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Archived Issues:

2009 (PDF documents)
Winter 2009	Adoption Match Parties - Fun for Children, Families and Workers! Photolisting Update Requirements Explained Michigan Heart Gallery Grand Opening

2008 (PDF documents)
Fall 2008	Adoption: Belief vs. Reality Adoption Agency Needs Survey Project Open Arms
Spring / Summer 2008	Groundbreaking Disruption / Dissolution Survey Underway! Adoption Oversight Committee Update Adoptive Couples Needed for Study
Winter 2008	Quality Photos = Powerful Recruitment Tools 2008 Michigan Heart Gallery Opening - A Huge Success MARE Saves Trees - More Paperless Documentation

2007 (PDF documents)
Nov / Dec 2007	The Adoption Oversight Committee "It Was Meant to Be..."
Sept 2007	Wendy's Wonderful Kids - it Works! Meet the Michigan WWK Recruiters New Photolisting Requirements Keep Photolistings Current Tracking Adoption Disruptions and Dissolutions
August 2007	The MARE Family Registry The MARE Inquiry Process
July 2007	Who We Are and What We Do - Part 2

2006 (PDF documents)
Nov / Dec 2007	Who We Are and What We Do - Part 1 The Michigan Heart Gallery Opening Invitation
Sept 2006	The End of an Era - Saying Goodbye the the MARE Book Pre-Adopt Training No Longer Offered by MARE
August 2006	Three More Years! The MARE Contract is Renewed with Family Service & Children's Aid Will It Happen for Me? Older Children Still Wait
July 2006	You Gotta Believe, Part 2
June 2006	Anatomy of the MARE Tracking List
March 2006	The Power of Photos Nature or Nurture: Genetic Predispositions to Addictions in Adopted Children

2005 (PDF documents)
Oct 2005	Lifebooks and Beyond Laughter Bonds Creative Ways to Use Humor
Sept 2005	Inducement: An Adoption Language We Need to Understand November, 2005 is National Adoption Month
July / Aug 2005	The Campaign to AdoptUsKids Michigan Heart Gallery on Track for Debut Photo / Video Services Available Through MARE
March / April 2005	The Heart Gallery is Coming to Michigan Meet Kate Hanley, Director of Adoption Services
Jan / Feb 2005	MARE Changes Now Underway Statewide Trainings to Address MARE Changes

2004 (PDF documents)
Nov / Dec 2004	Could You Please Be More Specific? Child-Specific Recruitment, Part 2 Digital Photo Reminders
Sept / Oct 2004	Could You Please Be More Specific? Child-Specific Recruitment, Part 1 New Lifebooks are Coming
July / Aug 2004	Answering the Call - AdoptUsKids FIA Announces "Exceptions" in Placement Payment Rates
May / June 2004	Kids and Lifebooks: Tips for Workers
March / April 2004	An Ode to the MARE Book A Visit with Bill Johnson and Bruce Hoffman
Jan / Feb 2004	"While You Wait" Event for Children Also Touched Adults Child-Specific Recruitment Training

2003 (PDF documents)
Nov / Dec 2003	MARE Changes Coming in January, 2004 Wayne FIA Calling Out Ceremony
Sept / Oct 2003	Supreme Court/FIA Workgroup Present Final Report on Adoption Issues 15th Annual Calling Out for Those Who Wait
August 2003	Providing Background Information to Adoptive Parents Church Flyers: An Effective Recruitment Tool
July 2003	Introducing a Child to the Family Digital Cameras to be Distributed
June 2003	Preparing Children and Families for Recruitment Events Tips for Better MARE Photos Video Clips on MARE Website
May 2003	FY 2002 AFCARS Results "Helpful Hints" Debuts

2002 (PDF documents)
Nov / Dec 2002	Adoption Support Subsidy Eligibility No Longer Linked to MARE Registration Billboard Promotes Adoption Henry Hofstra, MARE Contract Administrator, Retires
Sept / Oct 2002	MARE Contract Renewed The Montcalm School - An Alternative Residential Program In Lenawee County, Wendy's "Kicks It Up" for Kids
July / Aug 2002	Raising a Large Adoptive Family MARE Program Updates and Reminders
May / June 2002	CWI 2002: An Improved Curriculum Reactive Attachment Disorder
March / April 2002	The Scoop About Sanctions Living with Oral Apraxia
Jan / Feb 2002	The "10-Day Timeframe" Explained

2001 (PDF documents)
Nov / Dec 2001	Regional PASS Centers Now Open
Sept / Oct 2001	National Adoption Month Approaching "R" is for Resource - MARE
July / Aug 2001	Ping Returns! "Me, Myself & I" Lifebooks Now Available Lifebooks: Every Foster Child Needs One Child Welfare Training Institute
May / June 2001	Adoption Statistics 2000 The All-New Zone Review Revised Tracking List Messages
March / April 2001	Demand Remains High: Pre-Adoption Orientation and Training Sessions The Effects of Fetal Alcohol Exposure
Jan / Feb 2001	The Inaugural State of the MARE Book Address Recruitment Effort Finds Families for Children - Bethany's One by One Program

2000 (PDF documents)
Nov / Dec 2000	The Eyes Have It - EMDR
Sept / Oct 2000	Using Child Specific Recruitment Effectively Preparing Children for Child Specific Recruitment Using MARE Videotaping Services
Aug / Sept 2000	Finding S.A.F.E. Homes for Children Helping Foster Families Adopt: Planning to Break the Barriers
July / Aug 2000	CASA Program Growing in Michigan
May / June 2000	MARE Tutorial 2000 Subsidy Caseloads Steadily Rising

1999 (PDF documents)
Nov / Dec 1999	Sibling Ties are Worth Preserving MEPA Grievance Procedures
Sept / Oct 1999	Federal Laws Aim to Remove Barriers Helpful Hints: What's Mild? What's Severe?
July / Aug 1999	MARE Videotaping Service: A Recruitment Tool for Workers Targeted Recruitment: The Most Effective Strategy
May / June 1999	What is Autism? Making MARE Work
March / April 1999	Preparing Children for Permanency 1998 Michigan Adoption Statistics The Effects of Loss
Jan / Feb 1999	Sears Portrait Program Available A Basic MARE Tutorial Michigan Special Education Mediation Program

1998 (PDF documents)
Nov / Dec 1998	Finding Families for Teens Responding to Families in Crisis
Sept / Oct 1998	The Purpose of the Zone Reviews Recruitment Narratives: What to Leave In, What to Leave Out
July / Aug 1998	When Adoption Delays are Paper Thin Meet Jean Hoffman, New Director of Adoption Services in Michigan
May / June 1998	A Visit with Kate Young, the Adoption Subsidy Program Manager
March / April 1998	Child Protection Bills Signed into Law HIV/AIDS and the Child Welfare System
Jan / Feb 1998	MARE Trivia Challenge