by MRPA Team | Jan 12, 2018 | Event Notifications, MRPA News
Waves of Change – Oceans of Opportunity Be sure to note this Summer’s Annual Education Conference in Orlando, Florida. For complete details, see the Event that we’ve added to our MRPA website.
by MRPA Team | Jan 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
From: Sam Macer, Education Chair, MRPA Please see the link at right to review the current Child Welfare Policy Directives for the State of Maryland. View...
by MRPA Team | Dec 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
From Sam Macer, Education Committee, Chair Every resource parent with a youth 14 years and older should have the Ready by 21 Manual. Early in 2018 MRPA will be asking for your input to develop a Ready by 21 Manual specifically focusing on our needs to provide care for...
by MRPA Team | Dec 5, 2017 | Resources
by Sam Macer for PTA Our Children.org Foster families are an “invisible population.” If one hundred children were on a school playground, you couldn’t – or shouldn’t – be able to tell which ones were foster youth. If you were at a mall, you couldn’t pick...
by MRPA Team | Nov 27, 2017 | Resources
We have an updated Ombudsman flyer for MRPA parents! Final Updated Foster Parent...
by MRPA Team | Nov 22, 2017 | Resources
By Sam Macer I want to thank the Blaque Diamond Enterprise for inviting me to represent the Maryland Resource Parent Association at the 2nd annual “It’s a Family Affair” event. The community engagement event provided an opportunity to learn about the need for loving,...
by MRPA Team | Nov 21, 2017 | Resources
By Alexandra Sifferlin September 8, 2017 TIME Health For more, visit TIME Health. The following story is excerpted from TIME’s special edition, The Science of Childhood, which is available in stores, at the TIME Shop and at Amazon. EXCERPT: When Frances Jensen’s...
by MRPA Team | Nov 17, 2017 | Resources
Excerpt: The number of U.S. children in foster care has been on the rise since 2012, and most experts agree that the upward trend will continue. But how are states doing at ensuring there are enough foster homes and other placements to take these children in?...
by MRPA Team | Nov 14, 2017 | Resources
Teens Need Families, No Matter What View this article by Jerry Milner, Associate Commissioner at the Children’s Bureau, about this important month-long event. CLICK HERE
by MRPA Team | Nov 13, 2017 | Resources
By Sam Macer This is a “must have” trauma management information piece for your Foster Parenting Tool Box from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. However, this information may assist any family or caregiver who has a non-foster care child who has experienced some type...
