CIS Ombudsman - Case Problems

If you have a CIS case problem here is the process to file a complaint to the CIS Ombudsman
http://www.dhs.gov/files/programs/editorial_0497.shtm

Audio - says less than 1 % kids placed due to adoption shut down in some counties

Listen to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Friday Nov. 6, 2009 Legal and Medical Experts to Testify Before Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Support of International Adoption

http://www.cidh.org/audiencias/137/42.mp3

International adoption is the subject of a heated debate among those in the human rights field, and the hearing comes in the wake of policies that have virtually shut down international adoption in Guatemala, Honduras, and Peru.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Emily Dupraz
November 3, 2009 [...]

Webinars in Nov.

We will be having webinars in Nov. covering several issues such as mergers, dealing with complaints, new accreditation, renewing accreditation and more. Email if you have a subject we need to cover.

Foreign adoption treaty sets up double standard within U.S.

Foreign adoption treaty sets up double standard within U.S.
By McClatchy-Tribune News Service
October 20, 2009, 9:43PM
DAVID SHAFFER, Minneapolis Star Tribune
MINNEAPOLIS — Last year, an adoption agency in Florida was denied permission to find children for American families in 77 foreign countries that have agreed to operate under the rules of an international treaty aimed at cleaning [...]

Hague Accreditation Services

 

Hague Accreditation Services offers membership for U.S. professionals providing international adoptions. We present a straightforward approach to assist your agency or adoption firm in implementing the standards as set forth by the Hague Convention of 2000. The regulations are final as of Feb. 15, 2006. Agencies should be in compliance with these regulations.

If your adoption [...]