Hope Adoption Agency/Children of Africa Enterprises Loses Hague Accreditation

DOS reports that they lost accreditation on November 8, 2012. See the notice here and pasted below

“Children of Africa Enterprises/Hope Adoption Agency loses Hague Accreditation

November 20, 2012

On November 8, 2012 the Council on Accreditation (COA) canceled the Hague accreditation of Children of Africa Enterprises/Hope Adoption Agency (“Hope”) for failing to maintain substantial compliance with the U.S. accreditation standards at 22 Code of Federal Regulations Part 96 Subpart F.  Prior to this date, Hope was a Hague accredited adoption service provider authorized to operate in both Hague and non-Hague countries.

As a result of this cancellation, Hope must cease to provide all adoption services in connection with cases covered under the Hague Adoption Convention.  This adoption service provider currently operates in Ethiopia.  Please note that according to U.S. regulations, this cancellation will not affect Hope’s ability to work in non-Hague countries.  Persons with an open case with Hope may contact the adoption service provider directly to find out whether and how the cancellation may affect your adoption services.

The cancellation of accreditation for Hope was effective on November 8, 2012. Updated information will be provided on the adoption.state.gov website.”

We reported in June 2012 that Small World Adoption had taken over. See that post here.

This Hope post from July 2012 here explains financial issues they faced. Small World’s website gives no indication of this notice. See here. Ethiopia is not a Hague Convention country.

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