adoption

Michelle Gach grabs a couple slices of pizza before we get started. She has a story to tell, and it turns out to be a long one, covering the past 14 years…

There are currently about 3,000 kids in Michigan available for adoption. Michigan can't afford to turn away any qualified parent interested in adoption.…

Michigan’s new faith-based adoption law has come under intense criticism from those who claim it discriminates against same-sex couples. The law allows…

THIS STORY WAS UPDATED ON 6/15/15If you’re tired of reading articles about how Michigan’s foster care system needs to improve, bear with me. This one has…

There are a few talks nearly all parents have with their kids. There’s the "birds and the bees" talk, and the "don't do drugs" talk. Some parents also…

The goal for children in foster care is to find them permanent homes. If they can’t live with their birth parents, the next best thing might be adoption.…

We've recently spent a lot of time here at State of Opportunity focusing on foster care. If you missed Jennifer Guerra's documentary Finding Home, set…

Tomorrow, a federal court will hear arguments in the Michigan case, DeBoer v. Snyder. The case challenges the constitutionality of the state's ban on…

Adopted children, largely from international adoptions, are being put into harm's way by adoptive parents often at their wits end. As Megan Towhey of…

Yesterday the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a case involving the Indian Child Welfare Act. The law is designed to make sure Native…