MAPP , MAPP training
Model Approach to Partnership in Parenting. A training curriculum developed by the Child Welfare Institute involving a series of classes; required by many jurisdictions for those preparing to be foster or adoptive parents.

MEPA
Multi-Ethnic Placement Act.

mainstreaming
Including children with special needs in a regular classroom situation rather than isolating them in special classes or schools. A child may be mainstreamed for part of the day, or for some subjects and not others.

match, matching
In adoption, matching is the process of finding prospective families for a child. A match may refer to a family that a child's worker has selected or is strongly considering, but it also may refer to a family that the family's worker or adoption exchange worker is merely suggesting to the child's worker.

medical assistance, medical assistance card, medical card
Children who have been in the care of an adoption agency are often eligible to receive Medicaid cards, which provide for the child's health care, free of charge as part of an adoption assistance program. This coverage is usually provided until the child is eighteen.

multicultural
Relating to, reflecting, or adapted to diverse cultures. Multicultural may be used to describe a child's heritage, a family's composition, or other things, such as a school's curriculum.

multiracial
Composed of, involving, or representing various races. This term can be applied to groups, such as a multiracial family, or individuals, or a child with a multiracial heritage.