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Two years into new plan to address neglect and abuse, workers still find significant care issues in DHS group homes.
Advocates voice support for a bill that would allow for the establishment of a national standard and database for increased uniformity and transparency.
This article provides a detailed account of the tragic fire that occurred on March 8, 2017 at the Virgen de la Asunción home in Guatemala.
Article from Tuscon.com (Arizona Daily Star) reporting that federal judge has thrown out challenge to Indian Child Welfare Act.
This article from Mission News Network covers the complicated history of orphanages in Guatemala.
Nova Scotia will be the only province that does not allow birth mothers and adult adopted children to obtain information about one another.
Adam Crapser was adopted and brought to the U.S. from South Korea at four years old. Now, at 41, he's forced to return to a country he barely knows.
This is a Proposed Rule document from the U.S. Department of State regarding international adoptions. The Department of State (the Department) proposes to amend requirements for accreditation of agencies and approval of persons who provide adoption services in intercountry adoption cases.
The proposed rule establishes new parameters for U.S. adoption accreditation. Under this new rule, accrediting entities can authorize adoption service providers who have received accreditation or approval to provide adoption services in countries designated by the Secretary. This new country…
This article discusses how and why intercountry adoptions have dropped so dramatically in the recent years. According to the article, “sending” countries, like China, have adopted the Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption. Many countries and NGOs have promoted an adoption process, which only considers international adoption when all other alternatives have been tried. There has also been an increase in restrictions and requirements which favor domestic adoption. There are differing opinions as to whether or not these…
A woman who was adopted from China to the United States in the early 1990s has authored this moving piece for Foreign Policy, detailing her search for her birth family, and the many birth families she met along the way who miss and long for information on their “lost,” or “abandoned” daughters.