Robin Sizemore of Hopscotch Adoptions, may lose license #BennetKelley #SOAR #IAAME MOTHERS OF ARMENIA

https://world.wng.org/content/dropping_international_adoptions?fbclid=IwAR3o_DCIGsS1M7p7vTRiVGZBx0e4IFliqUCGAu0SIA62U2ZCYIDJq8J7Z2w

Dropping international adoptions FAMILY | Agencies shut down their programs amid shifting attitudes and burdensome bureaucracy by Mary Jackson Posted 2/07/20, 04:43 pm Dave and Sabrina Bjornstom anxiously waited with 12 other couples from the United States in a sixth-story room in a government office building in Guangzhou, China. Suddenly someone shouted, “They’re coming!” Rushing to the windows, they saw a line of women—each holding a baby—walking toward the building. That day in 2004, the Bjornstroms cradled Katie, one of their two adopted daughters from China, for the first time. Countless parents share similar experiences. In 2004, international adoptions by U.S. couples peaked at 23,000. But that number plummeted to 4,000 in 2018, an 80 percent drop. Last month, Bethany Christian Services, the nation’s largest evangelical adoption agency, announced its international program will end next year when its accreditation expires. It is no longer accepting new applications. Kristi Gleason, vice president of global services at Bethany, said the organization did not base the decision on changes in international laws and practices. Rather, she noted it was “a reflection of our desire to serve children in their own communities” by helping establish foster and child welfare systems that emphasize reunification and in-country adoptions. Shifting attitudes about international adoptions have contributed to its sharp decline. #MothersOfArmenia #ArmenianBabiesSold

With Cara Helberg of now closed Across the World Adoptions
in Ghana assessing how many poor black babies they could sell to
their white clients .   Shameful  dirty trash

But many agencies blame the U.S. State Department’s accrediting arm, which was established two years ago, for squeezing them out of the business. option At least 35 adoption service providers have canceled or relinquished their licenses, and 11 have had their licenses suspended since the federal government established the Intercountry Adoption Accreditation and Maintenance Entity (IAAME) in 2018. The number of licensed adoption service providers dropped to 125 from 278 in 2008.

 Robin Sizemore, founder and executive director of Hopscotch Adoptions in High Point, N.C., said the IAAME levied false accusations against her agency, withheld information, and denied them due process. She hired two lawyers to refute State Department complaints and filed separate complaints against the accrediting entity. Self-reporting is now “a full-time position [at Hopscotch],” Sizemore said. “It seems like [the State Department] came into this with a mandate to close as many agencies as possible.” Upon establishment, the IAAME added a $500 monitoring and oversight fee for adoptive families and increased accreditation costs for adoption agencies. Dont worry Robin it will be awhile before you are closed down.  First you have to spend $200,000 in legal fees with corrupt low class attorney's that will lie, cheat, and steal to try and keep your doors open.   Remember what I said to you in 2011 when we walked out of the mediation hearing "iTS OVER" and your own adoptive families squeeled on you.  Poetic Justice.   You shameful woman, how about some redemption and unseal the records at Carolina Adoption Services and Hopscotch from 1996 to 2019 for the 24 birth mothers of Armenia who want to know where their children are that you stole from them.   How about It Robin?  I can arrange it for you since you are not allowed to step foot in Armenia --- I am sure I can facilitate your travel to Armenia with the names of the odars that purchased Armenian Babies.   HERE ARE SOME OF THESE MOTHERS it even made it into the Daily Mail in England and no.....you will not be allowed to blame this on Italy.  The 24 Armenian mothers protest daily till you unseal the records and disclose which odars purchased their children.   You dirty white trash bitch its finally over. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7827889/Armenia-shocked-baby-selling-network-obstetrician-orphanage-head-arrested.html

UNSEAL THE ADOPTION RECORDS ROBIN

THESE ARMENIAN MOTHERS WANT THEIR 

BABIES BACK ...DO THEY LOOK GRATEFUL TO YOU?

