Child Welfare Outcomes 2008-2011 is now available online. This Report to Congress is the twelfth in a series of reports from the U.S. Department of He...
Adoption Leave at Work
Do you feel those who give birth get preferential treatment at work? The U.S. Department Of Labor’s Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) states t...
Meet the Experts for Our Upcoming Financial Seminar
On Tuesday, September 17th 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm in our main office, Adoption STAR will offer a financial planning seminar. In today’s blog post, m...
International FASD Awareness Day – September 9th
September 9th, is International FASD – Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder – Awareness Day. In today’s blog post, Sue Reardon discusses ...
A Simple Idea Makes A Big Impact
Adoption STAR Founder & CEO Michele Fried wrote this post in 2003 after the first Birth Parent Holiday Party held at the Niagara Falls Boulevard ...
Goulash
Our International Adoption Coordinator Megan Montgomery discusses how the particulars of a culture can inspire those seeking to adopt internationally ...
There is really no such thing as gay adoption ~ It is simply called ‘adoption’
Adoption STAR Founder & CEO Michele Fried Discrimination: The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especi...
What to Expect #5: Post Adoption-Love at First Sight?
Our International Adoption Coordinator Megan Montgomery discusses the post adoption period and the challenges of the initial period of bonding. Someti...
The Orphan Trains
On this Labor Day, we honor the labor and precarious existence of those who were forced onto the Orphan Trains. Here is selection of passages (referen...
The Check-box Part 2
Our Media Specialist Lesa Ferguson has been working on forms for Adoption STAR. In part 2 of this two-part blog series, she writes about her particula...