Recruitment of foster and adoptive families is a tremendous challenge to state child welfare systems.
Sixty-four percent of children adopted from the child welfare system in 1996 were adopted by their foster parents. If this trend persists, these families will be lost from the pool of available foster and adoptive families for children in out-of-home care.
This 105-page document, written by Lorie Lutz and published in 2002, provides an overview of the messages and unique approaches of eight states with innovative and rigorous recruitment strategies.