Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Event: Free Adoption Presentation: The Ukrainian Adoption Process -Saving Time, Money & Emotional Energy - Mar 12 @ 6:00pm

Free Ukrainian
Adoption Information Meeting: The Ukrainian Adoption Process -
Saving Time, Money and Emotional Energy

Have you considered international adoption? Ukraine was the
5th greatest source of adopted children in the U.S. in
2012, yet many parents who consider adoption have never heard
about this European country's adoption program. The first step
towards adoption is attending one of our free information
meetings. At the meeting Susan Kibler, adoptive Mom and Ukrainian
Adoption Specialist, will provide detailed information about all
Adoption Services International's Ukrainian adoption program and
services, as well as the unique challenges and opportunities that
international adoption provides for both children and their
prospective parents. We encourage an open, judgment free question
and answer session to answer any concerns and inquiries.

Join us Tuesday, March 12, 2012 6:00-8:00PM

Location: Wellness Rocks: 133 Rupell Road, Clinton, New Jersey

To find out more visit us at: "http://www.adoptionservicesinternational.com">www.adoptionservicesinternational.com

To register in advance:

info@asi-adoption.com

About the presenters:

Adoption Services International:

If you or someone you love would like to expand your family,
provide a permanent home for a needy orphaned child, welcome a
sibling for an existing child or discover an alternative for
infertility treatments - contact us to learn more about Ukrainian
adoption, Adoption Services International can help.

Adoption Services International unites loving US families with
Ukrainian children. We provide a unique combination of western
quality service (including a maximum guaranteed adoption fee),
personal adoption experience, affordable local cost and 20 years
Ukrainian experience.

"http://www.adoptionservicesinternational.com">www.adoptionservicesinternational.com

info@asi-adoption.com

908-444-0999

"https://www.facebook.com/ASI.Adoption">https://www.facebook.com/ASI.Adoption

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Event: Free Adoption Information Panel: Ukrainian Adoption And Other Options - Feb 12 @ 7:00pm

Informational Panel Educates Local Communities

Have you ever considered adoption? Have you felt overwhelmed with
questions and not know where to start? This program is for you!

Learn about different types of adoptions-domestic, international,
private and agency-from a panel of experts.


  • Attorney Douglas Pine will moderate, joined by


  • Susan Kibler of Adoption Services International,


  • Adoption coach Kathy Vervan Bugglin of Self Reflection
    Coaching,


  • Julie Ritsema of Bethany Christian Services, and


  • Kristi Dawicki from the Division of Child Protection &
    Permanency (formerly DYFS).

The discussion will provide valuable information for anyone
considering adoption, with lots of time to answer your questions.

February 12, 1013

7:00 - 9:00 pm

Bernardsville Public Library: 1 Anderson Hill Road Bernardsville,
NJ 07924

Tel: 908-766-0118

Free.

Advance sign-up is requested.

The sign-up link is: "http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SLJ9KZ6">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SLJ9KZ6

ADOPTION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL

Adoption Services International has extensive experience making
the process as smooth as possible, from the very beginning of
your decision to adopt, through bringing your adopted child home
to the US. Adoption Services International unites loving US
families with Ukrainian children. We provide a unique
professional, individualized, quality (including a maximum
guaranteed adoption fee), personal adoption experience, at
affordable cost and 20 years Ukrainian experience.


If you or someone you love would like to expand your family,
provide a permanent home for a needy orphaned child, welcome a
sibling for an existing child or discover an alternative for
infertility treatments - contact us to learn more about Ukrainian
adoption, Adoption Services International can help.


"http://www.adoptionservicesinternational.com/">www.adoptionservicesinternational.com


"mailto:info@asi-adoption.com">info@asi-adoption.com


908-444-0999


"https://www.facebook.com/ASI.Adoption">https://www.facebook.com/ASI.Adoption


Upcoming
Events:


Opportunities and Challenges of Ukrainian Adoption: Free
Informational Presentation


Monday, February 4, 6:00-8:00 PM


Healthy U Fitness Studio, Bishop's Plaza, 431 Route 22 East,
Whitehouse, New Jersey, 08889


Free Presentation: International Adoption From
Ukraine


Tuesday, February 12, 6:00-9:00 PM


Bernardsville Public Library, 1 Anderson Hill Road,
Bernardsville, NJ 07924




The Ukrainian Adoption Process: Free Informational
Meeting


Thursday, March 14, 6:00-8:00 PM


Location: Wellness Rocks: 133 Rupell Road, Clinton, New Jersey

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Russia Confirms: US Adoptions Apprived By Court Before 1/1/13 Will Proceed


Unfortunately, this is the second time this assurance has been
made. The first did not seem to make a difference. I believe each
court in Russia will continue to interprete and inforce the new
ban on US adoptions as they feel it is in their interest to do.

That does not give much reassurance to parents caught in the
process. Either way, as this article states, it offers no hope
for the over 1500 adoptive parents who were in the process of
adopting from Russia, yet had not received their court decree.





U.S. adoptions from Russia By Court Before 1/1/13 will proceed













Some of the Russian children caught in limbo by their country's
ban on adoptions by Americans have left for the United States
with their new parents, the U.S. Embassy in Moscow said
Wednesday.

The confirmation from press attaché Joseph Kruzich was the
first official word that any of the 46 children had been
allowed to leave Russia. Kruzich did not say exactly how many
of the children had left, but it was clear that all of these
adoptions could now go forward, bringing huge relief to the
children's would-be parents in America.

The ban on adoptions by Americans was rushed through Russia's
parliament and signed by President Vladimir Putin in December
in retaliation for a U.S. law that sanctions Russians said to
have violated human rights.

But the hasty enactment left many questions unresolved,
including the fates of the 46 children whose adoptions had just
been approved by Russian courts. The court approval of the
adoptions had to be followed by a 30-day waiting period, but
that period wasn't over before the ban went into effect Jan. 1,
leaving the children in legal limbo.

