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Why Choose Holt as your Agency?
Holt International has nearly 50 years experience placing approximately 60,000 children from Korea with adoptive families in the US.
• Due to new regulations, timeframes are expected to lengthen. Timeframe from application to placement may increase to 21 months.
• Children are young, many of them infants.
• Most children live in foster homes, not orphanages.
• Excellent medical and social information available.
• Experienced staff both in the US and Korea who can respond to the needs of children and families. Meet the dedicated Korea program staff.
• There is no intercountry adoption program as stable and certain as Korea.
• More than 45 years of history has established a careful system of checks and balances with efficiency and professionalism. This ensures there will be no "hidden fees", no "brokers" no uncertainty.
Harry and Bertha Holt pioneered modern international adoption when they adopted eight children from Korea in 1955, an act that required special legislation of the U.S. Congress. The Holts understood that children need families more than anything else, and they could not forget the thousands of children who remained in orphanages.
In 1956 the Holts established an adoption program in Korea. The Holt program in Korea grew, and in the late 1970s, Holt Childrens Services of Korea became a legally independent organization. Today Holt International Childrens Services in the United States and Holt Childrens Services of Korea continue as partner agencies assisting the homeless children of Korea, primarily through international adoption and child sponsorship. Holt-Korea places children with adoptive families throughout the United States and several other countries through a network of cooperating agencies, of which Holt International is one.
Holt Childrens Services of Korea has also taken a significant role in promoting programs for the disabled by developing its center at Ilsan, northwest of Seoul. This 60 acre complex offers living, education and therapy to over 300 mentally and physically disabled residents. Originally built by Harry Holt in 1961, the Ilsan Center was rebuilt in the 1980s specifically to accommodate disabled residents. Programs include educational opportunities from preschool through high school, physical and vocational therapy, and cottage-like residences for those who cannot be adopted.
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Here's What Adoptive Parents Say About Holt
Don and Pam Buttry, Shenandoah, IA
Having three adopted Holt-Korea children, all of different ages, we can honestly say that it has been one of the most positive, exciting and rewarding experiences of our lives. Our children are happy, well-adjusted and very much loved. We would highly recommend this program and would be happy to share about our children and Holt International.
Greg and Traci Frerichs, Omaha, NE
What an experience! Holt Korea's foster and medical care are exceptional. Our children are such a blessing!
Paul and Laura Hart, Antioch, CA
The Holt staff was caring, compassionate and professional. We are now the proud parents of the healthy, bright, beautiful daughter we always dreamed about.
Ron and Leah Moy, Jamesburg, NJ
Holt is a first class organization that puts the needs of the child first.
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