Guest blogger Jill Christiansen shares her adoption journey. When we began our adoption journey in the Spring of 2011, we were already the parents of ...
5 Ways My Personal Experiences Impact My Job
Sue Reardon discusses her role as Adoptive Parent Mentor and how her personal experiences impact her job. It’s no secret that I am passionate about ...
I recently gave birth to a baby boy – but I still would love to adopt
Adopting While Pregnant? You are almost home study ready and approved to adopt (or you have been waiting to adopt for some time)… And then… Yo...
Communication Between Client and Agency
Social work is fundamentally dependent on communication, and it is out of necessity, at least a two-way process. Social workers need to support people...
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...
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...
Finding Families For Children, Not Children For Families
The Agency’s philosophy is to work in the best interest of children and to find forever families for children, not children for families....
Why Consider The Agency Assisted Private Adoption Program?
Utilizing Private Track to Increase Applicants’ Opportunities to Adopt. If the applicant(s) is/are hoping to adopt an infant domestically, Adopt...
Coincidence or Divine Intervention
By Michele Fried Years ago, I wrote an article that stemmed from a family conversation about whether things are simply coincidence or fate. I intervie...
A Young Adoptee Takes A Journey Back to Adoption STAR
This Post was written by Adoption STAR CEO and Founder, Michele Fried. Deb and Susana were at the very early stages of the adoption process when a pho...