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Research
International Adoption & Agencies Register & Research - Listservs, Boards, & Groups - Hague - Ethics - Agency Groups - Misc. |
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Here is my list of how 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?
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Registering
Experience
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| Adoption
Agency Research Group |
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adoption_Agency_Research/ |
| Adoption
Agency Ratings |
http://www.adoptionagencyratings.com/ |
| Adoption Agency Reviews | http://adoptionagencyreviews.com/ |
| AdoptingfromRussia.com | http://adoptingfromrussia.com/AgencyInfo.html |
| Russian Adoption Yahoo Group Database | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Russian_Adoption/database?method=reportRows&tbl=2 |
| Kazakhstan Adoption Yahoo Group Database | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Kazakhstan_Adoption/database?method=reportRows&tbl=6 |
| Ethiopia Adoption Agency Reviews | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ethiopiaaar/ |
| InterCountry Adoption Registry - website
closed but archived |
http://www.adoptachild.org/IcarDotNet/Reports/Agency.aspx |
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Researching
Agencies
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| Parents for Ethical Adoption Reform (PEAR) Guide to Researching Agencies |
http://www.pear-now.org/docs/PEAR-Guide-to-Researching-US-Adoption-Agencies.pdf
or http://www.pear-now.org/resources.html then click Choosing an Agency |
| David's Adoption Agency Checklist | http://www.adoptionagencychecklist.com/ |
| A
good Adoption Agency questionnaire |
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2974538/Adoption-Agency-Research-Questionnaire |
| Your Agency's State Adoption
Agency Regulatory Bureau |
You
will need to find. Here is a
place to start looking: http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/state/ |
| Guidestar - Financial Information on Nonprofits | 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/included.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 - website closed but archived |
http://www.theadoptionguide.com/ http://www.adoptionnews.org/ |
| Adoption Agency Research group | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adoption_Agency_Research/ |
| Domestic
Adoption Agency Research group |
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AARD/ |
| FRUA
Chat -
especially in the
Agency Section |
http://www.frua.org/chat_main.html |
| International
Adoption Resources
group |
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/international_adoption_resources/ |
| ASPs
which are Hague Accredited by
the USA |
http://adoption.state.gov/hague/agency4.php |
| ASPs denied Hague Accreditation by
the USA |
http://adoption.state.gov/hague/accreditation/deniedagencies.html |
| Russian Adoption Agencies with Hague & Russian Permit Status | http://www.karensadoptionlinks.com/russiaagency.html |
| Hague Complaint Registry for US
Parents |
http://adoption.state.gov/hague/overview/complaints.html |
| Guide
for Prospective Adoptive
Parents - includes a list of countries which require a Hague approved
agency |
http://adoption.state.gov/pdf/PAP_Guide-1.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 |
| Parents
for Ethical Adoption Reform (PEAR) |
http://www.PEAR-now.org
Blog: http://pear-now.blogspot.com/
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| Ethica |
http://www.ethicanet.org |
| Adoption
Agency checklist |
http://www.adoptionagencychecklist.com/ |
| List of All Hague Accredited Agencies in the USA | http://adoption.state.gov/hague/agency4.php |
| Joint Council on International Children's Services | http://www.jcics.org/ |
| Council on Accreditation (Hague) |
http://www.coanet.org/front3/page.cfm?sect=54&cont=4203 |
| Colorado
DHS (Hague) |
http://www.cdhs.state.co.us/childcare/Hague_home.htm |
| List
of Agencies Granted a Russian Permit (accredited) complete Hague Accredited Russian Adoption Agencies |
http://www.karensadoptionlinks.com/russiaagency.html |
| List
of Agencies Granted a Russian Permit |
http://www.usynovite.ru/international/ru/foreign_agencies/ |
| US Embassy in Moscow List of Accredited agencies |
http://moscow.usembassy.gov/adoptions05.html |
| Various
reports Agencies denied re-accreditation in Russian (old) |
http://www.usynovite.ru/structure/commission/ |
| Russian Embassy in Washington list (July 2008) | http://www.russianembassy.org/Embassy_eng/Consulate/adoptions.html |
| Russian
Embassy in Washington list (old archived) |
http://www.russianembassy.org/CONSULAT/adoption.htm |
| List of Agencies Accredited by Russia (Oct 2003) | http://www.ed.gov.ru/ob-edu/obp/rub/237/ |