Many of the adoptive parents came to Russia last week hoping to
take home children with whom they had already bonded during two
or more previous trips to Russia as part of the lengthy
adoption process.

But some of the Americans were left hanging when officials
refused to turn over the children, citing uncertainty over the
new law. Others had more luck, but kept low profiles, unwilling
to jeopardize adoptions that still seemed shaky.

Russia's Supreme Court was asked to establish a legal framework
for resolving the dilemma and it issued its ruling Tuesday,
stating firmly that all adoptions approved by courts by Jan. 1,
even if they had not gone into effect, would be allowed to
proceed. The same assurances had been given last Thursday by
Russia's ombudsman for children's rights, but his words carried
no legal weight.

The embassy press attaché confirmed that some of the American
families had managed to get their new children even before the
Supreme Court ruling.

"Following up on recent statements by Russian authorities, the
embassy can confirm that several adoptions have been finalized
under Russian law," Kruzich said. "The embassy in Moscow has
processed the applications of these adopting parents in
accordance with standard procedures. We will continue
processing those cases that are approved by Russian courts."

The first children left Russia on Friday and Saturday, a day
after their applications were processed by the embassy.

Hundreds more families - perhaps 1,500 in all - were in some
earlier phase of pursuing an adoption from Russia. The Supreme
Court ruling appears to put an end to their hopes.

ADOPTION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL

Adoption Services International has extensive experience making
the process as smooth as possible, from the very beginning of
your decision to adopt, through bringing your adopted child
home to the US. Adoption Services International unites loving
US families with Ukrainian children. We provide a unique
professional, individualized, quality (including a maximum
guaranteed adoption fee), personal adoption experience, at
affordable cost and 20 years Ukrainian experience.


If you or someone you love would like to expand your family,
provide a permanent home for a needy orphaned child, welcome a
sibling for an existing child or discover an alternative for
infertility treatments - contact us to learn more about
Ukrainian adoption, Adoption Services International can help.


"http://www.adoptionservicesinternational.com/">www.adoptionservicesinternational.com


"mailto:info@asi-adoption.com">info@asi-adoption.com


908-444-0999


"https://www.facebook.com/ASI.Adoption">https://www.facebook.com/ASI.Adoption


Upcoming
Events:


Opportunities and Challenges of Ukrainian Adoption:
Free Informational Presentation


Monday, February 4, 6:00-8:00 PM


Healthy U Fitness Studio, Bishop's Plaza, 431 Route 22 East,
Whitehouse, New Jersey, 08889


Free Presentation: International Adoption From
Ukraine


Tuesday, February 12, 6:00-9:00 PM


Bernardsville Public Library, 1 Anderson Hill Road,
Bernardsville, NJ 07924




The Ukrainian Adoption Process: Free Informational
Meeting


Thursday, March 14, 6:00-8:00 PM


Location: Wellness Rocks: 133 Rupell Road, Clinton, New Jersey

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Friday, January 18, 2013

Event: Adoption Informational Panel: Ukrainian Adoption And Other Adoption Opportunities - Feb 12 @ 7:00am

AdoptionInformational Panel Educates Local Communities

Have you ever considered adoption? Have you felt overwhelmed with
questions and not know where to start? This program is for you!

Learn about different types of adoptions-domestic, international,
private and agency-from a panel of experts.

· Attorney Douglas Pine will moderate, joined by

· Susan Kibler of Adoption Services International,

· Adoption coach Kathy Vervan Bugglin of Self Reflection
Coaching,

· Julie Ritsema of Bethany Christian Services, and

· Kristi Dawicki from the Division of Child Protection
& Permanency (formerly DYFS).

The discussion will provide valuable information for anyone
considering adoption, with lots of time to answer your questions.

February 12, 1013

7:00 - 9:00 pm

Bernardsville Public Library:1 Anderson Hill Road Bernardsville,
NJ 07924

Tel: 908-766-0118

Free.

Advance sign-up is requested.

The sign-up link is: "http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SLJ9KZ6">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SLJ9KZ6

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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Event: Free Presentation: The Adoption Process: Stress vs. Ease - Feb 4 @ 6:00am

Adoption Coaching, What's In It For You? Everything!

We will discuss what coaching is and isn't. As someone who has
been adopted, I bring a unique perspective to the journey of
discovering who we are, where we belong and what each of us
desires to be.

The process of adoption can surface many emotions; fear of
rejection, excitement over the possibilities, and anxiety over
the process, and wondering if your child will accept this new
family unit. Decisions: fear or confidence based, who is making
that choice?

Join in a casual conversation on ways to prepare yourself for all
the thoughts, emotions, and "what if" scenarios you may
experience during the process of adoption and how coaching can
assist you along the way.

Details:

Join Us: Monday, February 4, 2013 6:00-8:00 PM

Location:Healthy U Fitness Studio, Bishop's Plaza, 431 Route 22
East, Whitehouse, NJ, 08889

To find out more visit us at: "http://www.adoptionservicesinternational.com">www.adoptionservicesinternational.com

To register in advance: "mailto:info@asi-adoption.com">info@asi-adoption.com or
"mailto:Kathy@TheAdopteeCoach.com">Kathy@TheAdopteeCoach.com

The Adoptee Coach of Self Reflection Coaching LLC:

Adopted into a loving family as an infant, Kathy has traveled a
personal journey of courage and curiosity. When seeking a coach
that incorporates a love for life, reassurance and ability to
inspire others, and the passion to make this her life's work,
Kathy will partner with you through the process.

Through Kathy's own journey of self-discovery and experiences,
she has accessed areas that once were dark and unknown that now
are filled with light and clarity. She knows the fear, pain, and
guilt associated with having been adopted and wanting to know her
heritage. Kathy had been best described by her clients as someone
who radiates "pure love" and that shines through in her coaching.

