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Adoption Fraud in the News

By The Staff at AGoHA, 2/23/10

Some thoughts from Executive Director Dewey Crepeau, an experienced adoption attorney, on recent news about the arrest of an adoption scammer. A recent news article about the arrest of accused Indiana adoption scammer, Amber Jackson, is another reminder that all of the normal difficulties and troubles that one may experience in adopting can be compounded [...]

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Holiday Frustrations

By Elizabeth Ehlen, 12/12/08

This is about the time of year that A Gift of Hope Adoptions starts send out a lot of packets to prospective adoptive parents and get a lot of calls and emails from frustrated adoptive parents. It's understandable, as everyone is hoping to be able to celebrate the holidays with a new little one. However, [...]

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Web Profiles

By Elizabeth Ehlen, 8/15/08

One question we get often from adoptive parents is whether or not we post profiles of adoptive parents online. At this time, we do not post adoptive parent profiles online. Our reasons are primarily for the identity protection of our adoptive parents. We've found that most of our birth parent contacts come to us by [...]

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