New year, new you!
Like many of you, we are committed to being healthy in 2015! Health and fitness can be goals your family share. There are many ways to...
Self Care for Foster and Adoptive Parents
Have you ever been on a plane and they remind you to secure your own oxygen mask before helping anyone else with theirs? This is good...
10 tips for Avoiding Parent Burn Out
Happy New Year! This month COPARC will be featuring tips for balancing and magaing your emotional, physical, and social health. Check...
Free Download: Adoptive and Foster Family Holiday Care Guide
We recommend this guide to assist families with kids in their care during the holidays. With a little creativity and patience, sadness...
Tips for Managing Holiday Stress
The holidays often lead to additional stress. More activites, less time and added pressure can contibute to a more feisty and less...
Nominate a family
**Nominate a Family for the Holidays** Do you know an adoptive family who could use a little holiday help? A donor of The Adoption...
Mariska Hargitay on Adoption
One of our favorite stories of celebrity adoption is that of Mariska Hargitay. While she plays a strong and powerful woman on Law &...
Shane
Recently at a staff meeting, we had the opportunity to watch this video about aging out of the foster care system. Check out this...
Sensory Play Ideas
We recently came across a blog with 15 sensory play ideas that were simple, made with common household items, and seemed like really...
Adoption Quote of the Week
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