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It is the mission of PEAR to provide a voice for prospective and adoptive parents. Our goal is to ensure that all families are provided:

• the opportunity to make a wholly informed and educated decision to adopt;

• a system that is transparent, ethical, economical, and respects the rights of families of origin, the laws of governments involved, the adoptive and prospective adoptive parents, and most importantly the children;

• a choice of agencies that operate legally, ethically, responsibly and in the interest of the adults and children they serve;

• access to support services and resources post adoption;

• official representation before the bodies that govern and oversee adoption providers.

• Addressing proposed legislation which affects adoptive families, adoptees and birth families.
• Our Positions on SB 1376, SB 1359 (aka FACE), and HB 3070 (aka FOA)
• PEAR's Position on TB Management in International Adoptees
  

• Systematically addressing issues related to the accreditation process for US adoption agencies under the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption from the viewpoint of prospective and adoptive families. While the adoption triad will be the people most profoundly affected by the new process and the outcome of accreditation they have the least amount of representation in the creation and oversight of the accreditation process.
  
• Our Comments on Proposed Regulations to the Hague Intercountry Adoption Act
• We are in regular conversations with DOS and COA regarding accreditation process
• On-going project
  

• Researching and creating legislative proposals addressing the regulation, licensing and oversight of adoption agencies.
• Research underway

• Services and Support for Adoptive Families.
• Post Adoption Services Project and Survey (study closed, results being compiled)
• Therapist and Mental Health Providers Survey (underway)
• International Adoption Doctor, Clinic, and Related Providers Directory (completed and updated quarterly) (pdf, 735kb)
• Quicklist of providers

• Creating Adoptive and Prospective Adoptive Parent Bills of Rights
• Prospective Adoptive Parent Bill of Rights (completed)
• Adoptive Parent Bill of Rights (underway)

• Supporting legislation for full and open access to original birth records for all adult adoptees.
• PEAR's Open Records Statement (completed)
• On-going project

• Independent Adoptions: Implications for Parents and Providers under Hague Intercountry Adoption Act and Regulations.
• Preliminary Report

PEAR is a 501(c)(3) Pennsylvania non profit corporation. PEAR started as a grassroots group of adoptive and prospective adoptive parents who came together to discuss the lack of a unified, respected voice for adoptive families.

Our membership includes prospective and adoptive parents, adoptees, adoption professionals, and others interested in meaningful, ethical adoption reform. We welcome you to become a member of PEAR.

We believe that the existing system needs strong reforms because it does not represent the best interest of the people most impacted by the system: the children and their families, both original and adoptive.

Gina Pollock	President		Kim Kennedy	Board Member
Margaret Weeks	Secretary/Treasurer		David Kruchkow	Board Member
Pamela Veazie	Membership Chair		Barbara McArtney	Board Member
Karen Holt	Board Member		Karen Moline	Board Member

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

• Encouraging the creation of a Code of Ethics for Adoption Professionals which includes mandatory education, licensing, and training for providers and which respects the rights of all members of the adoption triad;

• Researching and addressing the corruptive role of fees in domestic and international adoptions;

• Addressing the lack of full disclosure of adoption by both public and private agencies. Creating a Consumer Reporting Board for addressing conflicts between agencies and their clients.

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