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What Is an Accredited Adoption Service Provider?

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What Is an Accredited Adoption Service Provider?

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What Is an Accredited Adoption Service Provider? One of the very first steps in adopting from a Convention country, or a country that is a part of the Hague Adoption Convention is to choose an accredited adoption service provider. Only an approved person or accredited agency can work between the United States and another Hague Convention country.Answer: To become an accredited adoption service provider there must be strict adherence to the standards set forth within the Hague Convention. Within the United States the Department of State has selected two agencies to perform the accrediting – Council on Accreditation (COA) and the Colorado Department of Human Services. Any agency or person wishing to be an ASP (Adoption Service Provider) must demonstrate their compliance to the standards to these two agencies. Accredited adoption service providers are to provide prospective adoptive famil