Foster & Adoptive Family Home
Recruitment & Retention
2008-09 Schedule
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
May 21, 2008
Holiday Inn
I-83 & PA Turnpike Exit 242
148 Sheraton Dr.
Harrisburg, PA 17070
Sleeping Room Rate: $89.00 Sgl./Dbl.
717.774.2721
Site Registration Deadline May 7th
Colorado
Denver
June 13, 2008
Holiday Inn Lakewood
7390 W. Hampden Ave.
Lakewood, CO 80227
Sleeping Room Rate: $82.00 Sgl./Dbl.
303.980.9200
Site Registration Deadline June 2nd
Northern California
Sacramento
June 16, 2008
Ramada Inn & Plaza-Harbor Conference Ctr
1250 Halyard Dr.
W. Sacramento, CA 95691
Sleeping Room Rate: $89.00 Sgl./Dbl.
916.371.2100
Site Registration Deadline June 2nd
Southern California
Long Beach
June 18, 2008
Holiday Inn-Long Beach Airport
2640 Lakewood Blvd.
Long Beach, CA 90815
Sleeping Room Rate: $118.Sgl./$128.Dbl.
562.597.4401
Site Registration Deadline June 4th.
Ohio
Columbus
September 16, 2008
Holiday Inn CHM Airport-Columbus
730 Stelzer Rd.
Columbus, OH 43219
Sleeping Room Rate: $109.00 Sgl/ Dbl.
614.237.6360
Site Registration Deadline: September 2nd.
Illinois
Bloomington
September 18, 2008
Hawthorn Suites & Conference Center
One Lyon Court
Bloomington, IL 61701
Sleeping Room Rate: $85.00 Sgl/ Dbl.
309.829.8111
Site Registration Deadline: September 4th.
Massachusetts
Marlborough
October 17, 2008
Holiday Inn-Marlborough
265 Lakeside Ave.
Marlborough, MA 01752
Sleeping Room Rate: $99.00 Sgl/ Dbl.
508.481.3000
Site Registration Deadline: October 3rd.
Virginia
Richmond
November 6, 2008
Holiday Inn-West End
2000 Staples Mill Rd.
Richmond, VA 23230
Sleeping Room Rate: $89.00 Sgl/Dbl.
804.359.6061
Site Registration Deadline: October 24th.
Georgia
Atlanta
December 9, 2008
Holiday Inn-Airport North
1380 Virginia Ave.
Atlanta, GA 30344
Sleeping Room Rate: $79.00 Sgl\Dbl
404.762.8411
Site Registration Deadline: Nov 25th
North Carolina
Salisbury
December 11, 2008
Holiday Inn
530 Jake Alexander Blvd S.
Salisbury, NC 28147
Sleeping Room Rate: $84.99 Sgl\Dbl
704.637.3100
Site Registration Deadline: Nov 27th
February 2009
Florida,
Daytona Beach
February 20, 2009
Holiday Inn
930 N. Atlantic Ave.
Daytona Beach, FL 32118
Sleeping Room Rate: $104.00 Sgl./Dbl.
386.255.5494
Site Registration Deadline February 7th
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