Excellent points! I'm starting to wonder about their claims in
regards to their advertising, too. They claim that 27% of their fees
are allocated to advertising referral, outreach, and advocacy; I'm
thinking the bulk of their advertising targets couples wanting to
adopt, not birthparents. I don't believe they ever distinguished
between how much was allocated to prospective clients wanting to
adopt and prospective birthparents.

In iacopen@yahoogroups.com, "iacfraud" <iacfraud@y...> wrote:
> K,
>
> Congratulations on your adoption, and good luck on your second! I
> agree with your assessment that it is possible to successfully
adopt
> from the IAC if you find your own birthmother. The problem is that
> in this case you essentially end up paying $13,000 for a home
> study. Most reputable agencies today will conduct a home study for
> about $2,500. I'm sure most of us picked the IAC over other
> agencies based on their claim of having extensive outreach. The
IAC
> website currently says they spend over $600,000 per year on
> advertising and have over 9,000 pregnancy related organizations in
> their referral network. What makes these numbers especially hard
to
> believe is the small number of birthmother calls and the fact that
> whenever a client asks for details regarding IAC outreach they are
> immediately disciplined by IAC management and risk being kicked out
> of the agency due to "trust issues."
>
>
>
>
> --- In iacopen@yahoogroups.com, allballthecat <no_reply@y...> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I joined this group for many of the same reasons you all
> have.
> > I have some issues with the IAC, but they are not as severe as
> many
> > of the ones I have read........