LGBTQ adoption has been in the news lately as some states, specifically Illinois, have prohibited state funded adoption agencies from discriminating a...
Your Newly Adopted Child’s First Doctor Visit
The Joint Council on International Children’s Services recently published a journal article entitled “Comprehensive Health Evaluation of t...
Adopting From Haiti
After the devastating earthquake in Haiti two years ago, the US and Haitian governments allowed approximately 1,100 children who were on the verge of ...
Petition To Save the Adoption Tax Credit
We recently touched on the changes to the 2012 adoption tax credit in our blog post on the “Top Adoption Stories of 2011,” and here is a p...
Adoption In The News: “‘Brown babies’ long search for family, identity”
CNN recently posted a feature story on the plight of adoptees from the World War II-era, who were born to white German mothers and African American ...
Adoption Reunion From a Teenagers Perspective
Recently, the Huffington Post published a blog post from a teenage adoptee about her reunion with her two biological brothers. The author of the post,...
The Dilema of wanting to share your family’s adoption journey and keeping your child(ren)’s privacy
Adoptive mother, Ann Brenoff, recently wrote a post for huffingtonpost.com in which she talks about the balance she struggled to find between sharing ...
Thoughts on This National Adoption Month
This blog post was written by Adoption STAR CEO and Founder, Michele Fried. Today is the first day of November. For many it is just another Tuesday,...
Adoption In The News: Social Media Spurs Adoption For Roseville Family
We love to share heartwarming adoption stories and the story of Ester and Julius, two orphans in Uganda is a great adoption tale. According to the art...
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center’s International Adoption Center
The International Adoption Center at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has been working with adoptive families since 1999 and specializes in famili...