You can:

· Overcome fear and doubt by becoming more open and trusting

· Make clear decisions

· Come to peace

· Transform relationships

· Set goals and design a life you love

Anyone with a strong desire and willingness to take action can
transform their lives.

Kathy Vervan Bugglin, CPC, ELI-MP:

"http://www.TheAdopteeCoach.com">www.TheAdopteeCoach.com

"mailto:Kathy@TheAdopteeCoach.com">Kathy@TheAdopteeCoach.com

(908) 797-4893

"http://www.facebook.com/TheAdopteeCoach">http://www.facebook.com/TheAdopteeCoach

Look for Kathy in the bestselling book "Ready, Aim, Soar" on
Amazon.

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Monday, January 14, 2013

Russians March Against US Adoption Ban

While I am happy that so many individual Russians realize that
the US Adoption ban is a bad thing for the hundreds of thousands
of children in Russian orphanages, I am sad that Russia is once
again a country where leaders make all the decisions independent
of what the population wants and needs.

As this article states: Nearly 130,000 children were eligible for
adoption in the country as of late December, according to
official figures. In 2011, that number was 82,000,while just
7,400 were adopted by Russian nationals that year

MOSCOW, January 13 (Marc Bennetts, RIA Novosti) - Thousands of
people braved freezing temperatures in Moscow on Sunday afternoon
to protest a government ban on adoptions of Russian children by
US nationals, as well as to call for the dissolution of
parliament, which initiated the legislation.

"Hands off the children!" chanted protesters as they streamed
through boulevards a short distance from the Kremlin, while a
police helicopter hovered above. Some protesters carried placards
portraying lawmakers who voted for the ban to a waiting dumpster.

Protest organizers said some 50,000 people had attended the
march, while police put the figure at just 9,500. Nine people
were detained at the rally for "breaking laws governing
participation in mass events," police said.

"It's disgusting that our politicians are using children as
political pawns," said protester Tatiana Shilova, a 45-year-old
real estate agent. "I refuse to recognize a parliament that would
do such a thing."

Opponents of the ban say it effectively condemns Russian children
in state care to lives of misery in what they say are underfunded
and sometimes brutal institutions, referred to in Russian as
"children's homes."Nearly 130,000 children were eligible for
adoption in the country as of late December, according to
official figures. In 2011, that number was 82,000,while just
7,400 were adopted by Russian nationals that year.

"I've never come out to a protest before, but this law is the
last straw," Shilova added.

A host of famous Russian actors and writers spoke out against the
law in the run-up to the march, urging people to take to the
streets.

"If we remain indifferent to this…we are accomplices. It's as
simple as that," writer Viktor Shenderovich said in a video
address uploaded to social networks.

"Just imagine, there are some sick children, without moms or
dads, living in terrible children's homes," said Tatyana
Dogileva, an actress, in another video address.

"Their parents have already come to see them, from America, and
said, 'We are your mom and dad.' They've already shown them the
house where they will live," she went on. "And then the
politicians play their dirty, awful games."

The adoption ban, which came into force January 1, is part of
Russia's wider response to the United States' so-called "http://en.rian.ru/trend/MagnitskyList/" target=
"_blank">Magnitsky Act
, which introduces sanctions against
Russian officials suspected of involvement in human rights
abuses. The US law - which the Kremlin called a "purely
political, unfriendly act" - was named after Sergei Magnitsky, a
whistleblowing lawyer who died under disputed circumstances in a
Moscow pre-trial detention center in 2009.

The ban will affect almost all of the children - some with
serious illnesses - now at various stages of the adoption process
by US families, which the US State Department estimated last week
at 500-1,000.

Over 60,000 Russian children have been adopted by American
families in the last 20 years, including around 1,000 in 2011,
according to US State Department figures. In introducing the
controversial ban late last year, Russian lawmakers cited the
deaths of 19 of those children, since 1999, at the hands of their
US adoptive parents and President Vladimir Putin signed the bill
into law just before the New Year.

The ban has split public opinion in Russia and provoked rare open
criticism from government figures, with even Foreign Minister
Sergei Lavrov speaking out against it.

Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told the online TV channel
Dozhd on Sunday that he understood that people were concerned by
the law, but said it was aimed at creating the "necessary
conditions" to improve Russian orphanages and allow more Russian
families to adopt. But he also called criticized calls for the
dissolution of the two houses of parliament as "disrespectful."

A top lawmaker from the ruling United Russia party, Andrei
Isayev, appeared to threaten protesters on the eve of the rally.

"Let's look attentively and remember the faces of the organizers
and active participants of this rally," he wrote on his party's
official website. "Our task in the years to come is to drive them
to the farthest corners of political and public life, to the
middle of nowhere." Isayev also dubbed the protesters
"child-sellers."

Some 56 percent of Russians indicated they are in favor of the
ban in a poll released by the Public Opinion Fund in late
December. But Putin's decision to approve what he called an
"adequate" response to the Magnitsky Act has also further
highlighted the divide between the authorities and the urban,
educated class that has formed the backbone of the ongoing
protests against his 13-year rule as president and prime
minister.

While most high-profile figures in the protest movement stayed
out of the limelight on Sunday, leaving the organization to civil
activists, protesters combined calls for a repeal of the adoption
ban with chants such as "Putin is a thief."

Sergei Udaltsov, the leftist leader facing jail on charges of
plotting to overthrow Putin, was the sole well-known opposition
figure to play a leading role in Sunday's rally.

Udaltsov's Left Front movement was just one of a number of
leftist and nationalist movements to put aside their anti-US
rhetoric to participate in the demonstration.

"I am against capitalism and US foreign policies," Udaltsov said
at the rally. "But we are all united here against this terrible
law."

The ban was overwhelmingly approved by Russia's lower house of
parliament, the State Duma, and unanimously by its upper house,
the Federation Council, in voting in December.

Yekaterina Lakhova, the United Russia lawmaker who sponsored the
ban, said she had paid a visit to the rally to see for herself
the people opposed to the law, but left early due to the cold.

