Every issue includes insightful, important information for adoptive and foster families, or for those who are considering adoption and foster care. Learn what's going on through the Calendar of Events and other regular features. You may also visit the FOAL youth website by clicking here
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Spring 2010 - "Recent Match Parties a HUGE Success!"
Family Newsletters
Summer 2010
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What We Have to Unlearn As Older Child Adoptive Parents
Spring 2010
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Health Care Reform Law Expands Adoption Tax Credit
Winter 2010
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The Importance of Keeping Brothers and Sisters Together
Winter 2009
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How Adoption Match Parties Bring Joy to Children, Families and Workers Alike: Learn more about the MARE-sponsored "Match Parties" - and how you can participate!
The 2009 Michigan Heart Gallery Has Opened!
Fall 2008
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When Parents Adopt Out of Birth Order: Conventional wisdom says not to adopt a child out of birth order. Yet there are many reasons why this choice may be right for you— and many ways to make it work.
Project Open Arms: This faith-based project aims to promote the awareness of waiting children in foster care, recruit Christian families to adopt these children, and support these families through the process and beyond.
Summer 2008
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three little words: Review of Ashley Rhodes-Courter's memoir "three little words."
New MARE Family Registry is Up and Running - and Looking for Families!Learn more about how MARE's Family Registry can help studied and approved families - and those looking for an agency to work with.
Family Satisfaction Surveys - We Need Your Help!: Learn more about the MARE Satisfaction Survey, and the Agency Satisfaction Survey, that families can complete.
Spring 2008
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Our Adoption Story: Meet Lake and his son Jordan.
Positive Adoption Language: Learn the words that can help us positively educate others about adoption.
2008 Michigan Heart Gallery Opening.
The MARE Website and Families: The MARE website contains an abundance of information and services for families interested in adoption and foster care.
Winter 2007
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Placing Sexualized Siblings: Sexual abuse in children, and healing techniques.
"It Was Meant to Be"Meet Arius and learn about his journey as he waits for his Forever Family.
MARE Family Registry: Learn about the MARE Family Registry for families with approved adoption homestudies, as well as MARE's website for approved families. Learn, too, about how the Registry can benefit families who are interested in adoption or foster care but are not yet working with an agency.
Archived Issues
2006/2007 (PDF documents) |
| Fall 2007 |
- Helping Kids be Kids Again
- Meet the MARE Staff
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| Summer 2007 |
- FOAL: Focus on Adoption and Leadership
- MARE Inquiry Process
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| Spring 2007 |
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| Winter 2006 |
- Dream a Little Dream: Help Paying for College
- The Michigan Heart Gallery
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2005/2006 (PDF documents) |
| Aug / Sept 2006 |
- Three More Years: Michigan Dept. of Human Service Awards MARE Contract to Family Service & Children's Aid
- The End of an Era - the MARE Book
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| June / July 2006 |
- You Gotta Believe! Adopting Older Kids and Youth is A-OKAY!
- MARE's Family Database
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| April / May 2006 |
- Where Do I Begin? Answers to Your Questions About Adoption and Foster Care
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| Feb / March 2006 |
- Nature or Nurture: Genetic Predisposition to Addictions in Adopted Children
- Lifebooks and Beyond
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| Oct / Nov 2005 |
- Inducement: An Adoption Language We Need to Understand
- Underlying Emotional Issues of Survival Behaviors
- Advice for Adoptive Parents
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2004/2005 (PDF documents) |
| Fall 2005 |
- Inducement: An Adoption Language We Need to Understand
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| Sept 2005 |
- Laughter Bonds
- Mystery Math
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| Aug 2005 |
- Adoption and School Issues
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| June 2005 |
- Tips on Selecting an Adoption Therapist
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| May 2005 |
- The Heart Gallery is Coming to Michigan
- Meet Kate Hanley
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2003/2004 (PDF documents) |
| Aug / Sept 2004 |
- Confessions from a Parenting Class - For the Love of Positive Discipline and "I" Statements
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| June / July 2004 |
- Confessions from a Parenting Class - Understanding Children's Behavior
- The W.I.S.E. UP Powerbook
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| April / May 2004 |
- Confessions from a Parenting Class - The Power of Choice
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| Feb / March 2004 |
- Confessions from a Parenting Class - Lessons in Parenting Styles
- While You Wait Event for Children
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| Dec 2003 / Jan 2004 |
- Confessions from a Parenting Class
- MARE is Expanding!
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| Oct / Nov 2003 |
- Coalition for Adoption Rights Equality, Inc.
