MRPA Team, Author at Maryland Resource Parent Association

Child Welfare Academy Spring Virtual Resource Parent Conference – Registration is Open!

by MRPA Team | Feb 16, 2022 | Child Welfare Academy, Training Announcements

Learn more about this upcoming virtual conference and register today! Conference Date: April 2, 2022, from 8:45am to 3:30pm Conference Info: https://theinstitute.umaryland.edu/our-work/ruth-young-center-for-maryland/child-welfare-academy/conference/ Registration Link:...

First Tuesday: February 8, 2022 Maryland’s Human Services Staffing Shortage

by MRPA Team | Feb 5, 2022 | MRPA Presents/First Tuesday

MD DHS Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccine for Youth in Out-of-Home Placement (2/1/22)

by MRPA Team | Feb 1, 2022 | COVID-19, MD DHS

COVID-19 infections can be a minor hindrance or lead to severe disease or even death. Children, like adults, should receive a COVID-19 vaccine to help prevent serious illness from COVID-19, protect other people around you, particularly people at increased risk for...

January’s First Tuesday – Moved to January 11th (Next Tuesday)

by MRPA Team | Jan 4, 2022 | MRPA Presents/First Tuesday

REGISTER HERE You are invited to a Zoom meeting. When: Jan 11, 2022 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Register in advance for this...

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year from the MRPA!

by MRPA Team | Dec 29, 2021 | Uncategorized

Wishing you joy and peace as we wrap up the 2021 Holiday Season and look forward to a New Year in 2022. Thank you to those who provide loving care and support to children in the foster care system as a foster, kinship or adoptive family. Thank you to those who provide...

The Maryland DHS Needs Your Feedback! (Deadline Extended to 12/22)

by MRPA Team | Dec 20, 2021 | Uncategorized

In July of 2021 the MRPA was pleased to welcome Kim Parks-Bourn,Program Manager for Practice Innovation with the Maryland DHS. The topic of our talk was ‘Marylands Integrated Practice Model: What it Means for Resource Parents’. See the presentation...

The Maryland DHS Needs Your Feedback by 12/15!

by MRPA Team | Dec 14, 2021 | Uncategorized

In July of 2021 the MRPA was pleased to welcome Kim Parks-Bourn,Program Manager for Practice Innovation with the Maryland DHS. The topic of our talk was ‘Marylands Integrated Practice Model: What it Means for Resource Parents’. See the presentation...

There’s Still Time to Sign Up! First Tuesday 12/7 with Author Amber Jewell, ‘Finding Hope: The 12 Keys to Healing Hardship, Hurt & Sorrow’

by MRPA Team | Dec 6, 2021 | MRPA Presents/First Tuesday

First Tuesday 12/7 with Author Amber Jewell, ‘Finding Hope: The 12 Keys to Healing Hardship, Hurt & Sorrow’

by MRPA Team | Dec 2, 2021 | MRPA Presents/First Tuesday

A Letter from Executive Director Arnold Eby

by MRPA Team | Dec 2, 2021 | Uncategorized

MRPA Friends, Some of you may have seen the announcement that I have been appointed to the position of Executive Director for the National Foster Parent Association, effective January 1st, ’22. It has been an honor to serve the Resource Parents of Maryland as a...