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		<title>Communication Between Client and Agency</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 and to ensure that their behavior, words and tone remain supportive while clients, in order to have the healthiest experience, need to begin the journey by understanding the importance of healthy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Type of Prospective Parent Are You?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 probably the most misunderstood statement. The job of a reputable agency is not to find children for families, but families for children.]]></description>
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		<title>A Foster Family&#8217;s Story</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 are also pursuing an International Adoption. &#8220;Three years ago, we began the foster program in hopes of walking out with a child we could adopt. Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birth Mother&#8217;s Day from some of our Adoption STAR children!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you can&#8217;t view this video on our page, click here]]></description>
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		<title>National Nurses Week 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:30:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is celebrated annually from May 6, also known as National Nurses Day, through May 12, the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing.]]></description>
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		<title>16 and pregnant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 15:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catelynn Lowell and Tyler Baltierra, who were the teens featured in 16 and Pregnant an MTV show, are now 21 and have been together almost nine years, and at a recent event where they were asked to speak about their experiences they said women who have unplanned pregnancies should get involved with an adoption agency, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adopting as a Larger Sized Family</title>
		<link>http://www.adoptionstar.com/adopting-as-a-larger-sized-family/</link>
		<comments>http://www.adoptionstar.com/adopting-as-a-larger-sized-family/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 15:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After raising eight children (one biological and seven adopted) to adulthood, and fostering over 20 more, I met my wonderful husband Mark. Not only did Mark embrace all of my children, but he also shared in my desire to parent even more. Mark and I would later adopt three more children through private agencies and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update On Past Story About Man Who Adopted His Girlfriend</title>
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		<comments>http://www.adoptionstar.com/update-on-past-story-about-man-who-adopted-his-girlfriend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 15:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year Adoption STAR reported on the case of Polo tycoon John Goodman who adopted his girlfriend. The Florida case burst into the media with allegations that Goodman was intending to adopt his girlfriend not to create a parent-child relationship but rather to permit her to receive one-third of a trust fund immediately since she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Families For Children, Not Children For Families</title>
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		<comments>http://www.adoptionstar.com/finding-families-for-children-not-children-for-families/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 13:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Agency’s philosophy is to work in the best interest of children and to find forever families for children, not children for families.]]></description>
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		<title>May is Foster Care Month!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 13:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each May we recognize National Foster Care Month to provide an opportunity to shine a light on the experiences of the more than 380,000 children and youth under 18 in the foster care system. The campaign hopes to raise awareness about the urgent needs of these young people and encourages citizens from every walk of [...]]]></description>
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