July/August 2008Vol. 9, No. 6Resources for Diligent and Targeted Recruitment
The following resources offer ideas, promising practices, and strategies for States and agencies seeking new ways to recruit adoptive and foster parents who reflect the race and ethnicity of children in foster care.
Federal Resources
- The Collaboration to AdoptUSKids
- Webpage on diligent recruitment:
www.adoptuskids.org/professionalResourceCenter/diligentRecruitment.aspx - Webpage of reports on diligent recruitment:
www.adoptuskids.org/professionalResourceCenter/resourcesAndReports.aspx#diligentRecruitment - Spanish-language web section:
www.adopte1.org - Webpage on the Answering the Call series, including Finding Common Ground: A Guide for Child Welfare Agencies Working With Communities of Faith:
www.adoptuskids.org/resourceCenter/atcPublications.aspx
- Webpage on diligent recruitment:
- The National Resource Center for Permanency and Family Connections webpage on general recruitment and retention, as well as some resources on targeted recruitment:
www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/info_services/recruitment-and-retention.html - Exemplary Title IV-B Recruitment Plan Elements (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 1995):
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/laws_policies/policy/pi/1995/pi9523a3.htm
State and County
- Recruitment and Retention of African American Resource Families: Ohio's Promising Practices:
http://library.childwelfare.gov/cwig/ws/library/docs/gateway/Blob/54781.pdf;jsessionid=DB6EF9B008B31E84C067A3C74C7E8AE3?w=+NATIVE(%27recno%3D54781%27)&upp=0&rpp=10&r=1&m=1 - Selected Review of Foster Care and Adoption Recruitment Models and Strategies (prepared by AdoptUSKids for Los Angeles County, 2006):
www.adoptuskids.org/images/professionalResourceCenter/documents/AdoptUsKidsRecruitmentModelsandStrategies.pdf - Recruitment of Minority Adoptive Families: a webpage of training materials for Pennsylvania:
www.pacwcbt.pitt.edu/curriculum/201%20Recruitment%20of%20Minority%20Adoptive%20Families.html