Focus on Adoption (FOA)

During the "Hague Upheaval" in Guatemala, Hannah Wallace and Rudy Rivera (Vice President) developed the concept of Focus On Adoption™: An Intercountry Advocacy Organization, while organizing with the Association in Defense of Adoption and many other like minded advocates, to preserve and then improve adoption services for Guatemalan children who need families. She sees Guatemala as a beginning in the need to form child welfare coalitions in numerous countries where adoption is no longer an option for hundreds of thousands of children. She believes the entire adoption community needs a resource for educating itself about the issues impacting ICA and needs a center for advocacy to protect children's rights to grow within a family environment.
http://www.focusonadoption.com/about.shtml
hwall334@aol.com

Persons

Person Relation type Date from Date to
Aleda Madison Board member 2004 Jan 01
Barbara Greenburg Board member 2004 Jan 01
Carl Hocke Board member 2004 Jan 01
Carl Jenkins Board member 2004 Jan 01
Chris Huber Board member 2004 Jan 01
Cynthia V.N. Peck Board member 2004 Jan 01
Debbie Spivack Board member 2006 Jan 01
Donna Clauss Board member 2005 Jul 01
Jeannene Smith Board member 2004 Jan 01
Jessie Baeza-Garcia Board member 2004 Jan 01
Kevin Kreutner Board member 2004 Jan 01
Lauren Cleary Board member 2004 Jan 01
Lynne Jacobs Board member 2004 Jan 01
Tom DiFilipo Board member 2005 Jul 01 2006 Dec 31
Traci Kohler Board member 2006 Jan 01
Kelly Caldwell Participates in
Hannah Wallace President
Hannah Wallace President 2004 Jan 01
Margaret Orr Secretary 2004 Jan 01
Carolyn Callison Tiffin Treasurer 2004 Jan 01
Jeannene Smith Treasurer 2004 Jan 01 2008 Jan 31
Traci Orr Treasurer 2008 Jan 01
Rodolfo Rivera (aka Rudy Rivera) Vice President 2004 Jan 01

Relations to other organizations

Organization Relation Type Organization Country Date from Date to
Focus on Adoption (FOA) Cooperates with Asociación Defensores de la Adopción(ADA) 2005 Jan 01
Focus on Adoption (FOA) Member of Joint Council on International Children's Services 2008 Feb 01
Focus on Adoption (FOA) Part of Lobby to keep Guatemala open
Focus on Adoption (FOA) Sponsor of 2005 2nd World Conference on Children without Parents
Focus on Adoption (FOA) Sponsor of World Initiative for Orphans (WIO) 2007 Jan 01

Location

1920 Abrams Parkway #185
75214
Dallas