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Changing Demographics affects Adoption
By The Staff at AGoHA, 3/12/10
Dewey Crepeau, JD The headline in my local newspaper caught my attention. “Minority births set to outpace whites” The gist of the article was that it is estimated that sometime this year there will be more babies born to members of minorities than to whites in the United States. Assuming that this is correct, it [...]
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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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But What About the Haitian Orphans?
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 1/21/10
Every time there is a natural disaster adoption agencies get lots of calls from prospective adoptive parents wanting to know how they can adopt an orphan from the tragedy. Most recently it has been the earthquake in Haiti that has been the source of numerous emails and phone calls to our office. While on the [...]
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Happy Adoption Month!
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 11/9/09
I want to give a sincere congratulations to all of our adoptive families this month, and encouragement to those who are waiting. I know it is tough to wait, and it feels like it will never happen. I assure you that eventually you will be found by the right birth family and that if you [...]
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Orphan
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 7/31/09
Whew! It's been a while since I last posted, and for that I apologize. We've been pretty busy here at AGOHA, which is great news for our adoptive families. I did want to take a moment to give some thoughts about the new Warner Brother movie Orphan, recently released to theaters. Full disclosure – I [...]
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Support Adoption Grants
By Elizabeth Ehlen, 2/9/09
For those of you who want to support families trying to raise money to adopt the website Help Us Adopt.org sells an adorable "Chosen" tee shirt for kids. The proceeds of the sale of the shirt go to Help Us Adopt.org provide grants to homestudy-ready adoptive families waiting for their precious child. Adoption is an [...]
