The thing to remember about the FCA accreditation issue is that reguardless of the cause of death, under Russian law the agencies are responsible to keep Russian officials informed as to the disposition of those they place at least for the first few years post placement.

It is my understanding that FCA failed to do so and that was the basis of the accreditation being pulled, (not the precise nature of the child’s death, but the lack of the agency reporting such to the Russians.)

I hasten to add this little girl’s death was TRULY an accident and NOT one of the murdered Russian adoptees.

Cradle of Hope – lots of disruptions with that agency. There was also some issues involving their connections with All Ways Travel.

Thanks for your comment.

Pretty interesting that EAC is asking their adoptive families for testimonials on their behalf.

Often organizations will ‘astroturf’, asking for letters to make it appear they have ‘grassroots support’ when such letters are actually happening as a result of a process the organization has initiated itself. This is done in adoption in support of agencies under fire, as well as more generally politically. The ’support’ at first glance often appears to be ’satisfied customer’/self initiated and suddenly springs up appearing as multiple letters coming from geographically widespread locations, but upon closer inspection such letters clearly come at the direction of the organization in question. A fairly standard technique.

Asking former consumers for a ‘product testimonial’ and acknowledging such is provided at the request of the organization in question is one thing, but failing to acknowledge that such is the result of the organization’s urging is just plain old astroturfing.

As I’ve said, to date, the only claim that EAC will be holding onto their Russian accreditation has come from EAC itself. I’ve not seen anything from the Russian end. Perhaps their accreditation is still under consideration? As I have no window into the Russian decision making process I wouldn’t hazard a guess.

European Adoption Associates is inextricably a part of the Chase Harrison/Dmitry Yakolev case, as EAC is the agency that placed Dmitry. There is no way by which EAC could never not be part of that sad history now.

Further, as I’ve pointed out before, Dmitry is not the only Russian child EAC placed that has died as a result of the actions of their adopters here in the States. See my tag on Logan Higgenbotham for posts containing more details.

Both Cradle of Hope Adoption Center and Family and Children’s Agency had their accreditations withdrawn around the same time, though for unrelated reasons. (see my post here for more details)

The Education and Science Ministry said it had withdrawn the accreditation of the two agencies — the Cradle of Hope Adoption Center and Family and Children’s Agency — after inspections found that they had violated the law.

The ministry supplied a list of the purported violations, which primarily focused on failures to keep the ministry informed about the well-being of adopted children.

To get a better handle on the ins and outs of the situation, you may want to read through the articles on my Dmitry Yakolev tag.

I hope to blog some updates about Dmitry and the aftermath in the not too distant future.