As Avilla moves through the registration process, he will encounter more obstacles.
A big one is his education, which consists of two years at an unaccredited religious school.
Another requirement for registration as an adoption facilitator is work experience. Avilla has no relevant work experience. He has, until very recently, only worked in an unlicensed agency-his own.
Avilla seeks tax deductible contributions through Congressional District Projects (a deceptively named for-profit corporation) and the Heritage Foundation, which sought bankruptcy protection in early 2009.
Avilla will also have to answer for his past practice of putting photographs of children on his website, a clear violation of California law.
Avilla may also have to come to terms with the lawsuit filed against him by Mann-Bracken on behalf of Citibank for over $10,000 in unpaid credit card bills.
Finally, Avilla will have to explain why some of his "host families" did not undergo the required background check. The reason? Avilla's other options had fallen through, so he was willing to look the other way.
With all of the reputable and established adoption agencies out there, there is no reason whatsoever to deal with David Avilla or Advocate for Orphans International!
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We were led to believe that through his organization, children in the hosting program were under special protection in the agencies in Ukraine, through contacts at Stork, Father George Kokhno, and the director of the orphanage.
We were notified only hours after making a last and substantial payment, that the child we were adopting had essentially been "sold" to the next highest bidder in Ukraine.
Families that have been there through Avilla's program told horror stories of desperate parents from around the world, bribing children with candy and toys to want them; children who thought they were already being adopted by people who'd hosted them in the States.
Some people do, in fact, adopt the kids they hosted through Avilla's program, but it's a roll of the dice.