As mentioned in previous blog posts, the Child Welfare Information Gateway is an incredible resource for adoptive families. Adoption STAR highly value...
May is Foster Care Month
Get inspired during National Foster Care Month 2014! View real-life stories about children, youth, and families involved with child welfare. Share the...
Adoption STAR Staff Responses to This Month’s Film Clip
Here are some Adoption STAR staff reactions to the latest film clip we watched as a part of our TV/Film clip viewing project. See our Facebook post on...
What We Wish You Understood
In honor of National Foster Care Month and in celebration of those children who joined their forever families as “older” children, we present W...
Interning at Adoption STAR
It is hard to find words to best describe my feelings surrounding my last semester as a graduate student. It is even more difficult to find the words ...
This Week’s Annual Staff Training and Dinner
Every year, Adoption STAR hosts an annual staff training and dinner (typically in the spring), a mandatory event for Adoption STAR staff. All employee...
“No One Is Going To Pick Me”
Finally your home study is complete and you have your first “profiling opportunity!” The excitement turns to disappointment as you realize that it...
The Call – Part 2
There are very few moments in life in which every detail is etched into our memories. Maybe you can remember what song was playing on the radio, what ...
Surviving Mother’s Day
Not everyone gets warm Hallmarky feelings about Mother’s Day. While the maternally privileged (like me, currently both having a mom and being a mom)...
Feeding Your Baby
In this two-part article, Adoption STAR will explore breastfeeding and formula feeding the adopted newborn. The first part of this article, we will ad...