Daniel Nehrbass, president of Nightlight Christian Adoptions, said his agency’s fees, paid over four years, jumped from $14,000 under the previous accrediting agency, the Council on Accreditation, to $309,000 with the IAAME. Nightlight’s clients have absorbed the cost. International adoptions now cost up to $50,000, depending on the country and the amount of travel required. “It’s not surprising that other agencies would decide this is not a strategic place to be involved,” Nehrbass said. In 2018, a group of 80 agencies, called Save Adoptions, filed a complaint with the State Department’s inspector general claiming the IAAME was unfit to operate under international Hague Convention requirements. The inspector general denied the complaint, and so far lobbying efforts with Congress and the White House have not succeeded. The State Department argues the IAAME is needed to protect children and families. In recent decades, reports of corruption and abuse have tainted international adoptions. Many countries, including China, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russia, and South Korea have banned or cut back on international adoptions, often citing child abuse. Adoption agencies argue these instances are rare and that they can maintain ethical practices without shuttering international adoptions entirely. The United Nations estimates 140 million orphans exist worldwide. Nehrbass said there is room for numerous solutions to address the crisis. “Since the beginning, international adoption has been a calling that God puts on certain people’s hearts,” he said. “I don’t think that’s disappearing.”  BULLSHIT that UN estimate has no basis of fact 140 million orphans in the world? Seriously that is the same marketing mantra used by International Adoption agencies 10 years ago.  International Adoption was a $6 billion industry 1/3 fueled by American money why don't these parents who spend upwards of $30-50,000 to adopt a child overseas adopt one of the 140,000 American children sitting in Foster Care who are paper ready for Fost to Adopt?  1 in 4 children in America lives in poverty.   Use the money for building the economy, schools, and jobs for people so they can CARE for their children.   Shamelessly 100 American foster care children are adopted by foreigners every year.

 Adopted by white mothers, Robin is a racist picking on people of other ethnicities and poor families that cannot pay for a child but in Robins eyes should be with a white mother who has money / job.  
Guess what Robin? you don't make that choice on our children you will be held accountable.   These photos are not copyrighted they are on the internet for anyone to copy, distribute or get disgusted with.   OPEN UP THE RECORDS !!!!  
  To BENNET KELLEY who we know reads this blog regularly ...please note you will no longer be tolerated in Los Angeles or in any court room in California.   Armenians of Southern California the white trash Bennet Kelley hired by Robin Sizemore to silence me about Robin's purchasing of babies in Armenia has harmed me, my family and the Armenian Community of Fresno trying humorously to harm not only my reputation but cause problems in my community .  His wife's name is Wanda J. Rudd (ugly wash rag) that poses as his process serving - serving paperwork that has not even been filed at any courthouse or was since amended, striked or denied.   He lives on 34th St. in Santa Monica and walks his cute white dog every morning at various dog parks.  You can also reach Bennet Kelley at his offices which he rents a cubicle at: 
100 wilshire blvd #940 Santa Monica, CA 
ph.  310 452-0401

Bennet Kelley with this dog 

Bennet Kelley with this wife Wanda J. Rudd

"Kevork" Yacoubian the next time you believe these pathetic liars that someone is attacking "SOAR" and the falsity of Robin or her paid attorneys remember your conversation with Public Defender Cathi Pattinson and please note your reputation with SOAR is in jeopardy because of Robin's involvement in the NC Chapter.  Its no secret that many members have walked away because of your explosive temperment and demeanor.  SOAR is largely odars and there is a reason for that.    Orphanages will be closing in Armenia over the next 3-5 years.   You are more than welcome to help our groups ARS, Paros Foundation, Aid Beyond Borders and even the Armenian community that raises funds DIRECTLY for Sister A. and actually works on projects that lift the economy of Armenia so no child is left in an orphanage because their parents are not working or have food.   I have the copies of your correspondence to me, but I know you wouldn't want to hurt SOAR any more than what Robin Sizemore has done.  Anyone that matters in Los Angeles donates to the Armenian Orphanage fund of Los Angeles.   Please join us for the projects that MATTER to Armenians  .
Its time to cut the bad baggage away from SOAR

Remember when LaLa uped the price of your adoption when you were in country?......where did the extra money go?...ask Robin she is a pro at it and making $2 million + over a 5 year span (that she reports)  The best attorney to work through adoption challenges in Armenia is Irene Steffas and she is well respected in Armenia.   She has helped several people, and last we checked is also an ASP  

LA LA Ghazarian .....still having tea on Thursdays with Eduard Amalyan? 

