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D11 ACTION STEPS:
Recruit and maintain more minority foster and adoptive resources giving special attention to placements for
minority children.
START
DATE
COMPLETION
DATE
RESPONSIBLE
PERSON(S)
Nov. 2001 Sept. 2004 Resource Development Unit Foster Care
Unit
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
MEASURABLE
BENCHMARKS
A campaign will be launched to focus on recruiting
minority foster and adoptive parents for minority children.
Increase the numbers of minority parents by 15% in 2002;
by 25% in 2003; and by 25% in 2004.
Evaluation: The results of the campaign will be measured
to see if it results in an increase of minority placement
recruitment and which tactics were most effective.
3rd Quarter Federal Response: Do you have available data
for 2002 and 2003?
4th Quarter Report: See Documentation
1 st Quarter Report: Partially achieved. Materials have been completed and mailed to county DFCS offices for support of the
recruitment campaign beginning February 2003.
2 nd Quarter Report: A change in completion date was approved. No report is due for this quarter.
3 rd Quarter Report: In collaboration with DFCS county offices, One Church One Child of Georgia and private child-placing
agencies, the state has launched recruitment initiatives that target minority families. These include roundtable meetings with local
clergy and presentations to ministerial alliances, public service announcements for minority recruitment, adoption fairs at various
churches, gospel fests, recruitment activities with neighborhood advocacy groups, support of foster parent support groups and
shopping mall exhibits, among other activities.
Closure of foster homes, which offsets the number of new homes developed, continues to be an issue. We are addressing this concern
by stepping up retention efforts (implementation of foster parent poster campaign, development of a respite program, revising policy
that supports parenting while concurrently protecting children, developing a support desk reference for staff, etc.).
Safe Futures – A Plan for Program Improvement
Georgia Department of Human Resources
November, 2004 Quarter 8 - Work Plan D Page 15