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Finding an Agency IA
Hi ladies,
I intro'd a few months ago and haven't posted since.
Here's that post: .
Anyway, DH and I have pretty well settled on adopting a waiting kiddo from Reece's Rainbow in EE. My understanding is that we will need to find an agency working in and in good standing with EE to complete our HS. I'm still a little confused on what kind of agency we need. Does it have to be an agency within our state? If it's not statebased, does anyone have any recs?
I'm still a little unsure what the agency will be doing since we'll be selecting a child from a wait list. Just the HS and postplacement follow up?
Thanks for helping this newb. :
I intro'd a few months ago and haven't posted since.
Here's that post: .
Anyway, DH and I have pretty well settled on adopting a waiting kiddo from Reece's Rainbow in EE. My understanding is that we will need to find an agency working in and in good standing with EE to complete our HS. I'm still a little confused on what kind of agency we need. Does it have to be an agency within our state? If it's not statebased, does anyone have any recs?
I'm still a little unsure what the agency will be doing since we'll be selecting a child from a wait list. Just the HS and postplacement follow up?
Thanks for helping this newb. :
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Re: Finding an Agency IA
Why wouldn't you choose one agency for it all?
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I love Reece's Rainbow! DH and I are looking into special needs IA adoption as well. I would contact the agency you want to work with for IA process (doesn't have to be local to you) and they will recommend a HS agency in your area.
Even if you're choosing a child from the Reece's Rainbow waiting list, I'd imagine you'd still need an agency to do more than a HS and post-placement. Reece's Rainbow isn't an agency, and I'd think you'd need an agency with contacts in the country you choose to adopt from or the process could get complicated. My BIL and SIL are experiencing lots of delays with their independent IA adoption.
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So do you end up having higher costs? Or is it essentially a wash since one agency won't be charging for the HS and the other will only be charging for a HS?
Do you ever meet the agency that you're using outofstate? Or what exactly do they do for you? Help with documents/translation/referral?
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BFP #3 5/13/12 (Mother's Day!) | EDD 1/23/13 | Natural M/C 6/9/12 (blighted ovum discovered 6/7/12 at 7w1d)
"And to think when their little eyes opened, the first thing they saw was the face of Jesus."
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Thank you! I think I'm starting to get a better handle on this. I thought I understood the process when you simply work with an agency and receive a referral from them. Just still a little confused about how it works when you want to pursue a specific kiddo.
RR told me that they have recs for international agencies for each of their kiddos, so I was just trying to piece together each entity's role.
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BFP #3 5/13/12 (Mother's Day!) | EDD 1/23/13 | Natural M/C 6/9/12 (blighted ovum discovered 6/7/12 at 7w1d)
"And to think when their little eyes opened, the first thing they saw was the face of Jesus."
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They help with the dossier process and setting everything up as well as submitting it to the correct govt agencies within country They make sure we have and meet all the requirements of the country and we had a translator/driver/coordinator in country when we went. She will also be our translator when we go back for court soon.
Ah! Thanks for spelling it all out for me. If you're comfortable doing so, I'd love a PM with the rec of your agency. Regardless, thanks again for walking me through this!
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I'll send you a pm tomorrow :
That's good to know thank you!
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BFP #3 5/13/12 (Mother's Day!) | EDD 1/23/13 | Natural M/C 6/9/12 (blighted ovum discovered 6/7/12 at 7w1d)
"And to think when their little eyes opened, the first thing they saw was the face of Jesus."
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