Adoption STAR Associate Director Michael Hill writes about the varying reasons why healthcare/helping professionals might refer pregnant people to an ...
How Has Adoption Touched YOUR life?
With over 780 placements in its 15 years of existence, Adoption STAR has amassed a lot of great stories. We hope you’ll consider sharing yours. Weâ€...
A View From the Other Side
Adoption STAR’s Director of Adoption Kathy Crissey shares thoughts sparked by a recent trip to a hospital to visit with a birth mother. As an adopti...
Happy Pride!
June is LGBT Pride Month! Here’s some background information and helpful links to help you understand the significance of this month-long celebratio...
A Birthmother’s Observations
A wonderful article that addresses the many-sided emotions that a birth mother can have regarding child placement. Adoption STAR Bookkeeper Jeri Olson...
Discounted Training Opportunity for Adoptive Parents
A unique training opportunity for current or prospective adoptive parents that involves hearing all about the adoptee perspective through personal sto...
Making Connections – Adoptive Parent Support Group – Meeting TONIGHT
Join Wendy Lane and other local adoptive parents for tonight’s meeting. Any adoptive parent, whether they’re Adoption STAR clients or not, are wel...
For Professionals – Culturally Sensitive Options Counseling – Part 3
Healthcare and helping professionals need to be culturally competent if they want to provide effective pregnancy options counseling in our multi-cultu...
For Professionals – Culturally Sensitive Options Counseling – Part 2
Healthcare and helping professionals need to be culturally competent if they want to provide effective pregnancy options counseling in our multi-cultu...
For Professionals – Culturally Sensitive Options Counseling – Part 1
Healthcare and helping professionals need to be culturally competent if they want to provide effective pregnancy options counseling in our multi-cultu...