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Links to
Research
International Adoption Agencies ** Newer Links |
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Places Parents can Register their experiences with an adoption agency
Here is my list of where to research international adoption agencies. I highly recommend direct parent to parent contacts.
I recommend reading everything you can find about your agency on the internet, newspapers, etc. Just because you find a complaint, bad report, lawsuit, whatever, does not mean it is not the right agency for you. You need to be educated about the best and worst outcomes I think. You need to weigh the number of adoptions vs number (& type) of complaints, not the gross number of complaints. For example if Adoption Agency A has completed 100 adoptions and has 2 negative issues, and adoption agency B has completed 1000 adoptions and has 5 negative issues - my opinion Adoption Agency B is better. (2/100 = 2.0%; 5/1000 = 0.5% - 4 times fewer complaints.)
You also need to consider the source - is the source of the information biased or unbiased? In my opinion, some of the following sites are biased, some are not. They all have some value in my opinion.
| Adoption Agency Research Group |
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adoption_Agency_Research/ |
| Adoption Agency Ratings |
http://www.adoptionagencyratings.com/ |
| InterCountry Adoption Registry -
has been down lately |
http://www.adoptachild.org/IcarDotNet/Reports/Agency.aspx |
| AdoptingfromRussia.com | http://adoptingfromrussia.com/AgencyInfo.html |
| IAA survey | http://www.i-a-a.org/rate%20adoption.htm |
| Latin American Adoptive Parents Assn. | http://www.lapa-nnj.com/Attorney_Agency/index.shtml |
| Russian Adoption Yahoo Database | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Russian_Adoption/data.. |
| Kazakhstan Adoption Yahoo Database | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kazakhstan_Adoption/.. |
| Adoption Agency Research Group | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adoption_Agency_Research/ |
| FRUA Chat | http://www.frua.org/chat_main.html |
| Ethics in Adoption | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EthicsInAdoption/ |
| International Adoption Alliance | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InterAdoptAlliance/ |
| ASPs which are Hague Accredited by
the USA |
http://www.travel.state.gov/family/adoption/convention/convention_4169.html |
| ASPs denied Hague Accreditation by
the USA |
http://www.travel.state.gov/family/adoption/convention/convention_4240.html |
| Hague Complaint Registry for US
Parents |
http://adoptionusca.state.gov/HCRWeb/WelcomeForm.aspx |
| Guide for Prospective Adoptive
Parents - includes a list of countries which require a Hague approved
agency |
http://www.travel.state.gov/pdf/Prospective_Adoptive_Parents_Guide.pdf |
| Hague Agencies Worldwide |
http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.authorities&cid=69 |
| Hague Convention = "Convention
of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of
Intercountry Adoption" |
http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=69 |
| Joint Council on Int'l Children's Services | http://www.jcics.org/ |
| Council on Accreditation | http://www.coanet.org/front-end/page.cfm?sect=7
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| International Adoption Consortium | http://www.iacgroup.org/ |
| ** List of Agencies Accredited by Russia **NEW** | http://www.karensadoptionlinks.com/russiaagency.html |
| List
of Agencies Accredited by Russia **NEW** |
http://www.usynovite.ru/international/ru/foreign_agencies/ |
| List
of Agencies denied re-accreditation (old) |
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| **
US
Embassy in Moscow List of Accredited agencies ** NEW** |
http://moscow.usembassy.gov/adoptions05.html |
| Russian
Embassy in Washington list (old) |
http://www.russianembassy.org/CONSULAT/adoption.htm |
| ** List of Agencies Accredited by Russia (old) | http://www.ed.gov.ru/ob-edu/obp/rub/237/ |
| Financial Information on Non-profits | http://www.guidestar.org |
| Dun & Bradstreet Report (there is a fee) | http://www.dnb.com/ |
| Better Business Bureau On-Line | http://www.bbb.org/ |
| ** Report on Intercountry Adoption | http://www.arcct.org/resources/report.html |
| About.com | http://adoption.about.com/cs/fraudreport/index.htm |
| FRUA Minnesota | http://www.fruamn.org/pread/agency.html |
| LEEAF | http://www.leeaf.homestead.com/agencyregistry.html |
| Mary Mooney's Adoption Guide
& Adoption News - Closed |
http://www.theadoptionguide.com/ http://www.adoptionnews.org/ |
| ** Another Person's checklist | http://www.adoptionagencychecklist.com/ |
| ** Your Agency's State Adoption Agency Regulatory Bureau |
You will need to find. Here is a
place to start looking: http://naic.acf.hhs.gov/general/nad/index.cfm |