       Another adoption agency that works in Armenia is A Love Beyond Borders 
http://www.bbinternationaladoption.com/armenia-adoption-program

Armenian Adoption Statistics for 2017 - 10 adoptions to the USA Crazy Bennet Kelley want to talk facts? HOPSCOTCH ADOPTIONS

Now that Adopt Abroad International has relinquished their license we have it on good authority that the main ASP working in Armenia is Robin Sizemore's Hopscotch Adoptions.  However the days of her getting healthy Armenian babies to sell to odar clients is over and has been over since the adoption by Joel Shepherd and his wife Beth Weinstein-Shepherd.  The special needs children that Robin buys and sells are still commanding $26,000 so by our accounts Robin has made $260,000 off of Armenian adoptions alone.  Lots of money to pay LaLa and Eduard Amalyan, not to mention her trying to be a part of the Armenian community by buying her way into various relief societies.   It's over Robin, you need to face the facts.  Bulgaria, Serbia and other countries that you work your magic$$$ in will soon close down like Russia, Ethiopia and the rest.  The new prime minister of Armenia wants to eliminate orphanages in Armenia as a way to care for children instead create jobs for families, and assistance to those in need to keep their families together.   IT'S OVER and you have your behavior to thank for this barely 4,600 adoptions to the USA last year, over half the agencies have closed down or relinquished their licenses and no more lobbying arm for the abduction industry.  Its a dead industry that has contempt from the general population, all the stories are coming out the mothers looking for  their children that were whisked away some 18 years by you and your filthy white clients.   You thought you could silence the truth by harming me with Crazy Bennet Kelley and you only hurt yourself and brought more attention on yourself in Armenia and trust me when I tell you that you are the most hated woman in Armenia but your money is wanted.  So here is the facts.

Most of Hopscotch Adoptions children are coming out of the Special Needs Orphanage of
Gyumri, an economically strapped area that has never recovered from the 1988 earthquakes. 

Armenia is one of the most expensive countries to adopt from

Its unclear how much of the charges are for the 3rd party mediator and "translators" 

aka paying people off at the Armenian Ministry of Children and Women services. 

Proud of yourself Bennet Kelley?  You got conned by a smooth operator with money

How shocked you were to see Hopscotch Adoptions financial 990 tax returns.  While

you lied for Hopscotch Adoptions declaring that myself or my friends hurt Hopscotch Business

they made a profit year after year off of the flesh of my people you vile filthy white trash.  Is'n't it

great you get $209K to harm me, my family and my community (epic failure) but at the same

time destroyed your entire career .  ha ha ha ha For harming my family you will NEVER know peace

in California NEVER... You and Wanda J. Rudd the skank. 

MEANWHILE 83 AMERICAN CHILDREN WERE ADOPTED OVERSEAS

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/NEWadoptionassets/pdfs/Annual%20Report%20on%20Intercountry%20Adoptions%20FY2017%20(release%20date%20March%2023%2020.._.pdf

The overall number of adoptions to the United States in FY 2017 was 4,714, a decline of 658 from the previous year. This decline is primarily attributable to changes in two countries – China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The drop in China, to 1,905 intercountry adoptions, mostly stems from changes in Chinese domestic laws related to the governance of non-governmental organizations. These laws were not targeted specifically at adoption, but have had a detrimental impact on the partnerships between U.S. adoption service providers and specific provinces that were designed to improve opportunities for children with special needs. Ninety-eight percent of the intercountry adoptions from China involved children with special needs. We are actively engaged in dialogue with our Chinese counterparts on this issue. The decline from the DRC stems from the fact the country no longer issues exit permits to adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents. The Congolese government has indicated it is working on legislative changes regarding adoption. However, until the Congolese government provides further clarity, the Department strongly recommends against the initiation of new adoptions in the DRC. In FY2017, 83 children were adopted from the United States to seven countries, including Canada (41), Ireland (12), and the Netherlands (20). 

