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 Welcome to Tree of Life!
We as an agency are very pleased to be able to support your choice to add to your family through adoption and are very appreciative that you have stopped by our site to “see who we are and why we do what we do”. Please visit our “About Us” link to further learn about Tree of Life.
Please visit our site often as we respond to your needs and also keep you up to date with what is happening in the adoption world. On this “front page” we will attempt to focus you on adoption and how it touches both your world and what is currently happening as directly related to Tree of Life.
It is with great pleasure that we announce the following news!
Per our application and request we are pleased to share the following notification!
Hague Accreditation/Approval UND Notification
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June 13, 2008
...........I am extremely pleased to notify you that the Council on Accreditation (COA) has granted Tree of Life Adoption Center’s application for 2-Year Temporary Hague Accreditation pursuant to the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (IAA). Your achievement of 2-Year Temporary Hague Accreditation demonstrates your commitment to the children and families you serve both here and abroad........
On behalf of COA’s staff and volunteers, congratulations on your achievement
Sincerely,
Richard Klarberg
President & CEO | |
Hague Ten Hour Training Program
As families who are considering adoption are now becoming more and more familiar with the term "Hague Compliance" it is our goal to assist all families in understanding how this may or may not affect them on their specific journey to find their child. The United States began working under the guidelines of The Hague laws officially on April 1, 2008. In keeping with the expectations of The Hague and for the first time, a minimum of ten (10) hours of pre-placement adoption education for all prospective adoptive parents must be met. This ten hour requirement is independent of assessment purposes that would involve your social worker and the completion of your home study. This requirement must be separate from "assessment" and be part of "education and preparation". There are many ways this requirement can be met however, at the request of our families; we are providing as one option an online program that we feel is excellent. After considerable research, we are happy to announce that we have chosen Adoption Education as our preferred provider for online courses. If you feel that this opportunity would best meet your needs, please click on the highlighted link above to visit and sign up for this program. Below find some of the positive aspects of Adoption Educations program:
Welcome to Adoption Education, LLC.
Our on-line courses are designed to promote successful inter-country adoptions.
We provide
- On-line training for prospective adoptive parents
- Accountability - "students" must pass a quiz after taking each course
- Certificates of completion
- Automatic e-mail notification to the Agency
- Records of the nature and extent of training
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