Today many opt to pursue an agency adoption due to the many benefits it provides. Adoption STAR is a unique agency providing not only traditional agen...
The UAA – What You Need to Know
Policies, rules and regulations governing adoption are always evolving and changing. Read today’s blog post to learn more about an important act tha...
An Adoptee’s Perspective: 15 Things Transracially Adoptive Parents Need to Know
Christina Romo is an adoption professional with a very well respected, adoption-focused blog entitled Diary of a Not-So-Angry Asian Adoptee. The follo...
Pre-Parenthood Adoption Education
From Adoption STAR’s perspective, pre-parenthood adoption education is a key element of adoption readiness. As per our Adoptive Parent Services book...
Creating a Birth Plan
For an expectant woman that’s making an adoption plan, the creation of a birth plan is an important step in the process. Typically a birth plan is a...
The National Survey of Adoptive Parents
Conducted in 2007, the National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP) was a “first-of-its-kind” survey that studied adoptive families (and their exper...
Birth Fathers – Grief and Loss
Regular acknowledgement of birth fathers and the emotions they may feel as a part of placing a child for adoption doesn’t happen enough….and that ...
2010 Census Data and Analysis – Adopted Children and Stepchildren
Published back in April of this year, the U.S. Census Bureau offers up some information and analysis of adopted children and stepchildren (and their f...
Poem from a Daughter to her Birth Mother
Adoption STAR’s Director of Adoption Kathy Crissey shares a piece of beautiful poetry that would never have been written without an adult daughter a...
Placing a Child for Adoption
Two different perspectives on making the decision to place a child for adoption – a birth mother offers one perspective while a birth grandmother of...