Ongoing
Explore Adoption Webinars
Join Emily Goldberger, Family Support Services Coordinator, for an engaging LIVE presentation that will tell you what you need to know about the adoption from foster care process in MA and direct you on next steps to take to move forward in the process.
On-Demand
Explore Adoption Webinar
Join Liz Joyal, Director of Family Support Services, for a recorded webinar. This engaging presentation that will tell you what you need to know about the adoption from foster care process in MA and direct you on next steps to take to move forward in the process. If you are looking for a place to ask questions in real-time, please sign up for our LIVE Explore Adoption Webinar instead.
Ongoing
TBRI Adoptive Parent Training
MARE invites pre/adoptive and recently placed families to a series of Trauma Informed Parenting virtual trainings facilitated by Fostering Hope’s TBRI® practitioners. This opportunity is intended for Massachusetts pre/adoptive families who have completed MAPP training or families recently placed.
6/20, 7/18, & 8/15 - 7-8pm
"Ask Me, I Did It" - A Virtual Interactive Event with Experienced Families
Join us for a virtual interactive event series, featuring experienced adoptive families on the third Thursdays of the month this summer from 7-8 PM. If you are pursuing adoption from foster care in Massachusetts, whether you are taking MAPP training, waiting for a match, or already placed, please join us to learn more about the experience of families who have already adopted. This will be an interactive panel style virtual event with the opportunity for Q&A.
8/19
FORE! the Youth Golf Tournament
Join us for a wonderful day of sport, food, and fun for an important cause! The 16th Annual Fore the Youth!
7/30 - 6:30pm-8pm
Northern Region Matching Night for Licensed Families
Licensed (and nearly licensed) families are invited to attend this event to learn about waiting children, ages 5+. At the event families will have the opportunity to meet with adoption social workers from the Northern Region to learn about children and sibling groups, and to discuss potential matches with them. This is an in-person event, and light refreshments will be served. Please note that there will be no waiting children in attendance.
9/10 & 9/15
Ninja Warrior Meet and Greet
This is a two part event. For part 1, families will have the opportunity to meet with adoption social workers from the Central Region to learn about children and sibling groups, and to discuss potential matches with them. No waiting children will be in attendance. For part 2, families are invited to meet with waiting children ages 9+ and social workers. Activities at the event will be fun and interactive and will include running obstacle courses like those seen on "American Ninja Warrior."