Adoption STAR is celebrating its birthday BIG TIME this year. Come celebrate with agency staff, adoptive parent clients, birth parent clients, and mor...
The Power of Unsealed Birth Certificates
A recent ABC Nightline story beautifully illustrates how unsealed birth certificates can be of great benefit to adult adoptees and birth parents alike...
Open Adoption Issues
A recent article wonderfully summarizes key issues for adoptive parents and birth parents to consider when thinking about open adoption. April Dinwood...
Celebrating Birth Mother’s Day Saturday, May 9, 2015
The upcoming Birth Mother’s Day celebration is being held this year at the Buffalo Niagara Heritage Village located at 3755 Tonawanda Creek Rd, ...
Heading to Washington, D.C.!
Adoption STAR’s Associate Director Michael Hill and Client Relationship Manager Zachary Fried are traveling to Washington, D.C. to witness history. ...
“A letter to……”
This powerful piece, anonymously written, speaks to the heart of many prospective adoptive parents in the midst of “the wait” for a placement. The...
Post Adoption Depression
Adoption STAR Founder/CEO Michele Fried writes about a sensitive topic that may resonate with adoptive parents. Several years ago (even before Adoptio...
International Adoption Update – The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Adoption STAR International Adoption Coordinator Meg Montgomery shares important news affecting families interested in adopting a child from the DRC. ...
Making Connections
Family STAR is forming a brand new support group for adoptive parents, and the inaugural meeting is happening next month! When I began my job as Famil...
Book Review for “Born With Teeth”
Adoption STAR’s Chris Fancher offers a review of Actress and Birth Mother Kate Mulgrew’s new book. “Orange is the New Black” is set to...