**Alert** Adoption Notice: Japan how will this effect Across the World Adoptions everyone's "favorite" adoption agency SNICKER

Adoption Notice: Japan

Last Updated: April 13, 2018

The Department of State is currently reviewing Japanese law regarding the transfer of custody of a child without a court order, which may affect a child’s eligibility for an adoption-based visa under the Immigration and Nationality Act.  The Department urges families with pending I-600 petitions and immigrant visa applications based on the transfer of custody of children - if such applications do not involve a court order - to consider deferring their travel to Japan to complete the visa process at this time.  The Department also urges adoption agencies not to make new referrals to U.S. prospective adoptive parents in such cases until further notice.

Please continue to monitor adoption.state.gov for updated information.  For questions about this notice or adoption related visa processing, please email the Office of Children’s Issues at adoption@ate.gov 

Long overdue, the rates they were charging were huge and they dealt with Mamas and Papas single mother home where supposedly the mother got to pick the portfolio of the adoptive parents for her child.  

Across the World Adoptions are nasty lying people, who have harmed a lot of people needlessly

with their DIRTY filthy gossip and that nasty lying director with a bad plastic surgery and gastric bypass surgery Lesley Siegel,  It took 13 years but we won't stop until this industry is closed down for good.  You should have thought about that before you treated me and my family like filth and was not transparent.  Lesley Siegel you and Cara both have spoke about me to Bennet Kelley who is going down in California.  

It's clearly over for your business, time to activate your law license so you can actually practice law instead of buying and selling kids.  

Meanwhile 83 American children were adopted overseas 

The overall number of adoptions to the United States in FY 2017 was 4,714, a decline of 658 from the previous year. This decline is primarily attributable to changes in two countries – China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The drop in China, to 1,905 intercountry adoptions, mostly stems from changes in Chinese domestic laws related to the governance of non-governmental organizations. These laws were not targeted specifically at adoption, but have had a detrimental impact on the partnerships between U.S. adoption service providers and specific provinces that were designed to improve opportunities for children with special needs. Ninety-eight percent of the intercountry adoptions from China involved children with special needs. We are actively engaged in dialogue with our Chinese counterparts on this issue. The decline from the DRC stems from the fact the country no longer issues exit permits to adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents. The Congolese government has indicated it is working on legislative changes regarding adoption. However, until the Congolese government provides further clarity, the Department strongly recommends against the initiation of new adoptions in the DRC. In FY2017, 83 children were adopted from the United States to seven countries, including Canada (41), Ireland (12), and the Netherlands (20). 

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/NEWadoptionassets/pdfs/Annual%20Report%20on%20Intercountry%20Adoptions%20FY2017%20(release%20date%20March%2023%2020.._.pdf

80% drop in international adoptions, agencies are asking Trump to intercede.Children's Hope Int'l went from 800 a yr to only 24 adoptions last year 2017

ST. LOUIS (KMOV) -

   Adoption agencies and hopeful families are sounding the alarm on the plummeting number of international adoptions. The reasons are varied and complex, but the impact is clear.

According to data from the U.S. Department of State, in 2004, 22,989 children were adopted from abroad into U.S. homes. By 2017, that number dropped to only 4,714, nearly an 80 percent decrease. At adoption agencies in the St. Louis area, the drop is even steeper.

“Our peak was 2004 when we have more than 800 adoptions,” said Nicky Losse, adoption services director for Children’s Hope International. “And last year in 2017, we just completed 24 adoptions.”

Each number represents a family, like the Roussin’s from Jefferson County.

“Due to some health things, I had to have a hysterectomy so adoption was the only way we could have a family,” said Jenna Roussin, who adopted two sons from China with her husband. “We didn’t want to go through Missouri and be a foster parent and deal with heartache of losing children again and again. We weren’t ready to take on any more that could possibly cause more heartache so international adoption was the best choice for us.”

Losse said that’s a common reason hopeful parents turn to international adoption, as domestic adoptions can fall through if a birth mother chooses to keep her child at the last minute.

“Also, we have a lot of Christian families and missionary families that go overseas and see these kids in impoverished countries and want to help,” said Losse.

But, that is becoming more and more difficult.

“The U.S. ratified the Hague in 2008 and that was to promote ethical adoptions and all the adoption agencies were on board with that and wanted ethical adoptions but it also caused a lot of blocks for families, a lot of paperwork, a lot of additional requirements,” said Losse.

