adoption agency

collocation in English

meaningsofadoptionandagency

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adoption
noun
uk
/əˈdɒp.ʃən/us
/əˈdɑːp.ʃən/
the act of legally taking a child to be taken care of as ...
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agency
noun
uk
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/us
/ˈeɪ.dʒən.si/
a business that represents one group of people when dealing with ...
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(Definition ofadoptionandagencyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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These are strengths that can be built upon byadoptionagencyand other professionals.
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Theadoptionagencyis confronted with the difficult choice of emphasizing the negatives or the positives of adopting children from institutions.
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Unlike having a birth child, the adoption process requires families to receive the approval of anadoptionagencybased on a home study completed by a social worker.
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Each local authority may act as anadoptionagencyfor inter-country adoptions.
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Anadoptionagencywill decide who a child's parents will be.
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Anadoptionagencymay not be a charity.
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In some countries there is adoption only from overseas, so clearly the inter-countryadoptionagencyis the route that has been chosen.
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Birth certificates should be available only through theadoptionagencythrough which the child was placed.
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The project is a recognisedadoptionagency, but has no facilities for maintaining such a large group of children over a long period.
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We need more than a helpline; we need a full-blown inter-countryadoptionagency.
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In those circumstances, it recommends that it should be arranged through a non-profit-makingadoptionagency.
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Theadoptionagencymust then consider both the new recommendation and the recommendation of the original agency panel before making its final decision.
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It makes provision for the transfer of functions where a voluntaryadoptionagencyceases to be registered.
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It is also now illegal for anyone other than a local authority or a registered voluntaryadoptionagencyto assess and approve prospective adopters.
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It is also intended to use the independent review mechanism to reviewadoptionagencyqualifying determinations about the disclosure of information concerning a person's adoption.
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All adoptive applicants must be assessed and approved by anadoptionagencybefore they have children placed with them.
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It is intended that an independent body will convene a review panel to re-examine the evidence and make a fresh recommendation to theadoptionagency.
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It refers to the ability of an adoptive parent or prospective adoptive parent to appeal against any decision by anadoptionagency.
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They are not children placed for adoption by an approvedadoptionagency; nor are they children receiving full time education at boarding school.
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Through theadoptionagencyconcerned she found a child who had been in care since she was a baby.
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