Get inspired during National Foster Care Month 2014! View real-life stories about children, youth, and families involved with child welfare. Share the...
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)...
There is No Recipe for a Perfect Child
In today’s blog post, we look at the importance of Adoption Education. Adoption STAR’s Home Study Classes offer Prospective Adoptive Paren...
The Importance of Valuing Post Adoption Support
By our International Adoption Coordinator Megan Montgomery, LMSW Through each step of life, humans seek out connections with others who are in similar...
Feeding Your Baby (Part Two)
In this two-part article, Adoption STAR will explore breastfeeding and formula feeding the adopted newborn. The second part of this article, we will a...
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...
Cost Comparisons with Surrogacy and Adoption
There are many options that individuals and couples can consider when they wish to parent. Surrogacy, domestic adoption, international adoption and fo...