The Hague Convention on the Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption is an international agreement to safeguard intercountry adoptions.

Losse also faults the director of the Office of Children’s Issues and the State Department revising definitions and reinterpreting parts of guidelines.

“We are all for ethical adoptions. We believe in the standards and follow them. We follow the guidelines of the foreign government as well as our government but it seems to be they are pushing the envelope a little bit too much and imposing regulations that aren’t always necessary,” said Losse.

She is particularly concerned with banning soft referrals, which are when a child is matched with a family before the family’s background check is complete. This can especially impact children with disabilities. Losse said in the latest guidelines, soft referrals are still allowed if agencies continue to advocate for that specific child and if another family that is home study ready comes forward then the agency must put forward that application as well. That means a family that is non-home study ready has to understand that they could be matched and the referral taken away if another family comes forward that is further along in the process. 

“As you can imagine this is not good for families and they are not happy with this. Once they see that pictures of a child and decide that child is meant for their family it’s a very emotional process.  Then losing that child is another loss for some families that have already struggled with infertility.  So it makes families nervous to move forward with this type of adoption,” said Losse.

News 4 reached out to the U.S. Department of State, which overseas international adoptions, to inquire about the changing regulations.

A spokesperson said the main reason for fewer international adoptions is because of changes in other countries.

“In Russia, the government stopped intercountry adoptions for political reasons. In China, a rising middle class has allowed more families to provide homes domestically - tens of thousands of children are now placed with families in China each year. And in Guatemala, fraud concerns have led to the Guatemalan government’s long-term suspension of adoptions.  In many other nations, changing cultural attitudes about single mothers and domestic adoption have resulted in fewer children being eligible for intercountry action,” said an official with the Department of State.

The official continued, saying “Proposed regulations were withdrawn last year.  There have been no recent changes to the regulations governing intercountry adoption, the Accreditation Entity (AE) role, or the performance standards for accredited/approve ASPs. The Department continues to operate with the accreditation regulations in place since 2006 and subsequently extended through the Universal Accreditation Act of 2012.  The IAA, UAA, and the implementing regulations provide that the Department oversees the accreditation process for ASPs to ensure intercountry adoptions are safe and ethical.”

However, Losse, who was adopted as a child and has an adopted daughter of her own, says the damage is already done. She, along with other agencies across the country, are asking the Trump administration to take a look at the Office of Children’s Issues and see if the change in regulations are legal and justified.

“It’s hurting the kids,” she said.

It’s the kids the Roussin family worries about, too. Now at home with their two sons, Asher and Adam, they still keep tabs on the conversation about international adoption and want others to know why they feel it’s important.

“Even though they are on the other side of the world, they still need homes. Location shouldn’t matter when it comes to a child needing a family,” said Roussin.

http://www.kctv5.com/story/38127500/missouri-adoption-agency-sounds-alarm-on-plummeting-international-adoptions

MEANWHILE 83 AMERICAN CHILDREN WERE ADOPTED OVERSEAS

https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/NEWadoptionassets/pdfs/Annual%20Report%20on%20Intercountry%20Adoptions%20FY2017%20(release%20date%20March%2023%2020.._.pdf

The overall number of adoptions to the United States in FY 2017 was 4,714, a decline of 658 from the previous year. This decline is primarily attributable to changes in two countries – China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The drop in China, to 1,905 intercountry adoptions, mostly stems from changes in Chinese domestic laws related to the governance of non-governmental organizations. These laws were not targeted specifically at adoption, but have had a detrimental impact on the partnerships between U.S. adoption service providers and specific provinces that were designed to improve opportunities for children with special needs. Ninety-eight percent of the intercountry adoptions from China involved children with special needs. We are actively engaged in dialogue with our Chinese counterparts on this issue. The decline from the DRC stems from the fact the country no longer issues exit permits to adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents. The Congolese government has indicated it is working on legislative changes regarding adoption. However, until the Congolese government provides further clarity, the Department strongly recommends against the initiation of new adoptions in the DRC. In FY2017, 83 children were adopted from the United States to seven countries, including Canada (41), Ireland (12), and the Netherlands (20).