by Joanna Abruscato | Oct 8, 2026 | Articles, Recent News, Youth Voice
MRPA is featuring the Youth Advisory Board (YAB) and the “Youth Voice” Written by: YAB Member, 2026-10 How to Welcome a Teen into Your Home (Click Above to Download) Dearest Reader, Apologies for the late blog. As you know, if you have experience with an...
by Joanna Abruscato | May 6, 2026 | Articles, Recent News, Youth Voice
MRPA is featuring the Youth Advisory Board (YAB) and the “Youth Voice” Written by: YAB Member, 2026-05 WHY Welcome a Teen into Your Home (Click Above to Download) Dear MRPA Members, If you’re reading this, you’re in some way connected to a foster...
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 | Apr 2, 2020 | Articles, COVID-19
“It’s difficult to help them understand what’s going on,” a foster father said. “Sometimes even we don’t understand.” Read the full article HERE.
by MRPA Team | Feb 4, 2020 | Articles
New federal program helps young adults aging out of foster care: “Who would think that I would go to college?” Every year, more than 20,000 teenagers age out of the foster care system. Within four years, about 5,000 of them are homeless. A new federal...
by MRPA Team | Dec 18, 2019 | Articles
Quote from the article: He still has the last name of a woman who adopted him in grade school — then gave him back. From the time he was 3 until he turned 14, Dominic Williamson was bounced to 80 different foster homes. When he turned 18, he found himself alone and...
by Stefany Lang | Mar 15, 2018 | Articles, In the Media, MRPA News
Community Nominations for the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s (CCAI) 2018 Angels in Adoption® Program Honorees are OPEN beginning today through April 30, 2018! Do you know someone who is an adoption or foster care advocate and is making or has...
by MRPA Team | Mar 14, 2017 | Articles
The Maryland Foster Parent PTA and the Maryland Foster Parent Association would like to thank National PTA for the invitation to present information concerning foster care advocacy and support during the 2017 Legislative Conference. Sam Macer, President of the MD...
by MRPA Team | Jan 9, 2017 | Articles
Click to read more. California Law to Close Group Homes Stresses Importance of Family for Every Foster...
