The United States  Department of State has issued a notice Concerning Transfer of Pending Convention Cases to Accredited and Approved Adoption Service Providers.
Agencies who do not have accreditation should transfer pending cases to accredited agencies (including refunding fees that have not yet been serviced). Cases may be able to proceed on the same track it was on prior to the transfer depending upon the facts of the case.
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Russia has suspended two agencies, The Cradle of Hope and Family and Children’s Agency, Inc.
According to the MOE website this is not an official revocation of the accreditation but a suspension to allow time to clear things up. Family and Children’s Agency has one month and the Cradle of Hope has three months to correct whatever caused the suspension. Until then, they are not allowed to process adoptions in Russia.
This is unfortunate for agencies like COH because their China program is not moving quickly and I can only assume they have a limited number of families in the Guatemala program …read more