Adoption STAR (which stands for Support, Training, Advocacy, and Resources) is a compassionate and unique agency. The agency takes a strong stand on adoption education and believes that no one can make a decision to adopt or place a child for adoption without fully educating themselves on adoption and its many options. Adoption STAR is an agency committed to the best interests of children and will offer all birth families – regardless of race, health, circumstances, sexuality, or disability – the option of adoption for their child. Adoption STAR is an agency dedicated to maintaining connections between adoptive families and birth families and offers education and support with every adoption plan. The bottom line is that you are comfortable with and that will best meet your needs, offering you confidential and personalized services. At Adoption STAR, we pride ourselves on our professionalism and experience within adoption. Most importantly, we LOVE adoption.

Adoption STAR provides adoption planning for children of all ages — from infancy through age 21. The agency places children of all races, backgrounds, and special needs.

A home study is a document prepared by an agency social worker, which details the adopting families’ personal feelings and values surrounding child rearing, development, and other interpersonal issues. It is a requirement for any adoption. Adoption STAR believes that home studies should be viewed as an educational process to allow the clients and agency to get to know each other and to identify what adoption path the client is most comfortable with.

 

Though a home study is required by law prior to an adoption placement, Adoption STAR conducts it’s home studies in a way in which they are not viewed as just a “stamp of approval” to adopt. The home study  includes visits with a social worker and pre-adoption educational classes.

When you register with Adoption STAR for a home study, you will receive an electronic packet of information that includes all the required documentation and links to paperwork that you will need. Most documentation required for the home study is mandated by State regulations.