Agency Fact Sheet

Wide Horizons For Children is a private, non-profit child welfare agency specializing in international adoption and all related services. WHFC is the largest adoption agency in the Northeast and one of the leading in the United States.

• Founded: 1974
• Number of children placed: 10,000 from 56 countries (663 in 2006)
• Horizon Kids (WHFC's Waiting Children who are older or have special needs): More than 100 placed per year
• Number of programs: 11 (China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, India, Kazakhstan, Korea, Philippines, Russia, Ukraine, United States)
• Services provided: Homestudy, program selection, match and placement, post-placement, post-adoption counseling, cultural & educational events, pregnancy counseling
• Agency headquarters: Waltham, MA
• Regional offices: West Hartford, CT; Waltham, MA; Pittsfield, MA; Bedford, NH; Montclair, NJ; New York, NY; Oyster Bay, NY; Troy, NY; Providence, RI; and Burlington, VT
• Licenses: licensed to do home studies in CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT
• Child placement services: - Able to place children in all 50 states
• Humanitarian Aid donations: $10 million to orphans around the world ($1 million in past year)
• Financial adoption subsidies: Over $117,000 distributed in 2006
• Number of employees: 100

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