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A Child's Waiting Adoption
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A Child's Waiting Adoption
Phone: 1 330-665-1811Website: http://www.achildswaiting.com
Address:
710 Salisbury Way
Akron, OH 44321
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Thankful for agency
I am fortunate to have personal experience with this agency and take the time to offer support. There have been over 1500 kids placed by this agency in only 8 yrs or so. They have had WAY more successes and happy families than the negative ones. I am glad the agency was able to settle with the State. I work in social service and I am aware of the incompetencies of ODJFS and ACW has not deserved this type of treatment. The agency I am with as well as others I coordinate with ALL make similar mistakes, all clerical or documentation in nature. ALso, it depends on which Licensing specialist the agency has as they determine how the rules are interpreted there is nothing standardaized and the rules change constantly. Any agency is at risk for the same issues. I know from a professioanl perspective that this agency is wonderful, caring and would highly recommend them. The mahority of the lists on this site are those who have never had direct contact with the agency and are difficult to take seriously as they answer only to propoganda. There are many individuals willing to share positive experiences in another forum.
To Thankful for Agency
I am happy that you had such wonderful experiences with ACIW over the years. We are happy for the people that did have positive experiences and truly hope that their children have adapted well and are happy in their forever home. Yes, all agencies make mistakes. However, the mistakes that ACIW made, including coersion with their clients is illegal and immoral. We know this for a fact, since we are one of the families that fell victim to their tactics. Having multiple clerical errors is par for the course when you are dealing with a high volume of adoptions, but to shame and coerce families into doing something that they are not comfortable with, just to make money has to and was stopped by ODJFS. They have been investigating ACIW for over 2 two years, so the decision to stop them from placing any more children was not a snap decision. We have worked with other agencies in the past and never had to endure anything close to what we were subjected to by ACIW. There is a better way to handle adoptions and hopefully in the next 4 years they will have time to rethink their previous decisions.