"These people…are always disgruntled about something," she told
Dozhd.

Much smaller marches against the ban also took place in a number
of other Russian cities.

Updated with correct number of children eligible for adoption.

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Friday, January 11, 2013

Russia's Adoption Ban and International Diplomacy

This is a very interesting article on Russia's strategic use of
the US adoption ban from a political and diplomatic perspective.
A different perspective.

Are Children Today's Iron Ore? Russia's Adoption Ban and
International Diplomacy

Yasmine
Ergas

Associate Director, Institute for the Study of Human Rights at
Columbia University

With the ban on adoptions by Americans, Putin and the Russian
Parliament placed the child trade where it deserves to be: on the
desks of foreign policy makers. Nobody should be surprised. Now
that Russians as well as Americans have expressed their justified
outrage at children being held hostage to Russia's retaliation
for the U.S.'s Magnitsky Act, which sanctions human rights
violators, shouldn't we ask why Russia's move makes sense? That
way, next time ordinary people's ordinary lives precipitate a
front-page diplomatic crisis, policy makers will be prepared.
Along with trade and war, everyday life is rapidly becoming the
stuff of international diplomacy.

Russia's new ban on "http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/world/europe/russian-official-says-adoption-ban-violates-treaties.html?_r=0"
target="_hplink">U.S. adoptions violates international
treaties
. But proponents of the ban have been less worried
about infringing international law than eager to benefit from
manipulating the child trade. They are right -- the transfer of
children from their orphanages to our families provides enormous
leverage. And, using that leverage comes with low costs to
Russia.

Think of children as human iron ore: If you were holding ten
percent of a country's supply, wouldn't you use it to negotiate a
better deal on, say, inward-directed foreign investment? That is
exactly Russia's situation with respect to the American demand
for foreign adoptions. Of course, children are not iron ore, and
human rights violators are not factory owners eager for dollars.
But Americans are amongst the world's largest consumers of the
worldwide supply of children for adoption, and Russia is one of
their primary sources. In 2011, Russian children accounted for
"http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/wellness/story/2011-11-16/Foreign-adoptions-by-Americans-plunge-again/51239594/1"
target="_hplink">970 of 9,320 U.S. foreign adoptions
. That's
still a distant second to China (2,589), but ahead of South Korea
(736) and well beyond any other competitor. From Russia's point
of view, there's strength in that number.

Russia is also the United States' second-greatest supplier of
iron ore: in 2010, Canada provided over half the country's
imports while Russia's share accounted for just under one tenth,
according to "http://www.indexmundi.com/en/commodities/minerals/iron_ore/iron_ore_t10.html"
target="_hplink">indexmundi.
But a Russian embargo on iron
ore sales to the U.S. would be costly; the loss of revenues would
certainly impact domestic constituencies, and the U.S. might
table a dispute before the World Trade Organization -- an
organization with some teeth. The ban on adoptions, however,
affects relatively weak Russian constituencies -- the children
themselves and the middlemen who broker their transfer. And there
are benefits: The institutions in which those children are housed
will likely do well by maintaining their headcount. More
importantly, keeping Russian children in Russia (and Russian)
appeals to national (and nationalist) sentiment. Never mind that
Russians have been slow to adopt their own. According to UNICEF,
"http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/28/russia-putin-says-intends-to-sign-anti-us-adoptions-bill-into-law/"
target="_hplink">740,000 Russian children are growing up without
parents
but only 18,000 Russian families are currently
waiting to adopt a child. In the last two decades, U.S. families
have "http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/04/vladimir-putin-s-adoption-ban-raises-issue-of-who-will-save-russian-orphans.html"
target="_hplink">adopted 60,000 Russian children
. Some Duma
parliamentarians claim the ban will prompt more Russians to come
forward. And then there's the poetic justice of this particular
tit-for-tat. The U.S. accuses Russians of being human rights
violators? Russia doesn't think so highly of the U.S.'s treatment
of children, with lawmakers arguing they're safer in local
orphanages than in the care of Americans who might leave them to
die in car parks (as happened to a "http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/26/russia-adoption-ban-americans/1791959/"
target="_hplink">young boy in 2008
) or even ship them back as
damaged goods, as "http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2010/04/09/russia-adoption-tennessee.html"
target="_hplink">one woman did
in 2010.

The costs are the children's and Americans.' Herein lies Russia's
power. In the U.S., the costs will be borne by the families
adopting the "http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/28/with-u-s-adoption-ban-a-mother-fears-for-russia-s-abandoned-kids.html"
target="_hplink">46 children
whom Russia may now refuse to
expatriate. It's not such a large number, but it speaks for
thousands of families to whom accessing the child trade has come
to seem a normal -- indeed, sometimes, philanthropic -- strategy
of family formation. Faced with fertility difficulties, Americans
both adopt and reproduce abroad, crossing borders to buy eggs and
sperm, have them blended and hire gestational carriers.
Technological advances in reproductive medicine and
communications have combined with the other factors driving
globalization to shape robust international markets. So,
Americans frequently go abroad to fulfill one of the basic tasks
of everyday life: reproduction. They also go abroad to study,
access health care, live out retirements, find sexual partners,
marry.

Carried out overseas, each activity comes with its own
complications. Children cannot simply be ferried across national
lines; their exit and entrance must comport with the rules of
surrendering and acquiring states. That requires coordinating the
adoption and other filiation procedures on whose basis identity
documents can be issued, immigration visas provided and
eventually citizenship granted. Similarly, access to educational
institutions depends on the recognition of credentials: a U.S.
high school diploma will not grant access to most European
universities. A routine check-up may cost much less in Lyons than
Chicago, but that does not mean that an insurance contract issued
in Chicago insurance will cover it. A New Yorker who retires to
Italy's Riviera might as well leave her living will in a drawer
in New York -- there's almost no chance it will be honored. And,
a Bostonian who marries his same-sex partner in Amsterdam cannot
expect the INS to issue his spouse an immigration visa based on
family status, even though the marriage could have been validly
celebrated in Massachusetts.

