Post Placement Reporting

Many foreign countries require post-placement supervision for six months or longer to ensure that the child has been well-placed and is thriving in a loving family. For this reason, MLJ may ask you to furnish photographs, written reports and medical reports to send to your child's country of origin, and/or participate in follow up interviews and home visits. 

Post-placement reports are designed to track the child's development and progress in adjusting to his or her new family and life in a new country. They also provide assurance to political leaders and adoption officials in the country of origin that children they place in permanent families through inter-country adoption in the United States are receiving appropriate care and protection. Post-placement reports are not as in depth as a home study and provide an opportunity for parents to brag on their children and/or ask questions about ways they can best help their children. 

Failure to provide post-placement  reports may put inter-country adoption programs at risk for those who wish to adopt in the future. Accordingly, MLJ and the Department of State strongly encourage parents to comply with post-adoption reporting requirements. 

The requirements and frequency of post-placement reports vary from country to country, and some countries expect the reports to be prepared by a social worker or agency representative. It is helpful to anticipate and understand the reporting requirements of your child's country of origin.

Bulgaria - Four agency completed reports at six month intervals from the date of placement and a minimum of 10 hard copies of photos of the whole family and then pictures of the child. Families must have the post placements apostilled before they can be sent.

the Democratic Republic of Congo - Two agency completed reports at six month intervals, and pictures of child with family, every three months for the first year emailed to your program director.

Honduras - Agency completed reports: every three months from the date of placement for the first year, every six months for the second year, and annually until the child turns 14.

Nicaragua - Three annual agency completed reports from the date of placement.

Samoa - Two agency completed reports at six month intervals from the date of placement and pictures of child with family, every three months for the first year emailed to your program director.

Ukraine - Family completed reports annually from the date of placement until the child turns 18, sent to the nearest consulate.

 Please contact Lauren with questions or to start your post-placement.