by MRPA Team | Dec 14, 2020 | Holiday
(Repost from Serenity Links Coaching) The holidays are festive and fun, but they can also be torture for our traumatized kids! The very things we love about the season can send our child’s issues into overdrive and their behavior into orbit. That can easily make this...
by MRPA Team | Oct 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Continuous Resolution P-EBT Update This is to inform you that a recent federal budget resolution will provide additional Pandemic EBT or P-EBT benefits. The Maryland Department of Human Services and the State Department of Education are working collaboratively to...
by MRPA Team | Oct 13, 2020 | Seminar
MRPA would like to share this training opportunity with the NFPA! TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT Available Online Teaching mentors about ways to reach, raise, love, and train the next generation, Brian D. Molitor will talk about the many aspects of mentoring that...
by MRPA Team | Oct 7, 2020 | Articles
OUR FOSTER DAD SAVED...
by MRPA Team | Sep 29, 2020 | Articles
We’d like to share this recent Bethesda Magazine article regarding child care accommodations in public schools. Council considering $7.7M to help child care providers operate in public schools Another $864K would go to mental health for schools Child care...
by MRPA Team | Sep 28, 2020 | COVID-19
The benefits for September were issued to those who received P-EBT over the summer. Please note that students who received benefits over the summer but have since graduated did not receive a September issuance. The funds are available on the P-EBT cards between 9/21...
by MRPA Team | Sep 28, 2020 | COVID-19
Over $47.5 Million in Additional P-EBT Benefits Will Serve Over 440,000 Maryland Children in September BALTIMORE, MD — The Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS) in conjunction with the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) received approval to continue...
by MRPA Team | Sep 22, 2020 | COVID-19
MRPA’s Executive Director Arnie Eby was featured in an NBC piece released yesterday, 9/21, on the impact of COVID-19 on Foster children and parents. Excerpt: Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C., are easing some restrictions and rules placed on foster parents...
by MRPA Team | Sep 20, 2020 | Conferences, Resource Parent News
Are you thinking of attending the 2020 ATTACh Conference? If so, read on! (And if you hadn’t considered it yet, definitely keep reading!). Be sure to submit a request on our Home page to receive your 50% off coupon for the registration fee. The first 20...
by MRPA Team | Sep 18, 2020 | Resources
TRAINING ANNOUNCEMENT Available Online Parenting a child with a disorder on the fetal alcohol spectrum can present many challenges for foster and adoptive families. It is vital for these families and the professionals who support them to understand the reasons behind...
