Local News

• Oct 15, 2006 8:12 pm US/Eastern
• Digg | Facebook | E-mail

  Close WindowE-mail This Page

  MARE Holds 'The Adoption Option' In Reading

  Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

  ---

  • Recipient E-mail:* 
  • • Your Name:* 
    • Your E-mail:* 
  • Add a Message:
  •   Send me a copy of this e-mail.

  • Type the characters in this picture:* Click here to refresh with new letters

  ---

  The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

  Send E-mail

  | Print

MARE Holds 'The Adoption Option' In Reading

Potential Foster Parents Were Able To Meet With Children Looking For Homes

READING (CBS4) ― Parents and families who were interested in learning more about adopting a child were at Jordan's Furniture in Reading on Sunday for "The Adoption Option" – an event aimed at finding permanent foster homes for children in foster care.

Potential foster parents were able to meet and talk with children in Massachusetts who are awaiting a new home.

"Adoption parities are one of MARE's (Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange, Inc.) most successful efforts in placing children," said MARE's Executive Director Lisa Funaro. "These events allow families to meet face-to-face with children and make connections that may not have happened otherwise."

More than 2,000 have the goal of adoption in Massachusetts and more than 600 children have not been placed with permanent families, according to MARE.

Parents who are looking to adopt a child must be 18 or older, MARE states. Foster parents can be single, partnered or married. Families of various income levels are eligible for adoption as well, but according to MARE, they must have a stable source of income to support a child.

(© MMVI, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)