New DOS Appointment in Office of Children’s Issues

MEDIA NOTETuesday, May 25 Secretary Clinton Designates Special Advisor for International Children’s Issues Secretary Clinton is pleased to announce the appointment of Ambassador Susan S. Jacobs as Special Advisor to the Office of Children’s Issues. A long time child advocate, Secretary Clinton has created the new foreign policy position to address intercountry adoption and international parental child abduction. In her …

New DOS Appointment in Office of Children’s Issues

MEDIA NOTETuesday, May 25 Secretary Clinton Designates Special Advisor for International Children’s Issues Secretary Clinton is pleased to announce the appointment of Ambassador Susan S. Jacobs as Special Advisor to the Office of Children’s Issues. A long time child advocate, Secretary Clinton has created the new foreign policy position to address intercountry adoption and international parental child abduction. In her …

New DOS Appointment in Office of Children’s Issues

MEDIA NOTETuesday, May 25 Secretary Clinton Designates Special Advisor for International Children’s Issues Secretary Clinton is pleased to announce the appointment of Ambassador Susan S. Jacobs as Special Advisor to the Office of Children’s Issues. A long time child advocate, Secretary Clinton has created the new foreign policy position to address intercountry adoption and international parental child abduction. In her …

How fate smiled on foundling (Kathmandu Post)

How fate smiled on foundling (Kathmandu Post):http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/05/31/top-story/how-fate-smiled-on-foundling/208880/ BABURAM KHAREL KATHMANDU, MAY 31 – He was born in a Capital-based hospital on August 25, 1981. His mother died soon after his birth and his biological father abandoned him to the mercy of God. That day, August 25, 1981, there was no one to look after him. Would he live or die? …

RESOURCE: EMK Press Article Collection

In response to the Hansen case, EMK Press and other adoption professionals put together an article collection called Realistic Expectations: The First Year Home that can be freely downloaded at the following link: http://www.emkpress.com/realisticexpectations.html PEAR recommends that prospective adoptive parents and adoptive parents help prepare themselves for parenting challenges by reading the 21 articles in the collection that span topics …

DOS Adoption Notice: Caution About Pursuing Adoption in Nepal

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Caution About Pursuing Adoption in Nepal May 26, 2010 The U.S. Department of State strongly discourages prospective adoptive parents from choosing adoption in Nepal because of grave concerns about the reliability of Nepal’s adoption system and the accuracy of the information in children’s official files. The Department also strongly discourages …

UPDATE: DOS Adoption Alert Nepal

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular AffairsOffice of Children’s Issues Caution About Pursuing Adoption in Nepal May 26, 2010 The U.S. Department of State strongly discourages prospective adoptive parents from choosing adoption in Nepal because of grave concerns about the reliability of Nepal’s adoption system and the accuracy of the information in children’s official files. The Department also strongly discourages …

UPDATE: DOS Adoption Notice Latvia

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATEBureau of Consular Affairs Office of Children’s Issues May 25, 2010 Latvia requires periodic post-adoption reporting on the welfare of an adopted orphan in his or her new American family. Latvian law requires that two post-adoption reports be submitted: one after the first year following adoption and one after the second year. The reports should be conducted …

LEGISLATIVE ALERT: Haiti/Citzenship

According to a pres release from Senator Landrieu’s office, new legislation has been introduced to streamline the pathway to citizenship for children adopted and/or brought home on Humanitatiran Parole from Haiti. http://landrieu.senate.gov/mediacenter/pressreleases/05-26-2010-1.cfm The Bill is not yet published on the Library of COngress website, but PEAR will post links and pertinent text as soon as it is available. FOR IMMEDIATE …