NY Times on Haiti Adoptions: Missing the Bigger Story
…the complex and difficult issues that come with inter-country adoption, including a number that adoption advocates of every stripe must take very seriously. Ultimately, however, the reporting missed the bigger…
Three Cheers: Adoption Tax Credit Made Permanent!
…$12,770 in 2013). The credit will be available to families adopting both domestically and internationally as a credit for qualified adoption expenses. For special needs adoptions, the credit will be…
State Department Interview on Haitian Orphans, Adoption and Related Issues
…Questions pertaining to orphans, adoption and related issues are below: MS. BOND: … Let me just say a few words about adoption cases in Haiti. We know that there are…
U.S. Senate Testimony — Review of U.S. Foreign Assistance for Children in Adversity
…his first family, a loving second family is promptly sought—with relatives or caring neighbors in-country if possible, and via international adoption when local options for permanent family aren’t available. When…
Major Orphan Legislation Introduced in U.S. Senate
…through kinship, domestic and international adoption. Streamlines the roles of U.S. Government agencies in adoptions so that they will be better partners with states, the faith-based community, and accredited adoption…
Citizenship for Adopted Kids Who Were Left Out
…homes through international adoption. Most profoundly, it contradicts the deep conviction shared by virtually all Americans that adoption is an act as real and permanent as a biological birth. If…