MRPA Blog: News & Events
Family Works Together – Maryland Post-Adoption Program and Book Club
Download the flyers to learn about these valuable networking and learning opportunities! https://mrpa.org/download/6403/ https://mrpa.org/download/6408/
New Resource! Maryland Adoption Agencies Directory
A Letter of Introduction from MRPA President James L. Craig, Jr.
To: Resource Parents of Maryland From: James L. Craig Jr. President, Maryland Resource Parents Association (MRPA) Subject: Introduction Greetings to the hardest working people I know. As the new President for the Maryland Resource Parents Association (MRPA), I want to...
Child Welfare Academy Summer Courses – Reserve Your Spot!
REGISTER HERE FOR WORKSHOPS July and August Training Sessions Mon, 7/25/22 (6:00-8:00pm) - Effective Mental Health Treatment Through a Trauma-Informed Lens (meets Medication Management training req) Wed, 7/27/22 (6:00-8:00pm) - Digital Safety Wed, 8/3/22 (6:00-8:00pm)...
Title IV-E Child Care Reimbursement – Application Deadline June 17th!
Maryland DHS has received information regarding Title IV-E Child Care Reimbursement. This is for eligible children for the calendar year 2021. Please note that this information was received late and there is an extremely short turnaround time frame. Please read all of...
Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year from the MRPA!
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)
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 information on our...
The Maryland DHS Needs Your Feedback by 12/15!
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 information on our...
A Letter from Executive Director Arnold Eby
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 member...
Giving Tuesday is November 30th: Consider a Donation to the MRPA
Giving Tuesday Is November 30, 2021 Giving Tuesday was established in 2012 as an international day of generosity, with the goal of unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities, and the world. In the 9 years since it began it has...