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Updates: Kids Link International Adoption Agency
(Imagine Adoption)

September 30, 2009 -- Ontario is taking action to support families involved with Imagine Adoption and making changes to strengthen the international adoption system.

The government is supporting the immediate resumption of Imagine Adoption’s operations and is providing a six month extension for families involved with the restructured agency whose home studies expire before April 2010. MORE

See also: Introduction of New International Adoption Licensing Procedures - Questions and Answers

September 22, 2009 -- The ministry is pleased the restructuring plan for Imagine Adoption has been accepted by the creditors. Although the plan is still subject to court approval, the ministry is working on the licence renewal to allow the restructured agency to resume operations as early as possible. We encourage parents to continue checking the BDO Dunwoody website at www.bdo.ca/imagineadoption.

September 9, 2009 -- The ministry is pleased that a restructuring plan for Kids Link / Imagine Adoption has been proposed, subject to approval by the creditors and the court, and that according to the proposal the agency could resume operations as early as October, 2009. The ministry will continue to work with the trustee and will act quickly to consider licensing requests once the plan has been approved. A copy of the restructuring plan is available on BDO's website at www.bdo.ca/imagineadoption.

July 28, 2009 -- Ontario is taking clear action to help families impacted by the recent collapse of Imagine Adoption/Kids Link. Read the news release.

July 23, 2009 -- The ministry is aware that families involved with St. Anne's Adoption Centre are also affected by the Imagine Adoption / Kids Link situation and is looking at options to assist families. Families involved with this agency can also call the phone number listed on this page to speak to someone at the ministry.

July 21, 2009 -- A lawyer with years of experience in adoptions is now in Ethiopia on behalf of BDO Dunwoody, the bankruptcy trustee. The lawyer is there to assess the condition of the transition home and the children in it while also providing support on the ground as a plan is being developed on how to assist families.

July 16, 2009 -- The Ministry of Children and Youth Services understands that this is a very difficult time for families who have been working with Kids Link International Adoption Agency (also known as Imagine Adoption) now that the agency has entered into bankruptcy proceedings.

While the ministry does not fund Kids Link (Imagine Adoption), it does licence them to provide international adoption services and we are in ongoing contact with BDO Dunwoody, the bankruptcy trustee, to determine how they can best assist families who have been impacted by the agency’s inability to continue operations.

The trustee is considering a written plan submitted by the Board’s lawyer for how to assist families, especially those whose adoptions have been completed or have already been matched with children. The ministry has also contacted the federal government who is liaising with foreign adoption authorities to determine the safety of children who are living in the Kids Link (Imagine Adoption) transition homes in Ethiopia.

BDO Dunwoody will be posting new information including status updates as quickly as possible on their website at: www.bdo.ca/extranets/imagineadoption. Updates will also be highlighted on the ministry’s website as we continue to work hard to assist all families impacted by this situation.