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Separate webpages contain information about adoption fees and adoption information sessions Several videos (and their transcripts) are available to view from the information sessions webpage, with titles including ‘ICA: Dylan and Gillian’s story’, ‘The realities of adoption’, ‘Requirements for ICA’ and ’Understanding the adoption process’ SA Placement Services, Families SA, Department for Education and Child Development Information sessions are held ‘regularly’ and must be attended before an expression of interest can be submitted Six-page information sheet on ICA process and 28-page booklet on ICA available for download Tas Adoption and Permanency Services, Department of Health and Human Services Persons interested in attending an information session can contact STCA through link provided Links provided to the Hague Convention on Intercountry adoption and the UN convention on the rights of the child Vic Department of Health and Human Services: Intercountry Adoption Victoria (IAV) - arranges intercountry adoptions Family Information Networks & Discovery (FIND), Department of Human Services Pre-application information sessions no longer held. Attendance at education groups (3 days) is a mandatory requirement to proceed once an application has undergone initial screening and clearance and prior to assessment phase Website being updated and scheduled to be launched in October 2016. ICA Information kit (42 pp), tool and mandatory questionnaire and ICA Victoria assessment standards available online Dedicated page outlining challenges of ICA ICA newsletter, last published May 2015, including current statistics and reference/links to:
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