In honor of “National Military Appreciation Month” we are reposting Christian’s Story from January 7, 2013....
FOST-ADOPT STORY IN THE NEWS
Minnesota Supreme Court issues ruling in controversial foster care adoption case....
What Type of Prospective Parent Are You?
By the Staff of Adoption STAR The agency’s most important daily job is to find families for children. Even though this is often stated, it is probab...
Considering the Adoption of Black Infants
There are more than 400,000 children presently in out-of-home care in the United States. Almost half of these children are Black. Many Black children ...
My Real Family
Guest Blogger, Zenobia, Age 13....
Birth Mother Celebration ’13: A Recap
At this year’s Birth Mother Celebration, my job was to take pictures and speak briefly about what open adoption means to me. During Adoption STAR’...
A Foster Family’s Story
Lynda is an Adoption STAR adoptive mom in the Western New York area. Currently she and her family are a foster family in the county they live in and a...
National Nurses Week 2013
Is celebrated annually from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nurs...
Surviving Mother’s Day
The month of May can be a very exciting time in our area. Gray skies give way to sunshine and each day brings new beauty as flowers begin to break [&h...
My Baby, Not My Child
A photographer and University of Iowa student chronicled her journey all the way from conception through delivery in this beautiful story of an expect...