- New Resources in the MARE Library
- About the Adoption-Friendly Workplace Program
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1996 - 2003 (HTML documents) |
| Aug / Sept 2003 |
- Making Changes: Supreme Court/FIA Workgroup Presents Final Report on Adoption Issues
- Book Review: The Healing Power of the Family
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| June / July 2003 |
- Introducing a Child to the Family
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| April / May 2003 |
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| Feb / March 2003 |
- Issues Facing Adult Adoptees
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| Dec 2002 / Jan 2003 |
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| Oct / Nov 2002 |
- Most Frequently Asked Questions About Adoption
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| Dec 2002 / Jan 2003 |
- Adoption Tax Credits
- A Home for The Holidays
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| Oct / Nov 2002 |
- Most Frequently Asked Questions About Adoption
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| Aug / Sept 2002 |
- It Takes a Village: Raising a Large Adoptive Family
- Don't Give Up: One Family's Story of Special Needs Adoption in Michigan
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| June / July 2002 |
- The Multiethnic Placement Act and the Interethnic Placement Act
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| April / May 2002 |
- Living with Oral Apraxia
- Adoption Tax Credit
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| Feb /March 2002 |
- Adoption Tax Credit
- Ask the Advocate: Special Education and Suspension/Expulsion
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| Dec 2001 / Jan 2002 |
- Adoption Policy: What is that Infamous "10-Day Timeframe?"
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| Oct / Nov 2001 |
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| Aug / Sept 2001 |
- Reactive Attachment Disorder
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| June / July 2001 |
- Parenting the Sexually Abused Child
- LifeBooks: Every Foster Child Needs One
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| April /May 2001 |
- About Early-Onset Bipolar Disorder
- Answers to Children's Questions about Adoption
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| Feb / March 2001 |
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder
- The Effects of Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
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| Dec 2000 / Jan 2001 |
- The Eyes Have It -- Learn about the therapeutic technique called EMDR
- Cleft Palate and Lip
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| Oct / Nov 2000 |
- Resources Available Through MARE's Lending Library
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| Aug / Sept 2000 |
- Creating a Family by Birth and Adoption
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| June / July 2000 |
- What "Special Needs" Adoption is Really All About
- CASA is Growing in Michigan
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| April / May 2000 |
- Depression in Childhood and Adolescence
- Dyslexia: Disability or Gift?
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| Feb / March 2000 |
- Disclosing Background Information
- What is Cerebral Palsy?
- The Effects of Loss
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| Dec 1999 / Jan 2000 |
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effect
- Federal Laws Aim to Remove Barriers
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| Oct / Nov 1999 |
- Sibling Ties are Worth Preserving
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| Aug / Sept 1999 |
- What's in a Name?
- Parenting with Love and Logic
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| June / July 1999 |
- Why Can't Andrew Sit Still?
- Parenting with Love and Logic
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| April / May 1999 |
- What is Autism?
- Parenting with Love and Logic
- Kuweza
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| February/March |
- Living with An Angry Child
- Parentig with Love and Logic
- Michigan Special Education Mediation Program
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| Dec 1998 / Jan 1999 |
- Becoming Your Own Adoption Advocate: A Guide for Families
- Adoption Tax Credits and Exemptions Become Law
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| Oct / Nov 1998 |
- Responding to Adoptive Families in Crisis
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| June / July 1998 |
- A Visit with the Adoption Subsidy Program Manager
- The Michigan Adoption Recruitment Consortium
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| April / May 1998 |
- HIV/AIDS and the Child Welfare System
- Child Protection Bills Signed into Law
- Overview of Adoption Subsidy
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| Feb / March 1998 |
- Working with Gay and Lesbian Adoptive Parents
- March is Parenting Awareness Month
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| Dec 1997 / Jan 1998 |
- Adoption: A Celebration of Family
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| Oct / Nov 1997 |
- The Need for Post-Adoption Services
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| Aug / Sept 1997 |
- An IDEA for Your Child's Future: Advocating for Special Education Needs, Part 2
- Assistive Technology Breaks Down Barriers
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| June / July 1997 |
- An IDEA for Your Child's Future: Advocating for Special Education Needs, Part 1
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| April / May 1997 |
- How and When to Tell a Child They're Adopted
- Help Your Children to Become Better Adults
- Talking to Children About Their Strengths and Weaknesses
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| Feb / March 1997 |
- Most Frequently Asked Questions About Adoption
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| Dec 1996 / Jan 1997 |
- A Voice for Children -- Meet Richard Bearup, Michigan's Children's Ombudsman
- When the System Breaks Down
- Adoption Expense Credit
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| Oct / Nov 1996 |
- What Does "Special Needs" Really Mean?
- November is National Adoption Month
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| Aug / Sept 1996 |
- Searching for Birth Relatives, Part 2
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| June / July 1996 |
- Searching for Birth Relatives, Part 1
- Tuition Incentive Program
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| April / May 1996 |
- The Foster Child
- What is Bandele?
- Encouragement -- for your children, and you
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| Feb / March, 1996 |
- Adoption of the Sexually Abused Child
- Computers for Special Needs Children?
- Meditations on the MARE Book
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