul> <div align="center"> <p align="left"> <font size="5" color="#0000FF">PERSONALIZED AND PROFESSIONAL-</font><br> </p> </div> <ul> <li> <div align="left"> We work hard to ensure that prospective parents are carefully guided through the complex adoption process and treated as individuals with individual needs. <br> <br> </div> </li> </ul> <div align="left"><font size="5" color="#0000FF">EXPERTS IN OUR FIELD-</font><br> </div> <ul> <li> <div align="left"> We are very proud of the fact that most our staff, board and consultants are adoptive parents AND professionals. Clients have frequently commented on our vast amount of knowledge about adoption. We are often consulted by other organizations on unusual adoption or immigration problems. Our director has nearly 30 years of experience in this field and many of our staff members have 10-20 plus years of experience. Our expertise will lead you competently and lovingly through each step of your adoption, including advice about immigration procedures and help with foreign dossiers. We know that adoption is a lifelong process and we are here to help prepare you for that, with information, support and sometimes humor.<br> <br> </div> </li> </ul> <div align="left"><font size="5" color="#0000FF">BIRTH PARENT SERVICES-</font><br> </div> <ul> <li> <div align="left"> We provide our birthparents, the same warm, thorough and individualized services that we do our prospective adopters.</div> </li> </ul> <div align="center"> <p align="left"> <font size="5" color="#0000FF">SOCIAL AND SUPPORT NETWORK-</font> <br> </p> </div> <div align="left"> <ul> <li> We do everything possible to hook you up with other adoptive families and to give you helpful information. If you are here in Connecticut, you will meet some of our families as part of your education and preparation for adoption. <br> We can supply references and mail or e-mail buddy families.</li> </ul> </div> <p align="left"> <font size="5" color="#0000FF">WE OFFER-</font><br> </p> <ul> <li> <div align="left"> Excellent direct resources and opportunities from many countries, such as<font color="#FF0000"> Bulgaria, China, Guatemala, Russia, Vietnam and sometimes India</font>. Watch for information on our new program offerings.</div> </li> </ul> <p align="left"><font size="5" color="#0000FF">FULL SERVICE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN ADOPTION AGENCY </font></p> <ul> <li> <div align="left">We assist Connecticut families by cooperating with any out of state and out of country agencies preferred by the clients, if chosen agencies comply with Connecticut requirements.<br> </div> </li> <li> <div align="left"> Homestudies for CT residents<br> </div> </li> <li> <div align="left"> Help with relative and step-parent adoptions</div> </li> <li> <div align="left">Assistance to those seeking to adopt relatives from other countries<br> </div> </li> <li> <div align="left"> Local placements, with voluntary court terminations and assumption of childs custody<br> </div> </li> <li> <div align="left"> Placement resource to CT families and out of staters to facilitate international adoptions through our agencys special foreign contacts<br> </div> </li> <li> <div align="left"> Post-placement follow-up and post-adoption help</div> </li> </ul> <p align="left"><font size="5" color="#0000FF">BUILDING FAMILIES & BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS FOR LIFE-</font><br> </p> <ul> <li> We build relationships with ALL of our families. <br> </li> <li> We strongly believe that there is more to international adoption services than just being paper shufflers!</li> </ul> <p>We invite you to continue your visit with Thursdays Child. This may well be the first step of your adoption journey! So, please board AIR ADOPTION now and enjoy the rest of the trip.</p> <p align="center"><a href="CountryInfo.htm" target="_top"><img src="rb74duck.gif" width="150" height="120" border="0" alt="Thursday Child International Adoption Agency "></a></p> <p align="left">Check out our <a href="CountryInfo.htm" target="_top">Country Information</a>. (Click on plane!) Visit with some Thursdays Child families and<a href="StoriesIndex.htm" target="_top"> read Real Adoption Stories.</a> Read <a href="Deciding.htm" target="_top">About Homestudies and how to choose an agency</a>. Our links will help you learn some things about other cultures and items of interest to adoptive families. </p> <p align="left">Complete the <a href="infoform.htm" target="_top">Preliminary Form</a> to get more information about us or our options, or to <a href="infoform.htm" target="_top">request a formal application</a> if you are ready to proceed.  Have an unusual situation and need some personalized feedback?<a href="mailto:info@tcadoption.org"> Please e-mail us</a>.<br> We are here to help you.</p> <p align="left">If you have a completed out of state homestudy and are ready to begin, send your homestudy, tell us the country in which you are interested, we will send more detailed information and a formal application and dossier instructions. </p> <p align="left">Please visit with us again soon. We care about people in all phases and all stages of the adoption experience. </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="center"><font size="5" color="#FF0000">AT THURSDAYS CHILD, ADOPTION MEANS CELEBRATING LIFE!!!</font></p> <p><br> </p> <p><font color="#0000FF"> Our Clients Have Adopted From: </font><font face="Script MT Bold" color="#FF0000">United States (local and other states), Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Jamaica, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Taiwan, Vietnam.</font></p> <p></p> <p> </p> <p align="center"><br> <a href="index.htm" target="_top"><img src="HomeButton.gif" width="80" height="46" hspace="15" border="0" alt="Thursday Child International Adoption Agency Thursday's Child Main Page"></a><a href="Mission.htm" target="_top"><img src="MissionButton.gif" width="80" height="46" border="0" hspace="15" alt="Thursday Child International Adoption Agency Mission Statement"></a><a href="DirectorsMessage.htm" target="_top"><img src="DIRECTORBUTTON.gif" width="80" height="46" border="0" alt="Thursday Child International Adoption Agency A Personal Letter From The Executive Director" hspace="15"></a><a href="StoriesIndex.htm" target="_top"><img src="RealStoriesButton.gif" width="80" height="46" border="0" alt="Thursday Child International Adoption Agency Real Adoption Stories from Thursday's Child" hspace="15"></a><a href="CountryInfo.htm" target="_top"><img src="CountryInfoButton.gif" width="80" height="46" alt="Thursday Child International Adoption Agency Country Information" hspace="15" border="0"></a> <a href="Deciding.htm" target="_top"><img src="DecidingButton.gif" width="80" height="46" alt="Thursday Child International Adoption Agency Deciding on an Agency" hspace="15" border="0"></a> <a href="IdentifiedAdoptions.htm" target="_top"><img src="IdentifiedAdoptionsButton.gif" width="80" height="46" hspace="15" border="0" alt="Thursday Child International Adoption Agency Why Thursday's Child Cannot Help With Identified Adoptions"></a> <a href="https://ssl20.vds2000.com/tcadoption/infoform.htm" target="_top"><img src="RequestInfo.gif" width="80" height="46" hspace="15" border="0" alt="Thursday Child International Adoption Agency Request More Info Or Application"></a> <a href="links.htm" target="_top"><img src="LinksButton.gif" width="80" height="46" alt="Thursday Child International Adoption Agency Other Helpful Links" hspace="15" border="0"></a> <a href="Disclaimer.htm" target="_top"><img src="DisclaimerButton.gif" width="80" height="46" alt="Thursday Child International Adoption Agency Disclaimer" border="0" hspace="15"></a></p> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><img src="Logo.gif" width="100" height="95" alt="Thursday's Child Logo"></p> <p align="center"><font color="#333300" size="4"><b>Thursday's Child, Inc<br> 227 Tunxis Avenue Bloomfield, CT 06002 <br> (860) 242 -5941 <br> Fax (860) 243-9898</b></font></p> <p align="center"> </p><img src="/cgi-sys/Count.cgi?df=tcadoption.org-prototype.htm&dd=B"> </body>