Children referred to Holt's Foster Care Program receive regular health care and appropriate immunizations. All children receive HIV and Hepatitis B testing prior to referral. Families receive updated quarterly progress reports and child photos. Most children are left at hospitals or institutions either shortly after birth or sometime during their first year of life. Some children are found abandoned at other places or they are relinquished directly by the birth mother for adoption.
Most children live in government run institutions.
Quality of care varies quite a bit from one institution to another. In contrast to this is the excellent care children receive when placed with one of Holt's trained foster families. Holt will place in foster care as many children as possible that the Romanian Government refers to them for adoption. Presently, there are simply not enough foster homes to meet the need so some children are not able to benefit from foster care. Although only one parent is required to travel for a period of one week, we recommend both parents travel together whenever possible.