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How Volunteers Made a Teen's Birthday Extra Special

Birthdays can be a time of joy and celebration for most children, but it can be a hard and emotional time for those in foster care. Children in foster care often face a great deal of uncertainty and instability, which can make birthdays...

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Empowering Youth in Foster Care

We are a child centered team of experienced professionals and adoptive parents committed to empowering children and youth. We achieve this by ...

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Racial equity statement

MARE recognizes that systemic racism in the United States has resulted in over-representation of children of color in the foster care system, longer...

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Transformative Connections for Kids in Foster Care

Weekend Family Connections is one of our newest and most innovative programs at MARE (there's only a few other programs like it in the entire...

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