So far, these issues have largely been the stuff consular
nightmares are made of. Ambassadorial dreams are disturbed by
threats of war and enlivened by promises of commerce. But as the
lives of Americans -- and almost everyone else -- become
increasingly transnational, states will realize that they can
negotiate over children, students, lovers, the ailing and the
elderly just as profitably as they have always done over arms and
chicken feed. Sounding the clarion call of human rights helps
mobilize shame, but the issue here is contractual power. Russia
is teaching a lesson other countries will soon learn. We should
too.

ADOPTION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL

Adoption Services International has extensive experience making
the process as smooth as possible, from the very beginning of
your decision to adopt, through bringing your adopted child home
to the US. Adoption Services International unites loving US
families with Ukrainian children. We provide a unique
professional, individualized, quality (including a maximum
guaranteed adoption fee), personal adoption experience, at
affordable cost and 20 years Ukrainian experience.

If you or someone you love would like to expand your family,
provide a permanent home for a needy orphaned child, welcome a
sibling for an existing child or discover an alternative for
infertility treatments - contact us to learn more about Ukrainian
adoption, Adoption Services International can help.

"http://www.AdoptionServicesInternational.com">www.AdoptionServicesInternational.com

info@asi-adoption.com

908-444-0999

"https://www.facebook.com/ASI.Adoption">https://www.facebook.com/ASI.Adoption

Upcoming Events:

Opportunities and Challenges of Ukrainian Adoption: Free
Informational Presentation

Monday, February 4, 6:00-8:00 PM

Healthy U Fitness Studio, Bishop's Plaza, 431 Route 22 East,
Whitehouse, New Jersey, 08889

Free Presentation: International Adoption From Ukraine

Tuesday, February 12, 6:00-9:00 PM

Bernardsville Public Library, 1 Anderson Hill Road,
Bernardsville, NJ 07924

The Ukrainian Adoption Process: Free Informational Meeting

Thursday, March 14, 6:00-8:00 PM

Location: Wellness Rocks: 133 Rupell Road, Clinton, New Jersey

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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Fertility Clinics' Advertising Regulation Falls Short

Many clients adopting from Ukraine have tried fertility
treatments before adopting. Unfortunately, the stories I hear are
often of exaggerated statistics of success and exploiting
parents' emotions. This thorough study of fertility clinics
advertising and marketing practices shows that many are indeed in
violation of the industry policies and requirements.

What has been your exerpience?

The article:

"http://www.huffingtonpost.com/catherine-pearson">Catherine
Pearson

"mailto:Catherine.Pearson@huffingtonpost.com">Catherine.Pearson@huffingtonpost.com

Smiling babies. Confusing statistics. Talk of miracles. There is
too little oversight of how fertility clinics market themselves
online, a new report charges, possibly misleading women about
their chances of getting pregnant.

In the 30-plus page paper -- among the first to examine how
fertility clinics market themselves on the web -- "http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-hawkins/" target="_hplink">Jim
Hawkins
, an assistant professor of law at the University of
Houston, looked at all 372 fertility clinics in the United
States, that are registered with the Society for Assisted
Reproductive Technology and that have websites. SART, an
affiliate of the non-profit target="_hplink">American Society for Reproductive Medicine,
represents more than 85 percent of the fertility clinics in the
U.S.

According to "http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2167409"
target="_hplink">the report
, nearly 80 percent of the
clinics' websites had photos of babies on their homepage. Thirty
percent used the word "dream" and nearly 9 percent used the word
"miracle," which, Hawkins argues, may push patients to disregard
the high costs of fertility treatment (the average cost of a
single cycle of target="_hplink">in vitro fertilization is $12,400) and
create false hope.

"I don't think this creates some sort of deception," Hawkins told
HuffPost -- at least not a deception that would be illegal under
current laws, he said, but showing photos of babies and using
such words may suggest to some patients that success is a likely
outcome.

The new report also found that many fertility clinics were in
violation of SART's advertising policy for its member clinics.
Among other things, it mandates that clinics providing program
statistics on their website note that comparisons of success
rates "may not be meaningful" because patients and treatment
approaches may vary from clinic to clinic. According to the
report, 71 percent of clinics had that statement on their
websites, but 29 percent did not.

Further, 19 percent of the clinics that posted comparison
statements on their websites, violated the requirement that they
only compare their success rates to national, "http://sart.org/frame/detail.aspx?id=3893" target=
"_hplink">SART-generated data
. Instead, those clinics
compared their rates to other, specific clinics, sometimes in
addition to national averages. And 47 percent of the websites
making comparison statements did not clarify which rates theirs
were "superior" or "exceptional" to. (The report allows that
those descriptions may not constitute actual comparisons that
violate the ASRM guidelines.)

"I hope the research will encourage legislators to take a closer
look at this industry, because the industry's attempts to
regulate itself have not been successful," Hawkins said in a
statement. According to data cited in the report, fertility
services now gross more than $4 billion annually in the U.S.
alone. The "_hplink">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
estimates that 1 percent of babies born in the U.S. each year are
conceived via some form of assisted reproduction.

In an email to HuffPost, Sean Tipton, director of public affairs
for the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, said, "SART
has an active enforcement mechanism for violations of its
advertising policy. Primarily we try to educate, but SART can,
has and will remove clinics from membership if they are unwilling
or unable to meet the membership criteria."

"In their anxiousness to find fault with self-regulation, the
authors seem to ignore the fact that every physician who performs
an IVF cycle in this country must report that fact, and its
outcome, to the federal government," Tipton continued. "I don't
think patients have much trouble finding information about IVF
success rates."

The Fertility Success Rate and Certification Act, enacted in
1992, requires that all assisted reproductive technology clinics
report their success rates to the CDC. Each year, that
organization publishes a success rate report card, which is
available online.

