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HRC Ad Lists IAC and Other Adoption Professionals who Support LGBT Adoption
In the August 2011 issue of Adoptive Families Magazine the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) published an ad celebrating the adoption agencies and professionals across the country who establish policies that are inclusive of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) families. IAC is one of the agencies listed in the ad. In 2010 IAC earned HRC’s [...]
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Tagged adoption rights, gay adoption, lesbian adoption, open adoption
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IAC Publishes Detailed Wait Time Statistics for Adoptive Placements
The Independent Adoption Center is committed to complete transparency in its operations. Recently, we posted wait times for every adoptive placement the organization has made from 2006 through May 2011. These statistics show the following: The average wait time from when a prospective adoptive family completes all of their pre-adoption paperwork and a child is [...]
“Finding Another Way” to Start a Family
IAC family, Rebecca and Brian Johnson, are profiled in a column for their local newspaper. The article, posted on San Ramon’s Patch.com, talks about their family and their journey to adoption. A truly inspiring story. View the article here.
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IAC is a BBB Accredited Business with an A+ Rating
The IAC is now an accredited with the Better Business Bureau (BBB) in both Northern and Southern California, and has a national reliability rating of A+. After evaluation by the BBB, IAC contractually agreed to follow the BBB Code of Business Practices. The BBB Code of Business Practices includes the following eight standards: Build Trust: [...]
Every Child Deserves a Family Bill Reintroduced: Prohibits Discrimination against LGBT Families in Adoption and Foster Care
Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) announced today the reintroduction of the “Every Child Deserves a Family Act.” The act would prohibit any organization that receives federal funding from discriminating against LGBT families in screening or placement of adoptive or foster children. According to the Family Equality Council, “One in four children in this country is being [...]
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Tagged adoption rights, gay adoption, legal issues in adoption, lesbian adoption
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Arizona Governor Signs Anti-Gay Adoption Law
On April 18, 2011, Arizona Governor, Jan Brewer, signed a law that gives married heterosexual couples priority when Arizona adoption agencies are placing children for adoption or foster care. According to a statement issued by Tom Mann, Board Chairman of Equality Arizona, “SB 1188 takes the focus off of what’s in the best interest of [...]
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Tagged adoption rights, arizona adoption, gay adoption, legal issues in adoption, lesbian adoption
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Illinois Senate Committee Rejects Bill to Allow Adoption Discrimination against LGBT Families
On April 13, 2011, an Illinois State Senate Committee rejected a proposed law that would have allowed religious organizations to deny services to LGBT families seeking to adopt or foster children. According to the Huffington Post, “The legislation, which was sponsored by Democratic Sen. David Koehler, would have amended the state’s recently passed civil unions [...]
Arkansas Ban on Same Sex Adoptions Ruled Unconstitutional
On April 7, 2011, the Arkansas Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that prohibiting unmarried co-habiting adults from fostering and adopting is unconstitutional. Arkansas voters passed the prohibition in November 2008, and its main aim was to stop adoptions by same sex couples. According to the opinion written by Associate Justice Robert Brown, the [...]
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Tagged adoption rights, arkansas adoption, gay adoption, lesbian adoption
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