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Foreign adoptions by Americans decline again, to lowest level since 1994
From The Washington Post: The number of foreign children adopted by Americans fell by 15 percent last year, reaching the lowest level since 1994 due largely to sharp cutbacks by China and Ethiopia, sources of most adoptees in recent years. Figures released Tuesday by the State Department for the 2011 fiscal year showed 9,320 adoptions [...]
Florida adoption agency avoids shutdown
From The Sun Sentinel: State regulators have backed off efforts to close a Hollywood-based adoption agency but imposed stringent conditions that Adoption by Shepherd Care must meet to stay open. The adoption agency also must pay a $10,000 fine, according to the settlement agreement it signed last month with Florida’s Department of Children & Families. [...]
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