Can We Feel Hopeful? January 2nd families in the process of adopting from Russia have been in a state of limbo. Now, some are feeling more at ease wit...
Adoption STAR Adds New Position To Its Growing Agency
Adoptive Parent Mentor & Coach Adoption STAR is thrilled to announce the new position of Adoptive Parent Mentor and Coach and even happier to sha...
Christian’s Story: An Airman’s Experience with Transracial Adoption
The new year always brings me a sense of renewed spirit and the opportunity to discover great new experiences in my life. This of course happens with ...
Adoption Tax Credit Update
While we don’t have all the answers, this post will update you with clearer information regarding the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 that was ...
Evan B. Donaldson Institute Cites Adoption STAR In Newest Report on Adoption and the Internet
Adoption STAR and CEO Michele Fried, are listed in Dr. Jeanne A. Howard’s report entitled, “Untangling the Web: The Internet’s Transformative ...
Adoption Competence and School Assignments
Imagine being in the school and your teacher assigns a lesson to create a family tree or bring in a baby photo or write a story about your birth. If...
Would-be adoptive parents look beyond Russia
Adoption STAR’s International Adoption Coordinator, Megan Montgomery is quoted twice in this Chicago Tribune article: ...
Cultural Continuity and Competency
Michele Fried is the author of Creating a Cultural Continuity Plan for Our Children, an article published in several adoption trade magazines includin...
Russia’s Proposed Ban on Adoptions by American Citizens
With upwards of 600,000 orphaned or abandoned children in Russia, why ban ALL adoptions by US Citizens who have added 60,000 Russian children to their...
WNY Most Admired Leaders In Esteem
Buffalo Business First selected Adoption STAR as one of The Most Admired Companies in Western New York. Buffalo Business First wrote, “We asked re...