"ASRM puts out guidelines and recommendations, and the reality is
they are probably not followed by every individual [fertility]
group," said Dr. Suleena Kalra, an assistant professor of
obstetrics and gynecology at Penn Medicine (and a member of
ASRM), who did not work on the report. "But I don't see that as
significantly impairing our patients' ability to seek excellent
care."

Fertility clinics, she argued, are unique in medicine in that
they must provide information on their success rates to the
government. And when it comes to fertility centers, those rates
only tell part of the story, she stressed. For example, a clinic
may often help patients who have been unsuccessful elsewhere,
which may skew statistics.

"At the end of the day, patients have to go sit across from a
doctor, find out if they are listening to them, find out if they
are qualified [and] find out if they are comfortable," Kalra
said, adding, "that's how patients make their choice."

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Free Presentation: International Adoption From Ukraine

Tuesday, February 12, 6:00-9:00 PM

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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Event: Ukrainian International Adoption: Opportunity, Challenges and Process - Feb 4 @ 6:00pm

With the recent ban on American adoptions in Russia, families are
looking to other countries to adopt. Our Ukrainian adoption
program is one of the most affordable and shortest available.
Adoptions can be completed in as little as 7 months!

With over 24,000 Caucasian children available for international
adoption, Ukraine was the 5thgreatest source of adopted children
in the US in 2011, yet many parents considering adoption have
never heard about this European adoption program. There are many
unique characteristics of Ukrainian adoption that are very
different from most international and domestic adoptions. Come
learn more about this adoption opportunity.

Have you or someone close to you considered international
adoption? Learn more by attending one of our free information
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Ukrainian Adoption Specialist will provide detailed information
about all Adoption Services International's Ukrainian adoption
program and services, as well as the unique challenges and
opportunities that international adoption provides for both
children and their prospective parents. We encourage an open,
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The Adoption Tax Credit And Ukrainian Adoption: Permanent, But Not Refundable

The federal tax credit helps many families adopt. It is great
news that it was saved at the last moment. However, the lack of
refundability eliminates adoption assistance for many who do not
make enough to pay taxes. Below is the full article.

Legislation that averted the "fiscal cliff" also saved an
expiring tax credit - and finally made it permanent - for
families who adopt.

Rita Price

The Columbus Dispatch

Advocates lobbied hard to preserve the $10,000 federal
adoption-tax credit, which is scaled for inflation and was worth
a maximum of $12,650 for 2012. But they did not succeed in making
the credit refundable for low- and middle-income families whose
tax liability is less than the credit.

That means adoptive parents can't get back the difference, as
they could for the 2010 and 2011 tax years.

"It's basically good news," said Rita Soronen, president and CEO
of the Columbus-based Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. "The
tax credit passed, and it was made permanent. But refundability
is off the table now."

Soronen said the result is that some low-income adoptive families
will benefit little, if it all, from the credit. "And frankly,
those are the families who adopt out of foster care," she said.
"Refundability was critical, especially if they had no tax
liability."

According to Internal Revenue Service data for 2010, there were
about 97,000 adoption tax-credit filings nationwide. About 30
percent of the children adopted from foster care live in
households with incomes between 101 and 200 percent of the
poverty level, Soronen said. That compares with about 21 percent
of all children.

Children adopted from foster care also are less likely to live in
wealthier homes. About 21 percent of those adopted from foster
care live in households with incomes 400 percent or more of the
poverty level, compared with 30 percent of all children and about
58 percent of children adopted internationally.

"Refundability will just have to be an ongoing conversation,"
Soronen said.

But families who adopt special-needs children, a category that
includes the vast majority of foster kids, won't have to document
their adoption-related expenses for the credit. Those families
also can claim the maximum credit for a special-needs child,
regardless of their expenses, if they pay enough in taxes.

All families, whether they adopt from foster care, privately or
internationally, can carry their credit forward to other tax
years if they don't have enough tax liability to use it all at
once.

Megan Lindsey of the National Council for Adoption said the
credit is "an important layer of support for families who adopt."

Families with incomes under $150,000 are eligible for the full
credit, which gradually phases out for higher incomes.The
adoption credit first went into effect in 1997 and had been
extended but not made permanent until now

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Monday, February 4, 6:00-8:00 PM

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Free Presentation: International Adoption From Ukraine

Tuesday, February 12, 6:00-9:00 PM

Bernardsville Public Library, 1 Anderson Hill Road,
Bernardsville, NJ 07924

The Ukrainian Adoption Process: Free Informational Meeting

Thursday, March 14, 6:00-8:00 PM

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Monday, January 7, 2013

Event: Considering Adoption? Find Out More! Attend NJ’s Let’s Talk Adoption Conference 1/13/20 - Jan 13 @ 8:00am

This is a fantastic adoption conference that offers something for
everyone involved or considering adoption.

Considering Adoption? Find Out More! Attend NJ's 31stAnnual Let's
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1/13/2013

8:30am - 4:00pm

(7:45-8:30am Registration, Check-in, Breakfast, Exhibits, Book
Sales)

Rutgers University, Busch Campus

Plus 36 workshops on pre-and post-adoptive issues

Coordinated by Concerned Persons for Adoption

Co-sponsored by the New Jersey Interagency Adoption Council and

Rutgers University School of Social Work; Institute For Families

Registration fee: $50 per person; full-time students $25

Continuing Education Hours (max 5) for

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Provided by Rutgers University Office of Continuing Education

$20 processing fee for Continuing Education Hours/Credits

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Free Presentation: International Adoption From Ukraine

Tuesday, February 12, 6:00-9:00 PM

Bernardsville Public Library, 1 Anderson Hill Road,
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The Ukrainian Adoption Process: Free Informational Meeting

Thursday, March 14, 6:00-8:00 PM

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Friday, January 4, 2013

Ukrainian President: Adoption Should Not Be Politicized!

