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The Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE) finds adoptive homes for children and teens waiting in foster care. A private non-profit agency founded in 1957, MARE develops public awareness and recruitment programs to inform the public about the children who wait, and the process of adoption from foster care. These programs are used to attract and support potential adoptive families and match them with specific waiting children.
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 adoptive homes, and higher rates of aging out of foster care without permanency. Among other things, systemic racism has led to higher rates of state removal of children from their biological families, barriers to entry into the adoption process for families of color, and an understandable lack of trust within communities of color toward state child welfare agencies. We are reexamining our role, reprioritizing our work, and exploring ways to close the permanency gap and to increase the rate of families of color who are licensed for adoption in Massachusetts.
If you are an advocate who is passionate about finding adoptive families of color for children and youth in foster care, if you are connected to faith-based, cultural, and grass roots organizations in Black and Latino communities, if you love working with families and helping them to navigate systems, and if you are a creative thinker who wants to try new ideas and engage in finding solutions for challenging problems, then this position might be for you!
The Outreach and Support Coordinator for Black & Latino Families is responsible for implementing new and existing initiatives focused on improving the permanency outcomes of waiting youth of color and increasing the number of Black and Latino families beginning the process of adoption. This person will build, nurture and sustain long-term partnerships with individuals and organizations, including but not limited to cultural hubs, places of worship, community leaders and funders, in order to address the specific needs and challenges faced by Black and Latino families considering adoption. The Outreach and Support Coordinator for Black & Latino Families will support prospective families in navigating the early stages of consideration of adoption, offering individualized education and support to reduce barriers to retention.
For more information and to apply, visit: https://mare.bamboohr.com/jobs/view.php?id=23&source=aWQ9MjE%3D
