International Adoption

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    November 23, 2009

    Have a question about intercountry adoption? For National Adoption Month, the Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Janice L. Jacobs, is taking questions. Please send in your adoption questions anytime from now until November 30.

    Briefing by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Michele Bond on National Adoption Day

    November 20, 2009

    From the U.S. Department of State:

    Office of the Spokesman
    Washington, DC
    November 20, 2009
    MR. TONER: Good afternoon. It’s my great pleasure to introduce Deputy Assistant Secretary Michele Bond, who has been our Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Directorate for Overseas Citizens Services since July 2007. Previously, she was the Director of the Office of Policy Coordination and [...]

    Updated TB Technical Instructions for Children under 10

    September 18, 2009

    The CDC recently revised its technical instructions for tuberculosis for all children under 10 immigrating to the United States, and released the updated version of the instructions today.  They can be found here:
    http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dq/panel-2007-addendum-ti-tb.htm

    International Adoption — Ethica’s Positions on Pending Legislation

    July 8, 2009

    Three bills were recently introduced in Congress relating to international adoption.  Links to the bills and Ethica’s position on each of them are below.
    Ethica urges you to read these bills in their entirety.  Do you share Ethica’s concerns about these bills?  It’s important that Committee members hear YOUR voice.  Contact info for each of the [...]

    Tuberculosis Screening and Treatment

    June 29, 2009

    Changes to Tuberculosis Screening and Treatment for immigrants are being implemented in stages in different geographic areas; these changes may affect travel for adoptive families, particularly for those families adopting HIV positive children.  Specifically, on October 6, 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services and Center for Disease Control (CDC) published an Interim Final [...]

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