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| Subject | Date Asked |
| Another question | 5/8/2012 |
| Q: It's me again,I asked you something before but you didn't understand. So I'll ask you in another ... A: Nina, Thank you for your question. I am so very sorry you are finding yourself in this difficult ... | |
| Adopting my Brother | 5/1/2012 |
| Q: I am 18 years old and I want to adopt my brother Ty (14 years old) he lives in Ohio right now with ... A: Tesa, Your situation is very serious. If your brother does not feel safe or is being harmed, you or ... | |
| fathers rights mexican laww | 12/8/2011 |
| Q: so my friend , in prego and wants to give up her rights as the mother to the child as soon as she ... A: Leticia, Thank you for your question. If the father of the baby does desire to raise the child full ... | |
| Adoption | 11/25/2011 |
| Q: Is impossible to adopt if my application have been denied? Can I use adoption to get green card and ... A: Betty, you have several questions here but not all of them can be adequately answered without more ... | |
| relinquishing parental rights | 6/20/2011 |
| Q: Because we were going to disrupt our adoption, while living in Ireland, the social workers there ... A: I am unaware of which state you reside in to assist in making a recommendation, but I will suggest a ... | |
| birth certificate. | 6/8/2011 |
| Q: I hope you can help me as I'm at the end of my rope and out of ideas. Here is my situation. I was ... A: Do your parents have a copy of your birth records or medical records? Do they have a photo copy of ... | |
| long term foster care | 5/23/2011 |
| Q: I am wondering if you would have knowledge of this kind of statistic: What percentage of children ... A: The statistic I am aware of is 11 years old but it will help answer your question... Today, more ... | |
| found the "ideal" child | 3/6/2011 |
| Q: I have been going through the home study process for over a year now. I have gone from one agency to ... A: Chelsea, Thank you for your question. Children waiting for adoptive families are profiled and are ... | |
| may never meet my brother | 3/3/2011 |
| Q: when my mom was around 14-16 years old she had a baby and she put him up for adoption and i would ... A: Alisia, Thank you for your question. Searching for an adoptee is not uncommon. It is important to ... | |
| URGENT !!! | 11/23/2010 |
| Q: Story: I am a US citizen and i am looking to adopt my 15 yr old niece before she turns 16 in 4 ... A: This may be possible but also quite complicated. The best advice is to seek the advice of an ... | |
| adopting niece | 10/19/2010 |
| Q: I have a great niece that is being foster by one of my nieces.She don't want to adopt my great niece ... A: If you wish to proceed with a relative adoption (referred to as a kinship adoption) and that child ... | |
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Adoption STAR
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Expertise
Questions related to domestic and international adoption.
Experience
22 years in the adoption field. Michele Fried is the founder and chair of Adoption STAR. Her foremost responsibilities are the implementation of strategic plans and agency growth/expansion, financial management, board partnerships and supervision of the staff. Michele has her hands full with these responsibilities as well as initiating marketing and public relation campaigns and executing and implementing policies developed by the Board of Directors.
Organizations
CAFFA, JCICS, NACAC
Education/Credentials
Before starting Adoption STAR. Michele worked as an educator in Pennsylvania and then after she and her husband adopted their first child, she entered the field of adoption. In 1989 she founded an adoption agency licensed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Michele’s own family began to grow and they chose to return home to Western New York. Michele began working locally as an Inclusion Coordinator for individuals with developmental disabilities.
As the years went by, Michele was inspired by the great need for a passionate, advocacy based, non-profit child-welfare agency in this area and so Adoption STAR was born in March of 2000! Michele is very proud of the work Adoption STAR has done and continues to do, and states she is touched by the incredible birth mothers that work with the agency.
Awards and Honors
The community-at-large has also noticed Michele and her agency. In 2003 Michele received a Business First 40 Under Forty Award and in 2004 WKBW-TV honored Michele by selecting her to be one of the community’s Everyday Heroes. The YWCA also honored Michele in 2005 by selecting her as one of twenty-six women making a difference in Western New York. In 2009 Michele was the recipient of a Business First Women of Influence Entrepreneur Award. On May 1, 2010 during the Dazzling Decade ~ A Night of Star’s 10th Birthday Gala, Michele’s own agency presented her with the First Michele Fried Founder’s Award. In the future, this award will be given annually to an individual whose contributions, expertise, and dedication to adoption mirror Michele’s.
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