Unlike Russia, Ukraine welcomes international adoption, they are
also working hard to encourage domestic adoption. While the
methods in the later are not perfect. They have met with success.
Unlike Russia, Ukrainians return very few children to orphanages
after adoption. Last year Russia families returned over 6000
children! Unlike Russia, Ukraine's government has put the
children first and refuses to politicize adoption. Well done!

KIEV, January 4 (RIA Novosti) - Ukraine's President Viktor
Yanukovych has waded into the heated debate on international
adoption that followed the "http://en.rian.ru/trend/MagnitskyList/" target="_blank" title=
"Magnitsky List Dispute">US Magnitsky Act
and Russia's
response, stressing that the issue of adoption must not be
politicized.

"My main principle is that the interests of the child should be
paramount in all issues that concern them. I think it is wrong
for the issue of adoption to be focused on to political ends,"
Yanukovych said in an interview with a Ukrainian newspaper on
Friday.

The debate over the issue continues, following the US
introduction of the Magnitsky Act and Russia's response - which
includes a ban on the adoption of Russian children by US
citizens.

In his interview with Ukraine's Komsomolskaya Pravda, the
president was adamant that adoption-related issues should be
handled professionally. He also made the point that the need for
international adoption would vanish if homes for abandoned
children could be found domestically.

"In recent years the state's priority regarding adoption has
fundamentally changed. Our day-to-day task, which we are seeing
bear fruit, is for each child who has lost their parents to find
a home within Ukraine," he said.

Yanukovych noted that, this year, Ukrainians adopted nearly three
times more children than foreigners, and added that Ukrainian law
places a restriction on the adoption of healthy children under
five by foreigners.

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Free Presentation: International Adoption From Ukraine

Tuesday, February 12, 6:00-9:00 PM

Bernardsville Public Library, 1 Anderson Hill Road,
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The Ukrainian Adoption Process: Free Informational Meeting

Thursday, March 14, 6:00-8:00 PM

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

Looking Beyond Russia For Adoptions To Older Children

As this author writes, many countries have imposed increasingly
stricter adoption regulations. Adoptive parents should consider
Ukraine and older children for adoptions.

Would-be adoptive parents look beyond Russia

December 31, 2012

KATHLEEN KINGSBURY AND LAUREN YOUNG

Russia's new ban on US adoptions is the latest setback for
hopeful American parents as countries increasingly impose
restrictions. Other countries, including China and Guatemala,
have erected hurdles for adoptive families as they create their
own domestic adoption programs. The signing of the Hague
Convention on adoption in 2008 drastically improved regulation of
the process, which had been rife with corruption.But it has also
led to a slowdown in adoptions or shutdowns in some countries.
Internal politics and abuse concerns are additional reasons why
countries have tightened controls. In 2004, US citizens adopted
22,991 children who had been born abroad, an all-time high,
according to Adoptive Families magazine. By 2011, that number had
fallen to 9,319.There are still other options for Americans
wanting to adopt an international child. Bulgaria, Colombia and
many African nations are some of the new, go-to countries for US
adoptions.But even that's not a sure thing. For would-be adoptive
parents the best bet is to widen their search to include special
needs kids, sibling groups and older children.AFRICA'S ADOPTION
EXPLOSIONAfrica, which represented 22 percent of adoptions in
2009, is expected to be a bigger player in the future. "A decade
ago, there were very few adoptions (in Africa)," according to
Susan Soonkeum Cox, vice president policy and external affairs at
Holt International, a Christian adoption organisation. "Now,
there's an explosion."African countries seeing an increase in
adoptions include South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, Ghana, Kenya and Ivory Coast. Adoptions in Ethiopia,
meanwhile, have declined from a peak of 2,511 in 2010 as the
country overhauled its oversight process. But it is still a
viable option, Cox said.Cox advises working with an adoption
agency that has staff on the ground in Africa and other countries
to handle paperwork and advocate for US families.Other countries
that still welcome American adoptions include Bulgaria and
Colombia, said Megan Montgomery, international adoption
co-ordinator for Adoption Star, based in Amherst, New York.
Adoption Star primarily deals with adoptions from Bulgaria, a
country that has gone from five placements in 2008 to 75
adoptions in 2011. Placements from Vietnam and Cambodia, which
shuttered their US adoption programs, should resume soon,
adoption experts say.FAMILIES CAN'T FLIP A SWITCHAdoptions of
Russian children peaked in 2004, according to Dale Eldridge,
co-ordinator of adoptive services at Jewish Family Services'
Adoption Choices, a non-profit adoption program based in
Framingham, Massachusetts. Right now, fewer than 50 US adoptions
of Russian children are formally in the works while another 250
US families have identified kids they would like to adopt,
adoption experts said.Unfortunately, families that already have
started an adoption in Russia can't just flip a switch and
redirect their efforts to another country. "I wish it was as
simple as taking some families who have been waiting (for Russian
children) to just move over to another country," said David Nish,
chief program officer at Spence-Chapin, a US-based adoption
agency that finds homes for children in the United States and
around the world. "But it's a whole other process."That's because
every country has its own eligibility requirements. Criteria can
include parents' marital status, age of the parents, employment,
financial status, medical issues, and even the age difference
between the adoptive parents and adoptee child. The adoption
process remains restrictive for single-sex couples.And the cost
can be prohibitive. For example, the median fee in 2011 was
$8,000 for the Dominican Republic, $15,355 in Panama and $26,063
in South Africa, according to the US State Department's
Intercountry Adoption Annual Report. Adoption fees for many of
the 30-plus countries on the State Department's list are in the
range of $20,000. That's not including travel costs.Even so,
international adoptions are often cheaper than domestic ones for
new-born babies, which can cost $40,000 or more.OLDER CHILDRENTo
speed up the process, would-be adoptive parents should consider a
school-age child, experts say.According to the State Department,
233,934 international adoptions were made by Americans from 1999
to 2011. Nearly 94,000 of those adoptions involved children under
the age of one. Just about 20,000 children aged three or four
were adopted during that period. And for kids aged 5 to 12, it
was 29,712.The benefit of adopting a school-age child is that it
is easier to identify developmental and emotional problems ahead
of time. "There's more you can do to prepare and put resources in
place to support what they need," Spence-Chapin's Nish
said.School-aged children can be challenging if pre-adoptive
experiences affect their development, he said. A special needs
child is also a possibility. One way to fast-track an
international adoption may be to apply for a child with known
medical or special needs, said Adoption Star's Montgomery. "For
families with resources, it can be great option," Montgomery
said. "Of course, you really have to find the right family to
take on that kind of known medical need."Special needs can range
from a baby born with a minor medical problem, such as a cleft
palate, to more serious issues, such as a heart condition,
blindness or spina bifida. "It's not about families getting a
child quicker," Nish said. "It's about a family accepting a child
into their household that they can provide for and love and
nurture."China's Waiting Child program, which includes children
who have special needs or correctable medical conditions or are
part of sibling groups, has wait times that are typically much
shorter than the traditional program, according to Adoptive
Families magazine. In 2011, more than half of adoptions from
China were through this program.Would-be parents must be prepared
to wait. The Associated Services for International Adoption, a
non-profit adoption group, says the wait time for an adoption
referral in China is 73 months as the country has clamped down on
US adoptions. "If the wait time is becoming impractical, it's
better to close the intake process" and start again, advised
Holt's Cox.Tracy Downey and her husband, Jason, who live in
suburban Des Moines, Iowa, tried to go the traditional
international Chinese adoption route in 2006. But after waiting
for 18 months to bring home a baby from China, Tracy switched
gears and started combing the official Chinese list of children
with special needs along with additional lists from adoption
agencies and orphanages.The Downeys have since adopted a
daughter, Angel, along with two sons - Corban and Tegan - from
China, all with large, potentially disfiguring moles known as a
giant congenital nevi. They started the process to bring home the
two boys, now aged 3-1/2, last January. It took about 10
months.Aside from their large moles - which are on two of the
children's faces and on the other's lower body - all three kids
are healthy and thriving, Tracy said. "If we wanted a non-special
needs child, we'd still be waiting," Tracy said.

