How important is it for an agency to be licensed or accredited?
Being licensed or accredited reflects the agency’s long-term commitment to finding adoptive families for children. When an organization seeks licensing, it must prove to the licensing body that it has standards of operation in place. Becoming licensed or accredited also opens up the agency’s business records to scrutiny, which prevents problems due to negligence or purposeful wrongdoing. Sometimes a country’s licensing or accreditation requirements will change, and adoptions from that country will be temporarily “placed on hold” or “slowed down” while we work to comply with the new requirements. WACAP does not take shortcuts around these compliance issues.
