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Thursday's Child Adoption Agency

Licensed by CT Department of Children and Families
Private, Non-Profit (Working in Connecticut and with Applicants In Other States)
Member of Joint Council on International Children's Services and Connecticut Council on Adoption

IMPORTANT NEWS

Hague Convention on Adoption

December 2006 - Thursday's Child submitted an application for accreditation in November and will be working to comply with necessary requirements. The US plans to implement the Hague Convention on Adoption some time in 2007 and projections are that it will be around the end of 2007. When two countries are members of the Hague Convention on Adoption, the rules will apply to both countries. The Department of State in the US will become our Central Authority and agencies seeking to work with other Hague countries will need to go through a costly and complex accreditation process. The process for agencies that want to be accredited to work in Hague countries has begun. This will take some time to accomplish There will be two levels of providers of adoption services. There will be either primary providers who undergo this accreditation process, and supervised or cooperating agency providers.

Many reputable agencies will not become accredited, due to the work and cost involved. Accredited agencies will be forging cooperating relationships with other agencies to serve mutual clients. We will continue to operate as always with our non-Hague country resources and of course, with domestic adoptions. We are hoping that once accreditation is complete, we will seek new resources in additional Hague countries, as well as continuing the programs we now offer.

Thursday's Child is committed to providing you top-quality and personalized services and will do everything possible to continue that tradition, even with the major changes occurring in the field of international adoptions. Though services provided by different agencies may appear to be the same or similar on the surface, that is not always the case. Costs among agencies also differ, as do internal policies, procedures, goals, and style of the homestudy and placement agencies. As we constantly say, your adoption agency must be a "good fit" for you. All agencies are not alike.

Thursday's Child, Inc
227 Tunxis Avenue Bloomfield, CT 06002
(860) 242 -5941
Fax (860) 243-9898