by MRPA Team | Apr 1, 2025 | MRPA Presents/First Tuesday
Thursday, April 10th 2025 6 – 8pm ET Guest Speaker Peter Fitts, LCSW-C Peter Fitts is a therapist at The Chesapeake Center with over 20 years of experience working with individuals, families, and couples. In addition to his role as a clinician, he has managed...
by MRPA Team | Mar 7, 2025 | MRPA Presents/First Tuesday, Recent News
About Our Presenter Join us in a training with Josh Kroll, the Project Manager of the Adoption Subsidy Resource Center, a program of Families Rising. In his 27 years there, Josh has gained an extensive knowledge of federal and state laws and policies, including the...
by MRPA Team | Jan 30, 2025 | Child Welfare Academy, Training Announcements
Our friends at the Child Welfare Academy have shared the schedules for their upcoming March, 2025 Spring Virtual Conference, as well as their training schedule for February through April, 2025. Click the images below to view and download a copy of the schedule for...
by MRPA Team | Jan 24, 2025 | MRPA Presents/First Tuesday, Uncategorized
We’ve posted the recordings of two recent MRPA Presents sessions. MRPA Presents: Taxes for Resource Families (Video and Flyer) MRPA Presents – Creating a Kin-First Culture (Video) See this page for these and other, prior...
by MRPA Team | Jan 22, 2025 | Webinar
TUESDAY MARCH 4, 2025 6:30-8:00PM Please register HERE. Join us for a supportive discussion designed specifically for LGBTQ+ foster parents. This training will address the unique challenges faced by same-sex couples in the child welfare system, including navigating...
by MRPA Team | Nov 11, 2024 | MRPA Meetings
Join us for our November MRPA meeting. Use this Zoom link to join: https://shorturl.at/rJSB8
by MRPA Team | Oct 17, 2024 | MRPA Meetings, Training Announcements
Join us for our November MRPA meeting. Use this Zoom link to join: https://shorturl.at/rJSB8
by MRPA Team | Sep 10, 2024 | Uncategorized, Webinar
Please join us Tuesday September 10, 2024 for our Bi-Monthly Meeting at 8:00pm. All foster/kinship parents are welcome! https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83902434567?pwd=ZkxTbng5NTJsVmVzUTJLMHRYOFJodz09
by MRPA Team | Sep 1, 2024 | MRPA Presents/First Tuesday
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 6:30-7:30PM MRPA board member Sam Macer, MSW will lead a discussion concerning the Kin First culture, kinship family needs, and local, state, and national support. Caregivers will be invited to provide input and suggestions concerning how the...
by MRPA Team | Sep 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
A Need for Kinship-Specific Training There is a need for the development of a basic “Parent Involvement 101” education training to support and sustain academic achievement for children and youth in kinship care and all youth in out of home placement. Why? Research...
