For intercountry adoptees, moments like this—when immigration enforcement is highly visible and emotionally charged—can stir deep uncertainty around safety, belonging, and identity. This isn’t just a political issue; it’s a profoundly personal reckoning with our status as immigrants. Even adoptees … [Read more...]

The U.S. government has announced a suspension of immigrant visa processing in 75 countries, with no exceptions for international adoptions. As a result, adoptive families and children are being left in an impossible situation. Families are unable to bring their legally adopted children … [Read more...]

The South Korean government is preparing to end overseas adoptions by 2029, shifting responsibility for adoption from private agencies to the state in a move officials say is aimed at strengthening child protection. Korea moves to end overseas adoptions by 2029 - The Korea Herald … [Read more...]

New Jersey’s child care assistance program is accepting new applications following months of campaigning by advocates who said more parents need the assistance, a move state officials said should extend aid to 75,000 children. NJ reopens child care assistance applications • New Jersey Monitor … [Read more...]

Fostering the Future for American Children and Families Fostering the Future for American Children and Families – The White House … [Read more...]

As thousands of Chinese families take DNA tests, the results are upending what adoptees abroad thought they knew about their origins. The Chinese Adoptees Who Were Stolen | The New Yorker … [Read more...]

This article summarizes findings from a study of barriers to finalizing adoptions for prospective adoptive parents (PAPs), identified by a research project initiated and funded by Gift of Adoption (GOA), a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide assistance grants to complete the … [Read more...]

National Council For Adoption Applauds Congress, President for Making Adoption Tax Credit Partially Refundable Alexandria, VA — National Council For Adoption (NCFA) applauds Congress and the president for enacting a bipartisan-supported policy provision that makes the adoption tax credit … [Read more...]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — After years of delay, South Korea has ratified the Hague Adoption Convention, an international treaty meant to safeguard international adoptions, highlighting a significant policy shift decades after sending tens of thousands of children to the West through an aggressive … [Read more...]

Last Updated: May 29, 2025 Intercountry Adoption Accreditation and Maintenance Entity, Inc. (IAAME) has confirmed that it will cease serving as a designated accrediting entity. IAAME and the Department are working together to identify a mutually acceptable date upon which IAAME’s work will conclude … [Read more...]