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Adoption Agency: Organization placing children in homes, under the jurisdiction of state or licensing laws.

Adoption Professional: Employee of a licensed adoption agency or a trained and educated adoption authority who has training and experiences in adoption services and authorized by the agency to provide adoption services.

Semi-Open Adoption: An adoption in which a child's birth parents and pre-adoptive parents may exchange primarily non-identifying information. After the child is placed in the adoptive home, contact with the bir . . . View Full Definition

Public Adoption Agencies: Governmental adoption agency or social services department providing adoption services, primarily dealing with older children in foster care.

Final Adoption Decree: Legal document issued by the court that completes the adoption.

Field Service Agency: Generally refers to any one of the following USDA agencies that administer programs and provide services to farmers and other rural residents through an extensive network of state and local . . . View Full Definition

Disclosed Dual Agency: Real estate licensing laws may permit dual agency only if the buyer and seller are informed and consent to the brokers representation of both in the same transaction. Although the possibilit . . . View Full Definition

Federal Agency Securities: A Federal Reserve action adding more reserves to the banking system, increasing the money available for lending, and making credit easier to attain.

Fiscal Agency Agreement: A time series regression to estimate the betas of securities portfolios.

Foster Adoption Placement: Foster placement of a child, with adoption being the final goal, once all legal requirements have been met. The couple must be certified as suitable to adopt with their home licensed as a fo . . . View Full Definition