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...
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...
Carmela meets the adoptive family
Many people are apprehensive about meeting new people. Prospective adoptive parents are nervous wrecks when it comes to meeting the birth mother of th...
Funding Adoption Efforts
Have you heard of Crowdfunding? Forbes defines it as: “the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a la...
True Story from 2001: A Special Adoption Story
When Monica* first found out she was pregnant in her senior year of high school, she knew immediately that she wished to consider adoption. Her mother...
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Making Promises You Cannot Keep
Our Birth Parent Department Supervisor, Sue Shaw discusses the importance of Adoptive Parents keeping their promises to Birth Families. I have been wo...
Adoption STAR’s Appreciative Adoptive Parents
Shortly after receiving placement of a child, many Adoption STAR adoptive parents find themselves feeling incredibly fortunate and grateful to have ac...
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Waiting for the Right Baby
By Michele Fried, Adoption STAR Founder & CEO Marie and Peter were coming up on their two-year mark with the agency. Their home study was already...
Adoption STAR Picnic Through the Eyes of a Waiting Family
Many families shy away from social gatherings during their adoption wait, especially where children are present. But we promise that the 13th Annual A...