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APPENDIX L: FOSTER CARE COMMITTEE REPORT Needs Discussion in the subcommittee has focused on the following three alternative solutions for building the Department’s targeted foster parent recruitment capacity. • Expanding the Department’s internal capacity by hiring one additional foster parent recruiter and one additional foster parent trainer; these staff would need to be bilingual / bicultural individuals with strong connections within the targeted minority communities. • Utilizing a purchase of service model in which letters of interest would be solicited, resulting in a provider list of agencies interested in providing a package of services consisting of recruitment, home study, and pre-service training of prospective foster families. Agencies would receive a set fee for each family submitted to the Department who meet the criteria for licensing. In this manner, diverse target populations could be reached and the Department’s licensing workers would not be further burdened. • Entering into a contract with one agency for the recruitment, home study, and training services for a set number of families meeting certain characteristics. General Recruitment • Contract for the design of professional public relations / recruitment materials in the form of logo; press kits; posters; and newspaper ads; for general and targeted recruitment • Contract for the production of a radio advertising campaign utilizing one general and one targeted commercial • Contract for the production of a television advertising campaign utilizing a targeted and general commercial • Contract for the development of a transit advertising campaign utilizing general and targeted ad copy • Continue existing print advertising campaign, directed at both general and targeted populations • Implement a foster parent bonus program as an incentive for foster parents referring prospective foster parents • Continue / expand existing general and targeted recruitment activities – community events; informational meetings; targeted displays; work place recruitment • Develop a foster parent recruitment campaign directed at state employees in partnership with state agencies and officials Targeted Recruitment Adolescents • Survey existing foster parents to assess interest in this target population; System of Care Task Force Report (January 2003) 130
APPENDIX L: FOSTER CARE COMMITTEE REPORT • Utilize existing foster parents of adolescents to identify / recruit additional resources • Develop wraparound services to support adolescent placements; • Enhance board rate for adolescents; • Develop support services through RIFPA’s Life Skills Program • Provide specialized training, pre-service and in-service, for foster parents of adolescents • Encourage relative and child specific foster parents of adolescents to continue service • Develop targeted advertising described above • Conduct targeted recruitment activities with staff at high schools, athletic programs; youth programs, churches Minority Populations (African American, Latino, Southeast Asian) • Meet with existing minority foster parents to enlist their support / recommendations for targeted recruitment efforts • Promote the foster parent bonus program to encourage referrals • Develop partnerships with community agencies / groups representing target populations to expand recruitment opportunities • Collaborate with media serving target populations to run stories regarding foster parenting • Develop partnerships with churches to promote foster parenting and assist in recruitment activities • Develop partnerships with schools and parent groups to assist in recruitment activities and foster parent promotion • Offer Spanish language foster parent pre-service training classes • Expand work place recruitment activities to include businesses with large minority populations Medically Fragile/Developmentally Disabled Children • Direct targeted recruitment materials to support groups for parents of disabled children, service providers, and professional organizations • Enlist the assistance of existing specialized foster parents in targeted recruitment efforts System of Care Task Force Report (January 2003) 131
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TOWARD AN ORGANIZED SYSTEM OF CARE
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TABLE OF CONTENTS TRANSMITTAL LETTE
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PREFACE The Rhode Island System of
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This plan for an
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY stakeholders have
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CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW The Rhode Islan
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CHAPTER 1: OVERVIEW SYSTEM STRATEGY
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