"Referral Services" and "Adoption Advertising"
I'm so confused. I joined the Yahoo group for adoption agency advice, and there are a lot of emails coming through about "referal services" and "Adoption Advertising."
I assumed a "referral service" was the same as a consultant/facilitator, but apparently I'm wrong. I was told that a referral service keeps a list of PAPs looking for a match, and that certain agencies and lawyers will provide situations when they can't find a PAP match "in house".
Does this sound right? Do all agencies use referral services? Are they very beneficial?
Also, I was told that "Adoption Advertising" (capitilized as if this is a particular organization) is like a facilitator but doesn't market themselves that way so people in states where facilitators are illegal can use them.
Anyone know anything about this?
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