Strategies for recruitment and retention of foster families

Foster-parent training and foster-child outcomes: An exploratory cross-sectional analysis

“…Foster-parent training is intended to enable foster parents to provide high-quality out-of-home care (Rodwell & Biggerstaff, 1993). Some form of such training appears to be almost universal in many jurisdictions.…”

Foster parent licensing: personal characteristics, parenting attitudes, and training experiences

“…However, once a family foster home has resigned from foster care, efforts to recruit it back into foster care is fruitless . Rodwell and Biggerstaff (1993), contrary to most researchers in the foster care field, state that there are enough foster homes to meet the needs of foster children. On the other hand, Rodwell and Biggerstaff agree with their research peers that retention of family foster homes has become problematic.…”

“…Due to the shortage of suitable foster homes, research efforts have focused on the recruitment and retention of foster parents. Recruitment studies have focused on the impact of the market research, personal contact by current foster parents, and combination approaches (Moore, Grandpre, & ScoU, 1988;Rodwell & Biggerstaff, 1993;. conducted a market research approach in attempting to recruit foster parents.…”

“…These results differ from those of . Rodwell and Biggerstaff (1993) agreed with in the use of a market research approach over a foster parent recruiter approach. However, Rodwell and Biggerstaff argued for the use of an agency social worker in lieu of an advertising professional as the coordinator and implementer of the market research.…”

“…Lastly, like , Rodwell and Biggerstaff (1993) determined that focus on recruiting new foster homes is more fiiiitful than attempting to "awaken" old foster homes. Pasztor and Wyime (1995) suggested creating comprehensive strategies for foster parent recruitment with current foster parents and foster parent associations being key components.…”