NCFA Outreach : News Archive

News Archive

• 4/12/2007 - Russia curtails American adoptions: NCFA responds

• 3/14/2007 - Dept. of State Announcement Puts Children Waiting in Guatemalan Foster Care at Risk

• NCFA asks President Bush to Address Adoption Concerns while in Guatemala

• 2/26/2007 - NCFA's Letter re: the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act (H.R. 493)

• 6/8/2006 - Atwood testifies before U.S. Senate on adoptions from Asian countries

• 5/23/2006 - NCFA's Atwood Testifies in House Ways and Means Subcommittee on the Need For Better Adoptive and Foster Parent Recruitment; New Poll Shows Public Agrees

• 9/14/2005 - NCFA 's Atwood Provides Testimony on Romanian Adoptions to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

• Letter to the Editor, Washington Post:The Adoption Option for Children with Special Needs

• Reports Cause Russian Duma to Reconsider Moratorium on American Adoption: National Council For Adoption Responds

• In Moscow, National Council For Adoption Conducts High-Level Meetings with Russian Adoption Officials: Moratorium Avoided

• NCFA Comments on Federal Foster Care Finance Reform

• National Council For Adoption Renews Demands for Immediate Changes to Russian Adoption Policies in the Wake of Child’s Alleged Murder

• U.S. Adoption Leaders Express Grief and Outrage Over Death of Russian-born Nina Hilt, Call for Immediate Changes to International Adoption Policies

• The Courts Fail Evan Scott and Forcibly Return him to Biological Mother

• NCFA Asks President Putin to Support Intercountry Adoption

• NCFA to Fox: Do Not Air Who's Your Daddy? Program

• The Pew Charitable Trusts Funds National Council For Adoption to Engage Adoption Leaders in Promoting Foster Care Reforms

• National Council For Adoption Supports Tax Relief for Adoptive Families: Proposed Bill Would Make Expansion of Adoption Tax Credit Permanent

• TV Land's Trophy Baby (Washington Times Op-ed by Tom Atwood)

• Romanian Orphans in Jeopardy Again:Romanian Legislators Essentially Eliminate International Adoptions

• NCFA Mourns the Passing of Dr. Greg Foltz

• In Memory of William L. Pierce NCFA Founding President

• Intercountry Adoptions Increase for 11th Year in a Row

• National Council For Adoption Supports Tax Relief for Adoptive Families: Proposed Bill Would Make Expansion of Adoption Tax Credit Permanent

• Victory for Massachusetts: Lt. Governor Healey signed Safe Haven bill

• Intercountry Adoptions Increase for 11th Year in a Row: China Adoptions Rise Dramatically Despite SARS-related Travel Suspension; Problems with Romania, Vietnam, and Cambodia Persist

• Romanian Parliament approves draft law limiting intercountry adoption to a child’s grandparents

• CDC lifts temporary suspension on adoptions from Chinese orphanage

• State Department releases FY2003 adoption statistics

• Children’s Bureau and AdoptUSKids to host adoption summit to recruit adoptive parents through the faith-based community

• Administration for Children and Families accepting nominations for 2004 Adoption Excellence Awards

• NCFA 2004 Adoption Hall of Fame Awards Banquet and National Adoption Conference great successes

• New Hampshire Eliminates Confidentiality in Adoption

• The CDC recommends temporary suspension of adoption proceedings for children from one Chinese orphanage due to measles outbreak

• US Embassy in Kiev begins immigrant visa processing for adopted Ukrainian orphans

• National Council For Adoption Public Awareness Campaign Wins National Recognition

• State Department delegation meets with Vietnamese government on Memorandum of Understanding

• NCFA testifies at Congressional hearing

• Promoting adoption: A federal policy that works for all

• Written Statement of National Council For Adoption: Hearing to examine recent failure to protect child safety

• Senator Don Nickles and Senator Mary Landrieu introduce S1934, the Intercountry Adoption Reform Act of 2003

• Romania considering legislation that would severely limit intercountry adoption

• Oprah thanks you for considering adoption

• Congress passes Adoption Promotion Act of 2003

• New CIS Certificate of Citizenship program launched

• S1931: Legislation to make adoption tax credit permanent

• Romanian government issues press release about abolishment of certain provisions of 2001 Emergency Ordinance

• CIS publishes annual Adjustment to Immigration Benefit Application Fee Schedule in Federal Register

• US Citizenship and Immigration Services Website Updates

• President Bush signs into law FY04 HHS funding legislation

• US Citizenship and Immigration Services

• ELF Misses The Mark On Adoption

• President Bush National Adoption Month Proclamation 2003

• Celebrating Adoption is FUN - we’re not clowning around!

• Census Bureau multimedia webpage features National Adoption Month

• Hague Comment Period Extended until December 15

• Statement By Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services

• Guatemala Court’s Ruling of Hague Convention’s Unconstitutionality based on a legal technicality

• Hague Convention enters into force in Belarus

• Census 2000 Report On Adoption Shows that Adoption in America is Alive and Well

• China Normalizes Adoption Travel Formalities

• Hawaii Governor Lingle’s Veto Endangers Newborns’ Lives

• Infant Adoption Awareness Training Program - June 24, 2003

• Safe Haven Testimony on Massachusetts Bill S766

• Statement on Bush Administration Flexible Funding Proposal

• Option of Confidentiality and Privacy in Adoption Safeguarded but Still at Risk

• Safe Haven Legislation: 2003 Legislative Session

• Dear Abby endorses Safe Havens

• HHS Assistant Secretary Reports on ASFA's Record

• Congressional Effort To Make Adoption Tax Credit Permanent

• Hall of Fame 2003 Awards Banquet Remarks

• NFCA Honors Founder, Ruby Lee Piester

• NCFA Inducts Members into Adoption Hall of Fame

• Option of Confidentiality in Adoption Under Attack

• President Bush’s 04 Budget Summary

• NCFA Briefs President Bush

• States Protect The Option Of Privacy In Adoption

• Update On The Adoption Tax Credit