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Recruiting Foster Parents
Resources and information about recruiting foster parents to serve as resources for children in out-of-home care, including State and local examples.
A Community Outreach Handbook for Recruiting Foster Parents and Volunteers (PDF - 3988 KB)
Casey National Center for Resource Family Support (2000)
Tools for assessing program needs and determining priorities, with guidelines for developing effective messages to the public, working with the media, and leading community discussions on the topic.
Community Survey Spotlights Interest and Opinions About Fostering
Jones & Kerman
Voice, 6(1), 2005
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Results from a New England study examining interest in foster parenting, particularly in communities with large African-American and Latino populations.
NASW Practice Snapshot: Promising Practices in Foster Care for Recruiting and Retaining Resource Families
National Association of Social Workers, Office of Social Work Specialty Practice
Summarizes the findings of a study that investigated promising practices in recruiting and retaining foster families.
Parents Play a Vital Role in Recruitment and Retention
Riggs
Adoptalk (2005)
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Discusses how different communities are using resource parents for recruitment and retention of foster parents.
Promising Approaches and Resources
AdoptUsKids
Emerging ideas and promising approaches related to the following recruitment topics: diligent, targeted, faith-based, older youth/teen, interjurisdictional, and child/youth-specific & centered. Includes information related to foster and adoptive family retention.
Recruiting Foster Parents (PDF - 770 KB)
Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (2002)
An evaluation of the effectiveness of State recruitment efforts. Barriers to recruitment and recommendations for improvement are also discussed.
Recruiting Hispanic Foster Parents: Issues of Culture, Language, and Social Policy
Capello & Correa
Families in Society: The Journal of Contemporary Social Services, 84(4), 2006
Addresses issues of culture, language, and social policy which must be considered when recruiting Hispanic foster parents.
Recruitment and Foster Family Service (PDF - 2244 KB)
Cox, Buehler, & Orme
Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 29(3), 2002
Using data from the National Survey of Current and Former Foster Parents, this study examined the effect of the recruitment method on foster family service, including number of children fostered and years of service.
Recruitment and Retention of Resource Families
National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning
Resources to help professionals identify, recruit, and retain resource families (foster, adoptive, and kinship) for children waiting for families.
Recruitment Tool Box
National Foster Parent Association (2000)
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Discusses specific recruitment strategies, including sample public service announcements, advertisements, flyers, news releases, and a recruitment outreach plan with sample letters to community organizations.
Special Needs Adoption Program (SNAP)
Porter-Leath Children's Center & Goodwill Homes Community Service, Inc. (2002)
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Outlines the activities and accomplishments of SNAP. Working with the Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth and Department of Children Services, seven nonprofit organizations, and two churches, SNAP resulted in the placement of 73 minority children.
Training Opportunities for Cultural Responsiveness and Awareness (TOCRA): Final Report
University of Utah, Social Research Institute (2002)
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Details efforts to improve foster care and preservation services for Native American families, focusing on the development of culturally appropriate foster parent recruitment and training, wraparound service coordination, family support services, and compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act.
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State and local examples
Fostering Our Future
Oklahoma Department of Human Services (2001)
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This video provides an overview of the process for becoming a foster parent in Oklahoma, including information about the need for foster care, characteristics of foster parents, eligibility, training, background checks, and placement procedures.
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