Foster & Adoptive Family Home
Recruitment & Retention
2009 Schedule
Massachusetts
Marlborough
August 12, 2009
Holiday Inn-Marlborough
265 Lakeside Ave.
Marlborough, MA 01752
Sleeping Room Rate: $99.00 Sgl/ Dbl.
508.481.3000
Site Registration Deadline: August 3rd.
Illinois
Chicago-Elk Grove
August 21, 2009
Holiday Inn-Elk Grove
1000 Busse Rd.
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
Sleeping Room Rate: $79.00 Sgl/ Dbl.
847.437.6010
Site Registration Deadline: August 14th.
North Carolina
Burlington
September 25, 2009
Ramada Convention Center
2703 Ramada Rd.
Burlington, NC 27215
Sleeping Room Rate: $63.00 Sgl./Dbl.
336.227.5541
Site Registration Deadline: September 11th.
Ohio
Columbus
October 21, 2009
Holiday Inn-Columbus-Worthington
7007 North High St.
Worthington, OH 43085
Sleeping Room Rate: $89.00 Sgl./Dbl.
614.436.0700
Site Registration Deadline October 7th.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
October 28, 2005
Ramada Inn-Airport
76 Industrial Hwy.
Essington, PA 19029
Sleeping Room Rate: $99.00 Sgl\Dbl
610.521.9600
Site Registration Deadline: October 14th.
If you want a hard copy of the registration form please email us your postal address and we will add you to our mailing list. You may download the form here: (click) Registration Form: The form is in Adobe Acrobat format. You may download and print the form. You will need the Adobe Acrobat reader software or the browser plug-in. It can be obtained from www.adobe.com.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Pre-registration is required; workshop space is limited - first come first served. The registration fee of $295.00 is per person; the training session is 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. The Recuitment and Retention Curriculum includes: The Road to Quality Foster and Adoptive Care: A Comprehensive Recruitment Manual; Recruiter's Notebook and Planning Guide; "How to Prepare a Press Kit" Kit; How to Establish and Maintain a Speaker's Bureau Kit plus topical handouts.
Completed registration forms or letter listing name, complete address, telephone and fax number >>PLEASE STATE SITE SELECTION<<, accompanied by payment of fees or by agency purchase order or authorization to invoice the agency will be honored subject to capacity limitations. Refunds honored less $45.00 administrative fee until site registration deadline, no refund after site deadline. Registration is site specific and is not transferable.
Site: The all-day training will be held in the hotel property; individual reservations for sleeping rooms need to be made directly with the respective hotel, not through AFCR.
To receive the sleeping room group rate listed please mention that you are with the American Foster Care Resources group.
Foster & Adoptive Family Home
R&R Agenda
You may download the Agenda in .pdf format here: (click) AGENDA:
Foster & Adoptive Family Home
Recruitment & Retention
Agenda
Check-in & Continental Breakfast 8:00-8:30 AM
8:30-8:45 AM
Introduction
Setting the Agenda
Curriculum Overview
8:45-10:30 AM
Why Recruit/Why Retain
*Your Agency Program Needs
*Conditions Affecting Recruitment
*The Crisis Recruitment Climate
*Effective Recruitment/Retention
*Advisory Committees & Task Forces
Planned Recruitment Campaign
A. Reality Based Recruitment & Retention
B. Community Partners/Stakeholders
C. Assessing Your Needs
D. Recruitment & Retention Obstacles
E. A Planned Recruitment Campaign
F. Your Current Home Population
G. Statements of Need
H. Evaluation of Previous Efforts
I. Problems & Obstacles
10:30-10:45 AM Break
If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Probably End Up Somewhere Else.
Goals and Objectives
*Developing Your Objectives
Foster/Adoptive Parent Job Descriptions:
*Definitions
*Standards and Recruitment
*Personal Qualities\Abilities
*Agency Expectations & Parent Responsibilities
*Rewards and Reimbursements
Noon-1:00 PM (Lunch on Own)
1:00 - 2:30 PM
The People to Do Your Recruitment Job
*Foster and Adoptive Parent Role
Choosing A Focus
*General Recruitment
*Child Specific Recruitment
*Motivation
*Child or Parent Centered Campaign
Messages
*Standard Message Units
Choosing a Theme
*Theme, Slogans, Focus & Messages
Recruitment Tools
*Targeting a Specific Audience
*Planning Tools
*Calendar, etc.
2:30-2:45 PM Break
2:45-4:30 PM
Utilizing Print & Broadcast Media
*Print Media Tools
*Angles for Stories
*Media/Press Kit
*News Release
*Fact Sheet
*Feature Articles
*Classified Ads
*Using Photographs
*PSA's
*Interviews
Material for Display/Distribution
*Design Issues
*Printed Materials
*Speakers' Bureau
*Special Events
Developing Your Proposal & Action Plan
4:30 PM Adjourn