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KidsFirst Adoption Services, LLC.
KidsFirst International Adoption, Inc.
9135 North Meridian St., Suite B-4
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Phone: (317) 843-2300
Email: info@kidsfirstadoption.com |
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KidsFirst International Adoption, Inc., pursuant to and in compliance with, §96.39 (a) of the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (the "Convention"), provides the following disclosures (i) to the general public, upon request, and (ii) to prospective clients, upon initial contact.
The following are policies adopted by KFIA for the provision of services in Convention adoptions (any adoption from a country which falls under the Hague Convention):
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Disclosure of Supervised Providers: KFIA, pursuant to Hague Standard 96.39 a(2), is required to disclose any domestic (in the United States) or foreign supervised providers that we use in conjunction with any Hague convention countries that you can be expected to work with as well as the usual costs associated with their services. KFIA does not act as a primary service provider for any Hague convention countries and, therefore, does not have any supervised providers.
Disclosure of Eligibility Standards: KFIA, pursuant to Hague Standard 96.39 a (1), is required to disclose General Eligibility Criteria for those hoping to adopt through one of our programs. Click here.
Sample Contracts
Every client must sign an Adoption Contract. Our Sample Adoption Contract
Prohibition on Child Buying: Before beginning on an international adoption, prospective adoptive parent(s) need to understand that fees paid during an adoption are not for the purchase of a child, nor for the guarantee that an adoption will take place. Fees are for services rendered by the adoption agency, and foreign officials and entities, including but not limited to childcare, legal fees, processing fees, etc. For more information regarding the usage of fees, please see the Adoption Contract. KFIA does not and will not take part in the abduction, exploitation, sale or trafficking of children. To view KFIA's Prohibition on Child Buying policy, click here.
Agency Placement Information: Pursuant to Hague Standard 96.39 (b), KFIA is required to make available upon request certain statistics on Hague convention country adoptions. Since KFIA is not a primary provider for any Hague convention countries, this is not required. However, KFIA and KFAS do keep a database of information that covers the data required by Hague and will be happy to share it upon request. The statistics we keep and will be happy to provide upon request are:
- The number of its adoption placements per year for the prior three calendar years, and the number and percentage of those placements that remain intact, are disrupted, or have been dissolved as of the time the information is provided.
- The number of parents who apply to adopt on a yearly basis, based on data for the prior three calendar years.
Primary providers of Hague convention countries are also to make available the number of children eligible for adoption and awaiting an adoptive placement referral via the agency. A specific number of children available for adoption is often a difficult task, as many ever changing factors affect these numbers. The best source for getting a general idea of the number of children available for adoption is through the U.S. Department of State website under their country specific adoption information. Follow this link for information: http://adoption.state.gov/about_us/statistics.php.
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