Until CEAS officially assumes the AE role, IAAME has the authority and responsibility to accredit, approve, monitor, and oversee all ASPs. The Department will inform ASPs individually which AE they have been assigned, based on the jurisdiction noted above. The Department, IAAME, and CEAS are working together to ensure a smooth assumption of CEAS’s AE role and transition of relevant workload from IAAME to CEAS. Region 9 - Pacific Rim: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Guam Region 8 - Rocky Mountain: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming Region 7 - Greater Southwest: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
Region 4 - Southeast Sunbelt: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee IAAME’s jurisdiction comprises the following regions/states:
Region 10 - Northwest Arctic: Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington Region 6 - Heartland: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska Region 5 - Great Lakes: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin Region 3 - Mid-Atlantic: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia Region 2 - Northeast and Caribbean: New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. Region 1 - New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Each AE will be responsible for accrediting, approving, monitoring, and overseeing ASPs whose primary offices, as reported in the public facing ASP directory as of J(the date of signature on the Memoranda of Agreements), are located in the states within each AE’s assigned jurisdiction as follows:ĬEAS’s jurisdiction comprises the following regions/states: CEAS’s responsibilities as an AE will commence upon the Department of State’s approval of systems, procedures, and a fee schedule that will be coordinated as necessary to ensure consistency in accreditation systems and procedures that both AEs will use.Ĭonsistent with 22 CFR 96.4(b), the Department has identified geographic jurisdictions, based on existing federal regions, for each AE in consideration of equitable distribution of workload. The Memoranda of Agreement between the Department and CEAS and between the Department and IAAME will be published in the Federal Register. (IAAME), whose designation was renewed on Jfor an additional five years. The designation is for a period of five years.ĬEAS is the second designated AE, joining the Intercountry Adoption Accreditation and Maintenance Entity, Inc. On June 2, 2022, the Department of State designated Center for Excellence in Adoption Services (CEAS) as an accrediting entity (AE) under the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (IAA) in accordance with 22 CFR Part 96. Please refer to the published legislation outlining the current requirements hosting programs must follow during this period of martial law in Ukraine for further details.ter text here. Evacuated children may only participate in hosting programs as part of organized groups of children at an authorized institution or organization in the country in which they are presently located. If an orphanage has been evacuated from Ukraine, the NSS is not authorizing any further travel for children to participate in a hosting program and will not authorize any children to stay with individual host families. The National Social Service of Ukraine (NSS) makes all decisions regarding the participation of children in hosting programs, and it has informed us that it will decline invitations for children who are orphans or deprived of parental care to stay with host families. The Ministry of Social Policy (MSP) of Ukraine has further explained that children who are orphans or deprived of parental care may only be hosted as part of organized groups of children by organizations and institutions authorized by their local state authority to provide recreation and rehabilitation for children. This notice clarifies the Resumption of Hosting Programs in Ukraine notice published on June 13, 2022.
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