Copyright Reuters 2012

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Free Presentation: International Adoption From Ukraine

Tuesday, February 12, 6:00-9:00 PM

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Ukrainians Celebrate Orthodox Christmas With Carol Singing Championship!

Ukrainians Celebrate Orthodox Christmas on January 7th. This year
with a carol singing championship!

Ukrainian carol singers will compete in Vinnytsia

For the New Year and Christmas festive program planned for
Jan.3-8 in Vinnytsia, a Ukrainian carol singing championship will
take place. Initiators of the event are waiting for the guests
from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Cherkasy and Ivano-Frankivsk oblasts, and the
town of Koziatyn in Vinnytsia Oblast. Besides the unique contest,
residents and guests of the city can enjoy a Christmas disco, a
show program "Christmas Olivier salad," a festive concert 'Santa
Mania'. The colorful winter fountain and LED sculptures are going
to make the atmosphere more festive.

From the Kyiv Post: Zhanna Kobylinska's "Good News Ukraine" blog
sticks to uplifting news and steers clear of controversy. Readers
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Free Presentation: International Adoption From Ukraine

Tuesday, February 12, 6:00-9:00 PM

Bernardsville Public Library, 1 Anderson Hill Road,
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The Ukrainian Adoption Process: Free Informational Meeting

Thursday, March 14, 6:00-8:00 PM

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Ukrainian Adoption Not The Only Reason To Enjoy Your Travel To Ukraine!

Globe Spots, National Geographic, Trip Advisor and The Lonely
Planet ratings have named Ukraine among Top 10 destinations for
2013. The country's touristic prospects changed from being an
outsider to a "must-see" destination after hosting Europe's major
sporting event - EURO 2012 football championship.

Ukraine as a whole as well as its capital Kyiv, Crimean
Peninsula, Lviv, Chornobyl site and even Salt Tunnels of
Solotvyno appeared in prestigious international travel ratings.
Thus, Southern Ukrainian Crimea opens the 2013 list of the 20
Must-See Places, picked by theNational Geographic
Travelereditors. "The Crimean Peninsula, with its voluptuously
curved Black Sea coast of sparkling cliffs, is paradise - with
Riviera-grade vistas but without Riviera prices," describes the
popular tourist magazine the Ukrainian gem.

Moreover, known travel website TripAdvisor announced its
Travelers' Choice 2012, naming Ukrainian Kyiv the top destination
on the rise among the cities of The Old World. Ukrainian capital
placed third in the world's top ten rating. "Having survived the
Mongol Empire, WWII, Chornobyl, and Soviet rule, Kyiv is the
proud capital of the Ukraine," describes TripAdvisor.

The Globe Spots featured Ukraine in their Top Countries to Visit
in 2013 list. Ukraine took the eighth spot in the Top Ten.
"Ukraine provides a surreal combination of rock-till-you-drop
coastal party towns to Crimean holiday resorts to cosmopolitan
capitals to villages you'd swear you were still in the USSR,"
reads globespots.com.

The world's most successful travel publisher Lonely Planet
mentioned Ukraine on three occasions. Firstly, Lviv, home to a
number of UNESCO World Heritage sites, became number two entry in
the 6 Weekend Breaks in Europe list. Chornobyl Reactor #4 - the
site of the world's biggest nuclear disaster in 1986 - was named
eighth among the Spookiest Buildings Around the World while Salt
Tunnels of Solotvyno became tenth World's Saltiest Sights.

Taleb Rifai, Secretary-General of UNWTO, stated that Ukraine had
to promote its tourist potential, letting the world discover
"your mystery - the great city of Kyiv, a wonderful country".
Ukraine's growing popularity is also due to the advancement of
tourists' urge for independent traveling and, hence, authentic
and unique experience, added Rifai.

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