Permanent Families Adoption Recruitment

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Building Strong Communities Through Adoption & Foster Care

Our Goals

• Provide a permanent family for each Waiting Child and Teen.
• Increase the pool of families who reflect the race, ethnicity and cultural backgrounds of foster children.
• Increase number of permanent homes for African American, Hispanic Latino, and older youth.
• Review and revise policies to reduce barriers for people who apply for foster care licenses or adoption.
• Reduce the time children have to wait to be adopted.
  
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What's New!

Concurrent Permanency Planning- Be Informed

When: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Location: St. Paul Public Schools Admin. Bldg. Room B 360 Colborne St. MN 55102
To register: Contact Jackie Turner at 612-290-1188 or email jbest1967@gmail.com.

Learn more about the workshop (pdf)

Latino Tip Sheet Packet (PDF - 222 KB): Highlights key benefits for children of recruiting Latino foster, adoptive, and kinship families, and provides helpful information about the importance of language in working with Latino families, and includes current census information about Latinos in America.

Nuestra Familia, Nuestra Cultura (Our Family, Our Culture): Promoting and Supporting Latino Families in Adoption and Foster Care (PDF – 888 KB):  Offers specific tips and techniques for building cultural competence and increasing effectiveness in working with potential foster or adoptive parents of Latino heritage.
 

How Can you Help

• Attend a meeting to learn how to become a foster or adoptive parent.
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• Spread the word about Ramsey County's Foster Children who need permanent homes, including;
  African American, Hispanic Latino, and Older Youth
  Facts and Figures about Children Waiting for Families 
  
  
• Ask for someone from the PFRP team to speak to your group, co-workers or church.
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Free Training for Resource Families

To register for any session : Contact Jackie Turner at 612-290-1188 or email jbest1967@gmail.com OR contact Carolyn Smith at Carolyn.smith@co.ramsey.mn.us

Permanent Family Recruitment Project Reports and Guides