Workgroup Goal: To increase and
retain licensed family foster homes by providing focused outreach
recruitment strategies, timely and effective training, and creative,
meaningful supports that will meet the diverse individual, developmental,
emotional, and cultural needs of foster children and the foster parents
caring for them.
The FAKS workgroup has established the following Objectives for FY 2009 and
will implement the associated activities aimed at successful achievement of
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Recruitment Objectives and Activities:
Obj: To recruit a sufficient number of potential
homes interested in
becoming licensed to provide foster
or relative care for children
from the abuse/neglect system so that
we ensure all out of
home placements of children are in
licensed home.
Obj: To have at the ready a sufficient variety of
licensed homes to
ensure quality matches of children to
the home at initial
placement to prevent multiple
subsequent placements.
Obj: To increase the number of licensed family foster
homes that
will accept adolescents,
sibling groups, and children with
disabilities.
Obj: To identify families willing to participate in
case planning for the
children in their care and that have
the flexibility to participate in
concurrent planning.
Obj: To identify families willing to provide training
and education to
birth families.
When the relative home licenses are sufficiently caught up,
we will refocus efforts to normal recruitment strategies, such as:
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Respond to all licensing inquiries in a
timely manner.
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Post information on the Livingston DHS
webpage about the
FAKS hotline.
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Seek opportunities to give presentations
to local groups including civic organizations schools, and members of
the faith community.
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Work with local media outlets(eg:
newspaper, radio, etc:) to publicize need for foster and adoptive
parents.
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Solicit input from existing foster
families on potential resources.
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