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KAS Receives Hague Accredition

We are incredibly excited to announce that on February 29, 2008, we received Hague Accreditation through the Council on Accreditation (COA). This accredition will allow us to continue our mission of Finding Families for All of God's Children. To view our accreditation certificate click here.

Thank you to everyone for all the support and assistance you gave over the past months, as we waiting for this approval. 

Hague Required Disclosures

• Dissolution Policy
• Sample Business Agreement
• Sample Statement of Acceptance
• Sample Waiver Statement
• Client Grievance Policy

As a Hague Accredited Agency, we are required to provide certain specific information to clients upon initial contact. In order to maintain compliance with the Intercountry Adoption Act and Hague Regulations we are providing all prospective clients the following information:

Complaint Policy - Found within the Preliminary Information Booklet.  This will again be provided to clients with the Agency Business Agreement.  It is also available online. The Hague Convention on International Adoption Complaint Registry can be found on the Department of States Website.

Domestic Supervised Providers - According to the Hague Regulations, we are obligated to disclose to you any domestic (within the US) supervised providers that we use and you will in turn be working with directly or indirectly when adopting from a country that is a part of the Hague Treaty on Intercountry Adoptions.  KAS works with the following countries that are considered part of the Hague: China, El Salvador and Guatemala.  Currently we accept home studies from a number of agencies within the United States.  These agencies may be considered by our agency to be either Exempt Providers or Supervised Providers based on the services they are providing and at our discretion.  It is impossible to list every agency in the US from whom we would accept a home study.  We will NOT accept a home study from all agencies though, so before committing to a home study agency it is important that you discuss this with KAS.  Some (but not all) of the things we will be looking at when deciding on whether or not to accept a home study are as follows:  Is the agency Hague Accredited or pursuing Hague Accreditation?  Is the agency licensed and non-profit?  What is the agency's general reputation?  Is the agency willing to sign an agreement with us attesting to their compliance with Hague standards?  Is the agency a member of JCICS and/or other professional organizations?  How many years has the agency been in business?  We will also be requiring that any agency we utilize as a Supervised Provider or an Exempt Provider be licensed, non-profit and carry professional liability insurance.   For China, we are currently working with an agency in Delaware, Madison Adoption Associates.  This agency is currently Temporarily Hague Accredited.

Foreign Supervised Providers - According to the Hague regulations we are obligated to disclose to you any foreign supervised providers that we use and that will in turn work with directly or indirectly when adopting from a country that is a part of the Hague Treaty on Intercountry Adoption.  KAS works with the following countries that are considered part of the Hague: China, El Salvador and Guatemala.  For China the foreign provider who makes a child referral is the CCAA, although w assist KY families who will sign a direct contract with Madison Adoption Associates (MAA). MAA is accredited in China and KAS works in partnership with them to provide KY families with the opportunity to adopt from China.  In El Salvador, KAS works with various licensed attorneys and licensed orphanages for the provision of adoption services. Referrals are made and approved by OPA, the El Salvador government office for Adoptions.  Additional specific information is available once a family has submitted a Preliminary Application and been approved.  The specific identities of KAS foreign supervise providers will only be provided to the general public should the person inquiring have a reasonable rationale for requesting this information, as determined by the Executive Director.

Sample Contracts - Families are required to sign a Waiver of Liability and a Business Agreement when starting to work with KAS.  At the time of referral acceptance families must sign a Statement of Acceptance and Responsibility.  Samples of all of these documents are available at the top of this page.  The samples are substantially like the documents you will be required to sign.  Hard copies of each of these samples are available upon request.

Number of Adoptions - The following information is available upon request: the number of adoptions completed per year for the past three years, and the number of these placements and percentage that are disrupted or have been dissolved. (KAS purchased a data tracking system in 2007 to assist with tracking all of this information.  Specific Information requested for years prior to 2006 may be estimates.)

Number of Applicants - The following information is available upon request: the number of applicants who apply to adopt yearly. (KAS purchased a data tracking system in 2007 to assist with tracking all of this information.  Specific Information requested for years prior to 2006 may be estimates.)

Number of Children Eligible for Adoption - It is impossible for KAS to predict the number of children eligible for adoption in either the US or foreign countries.  There are various estimates on the number of orphans in the world, many of whom are not necessarily eligible for adoption.  There are an unfathomable number of children for whom adoption would present an opportunity for a loving and nurturing family.  It is possible to look on the State Department website at: http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/stats/stats_451.html to explore the number of children issued adoption related immigrant visa to enter the US on a year-by-year basis.

Upon request KAS will disclose the current number of waiting children we are aware of as being eligible for adoption through our agency for each country where we work.