News & Updates

The Importance of Adult Connections for Youth Before They Age Out of the Foster Care System

According to national data, approximately 20.00 youth age out of the foster care system each year without connections to a permanent family. When a teen in foster care turns 18, their participation wi...

Beyond Balance Sheets: KPMG's Race to Support Youth in Foster Care

In the bustling corridors of KPMG, where spreadsheets and strategies often dominate the conversation, there's one voice championing a cause far different from accounting. That is Stephen Briggs, a pas...

Addressing Oppression by Amplifying Youth Voices in Adoption

The child welfare system, as with many other structures in society (juvenile justice, housing, education, employment, mental health), is built upon structures of oppression. Differences in class, gend...

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 i...

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 improving the ways we include their voices and perspective...

Serving All Children and families

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 waits for their permanent placement in loving adopt...

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 country). We really believe that helping kids in residenti...