Maryland Needs to Use Best Practices To Recruit Foster Parents for Teenagers
Maryland Needs to Use Best Practices
To Recruit Foster Parents for Teenagers Understanding, Using Current Foster Families Critical to Success
Many communities have far more teenagers in foster care than foster families willing to care for these youth. This can result in the unnecessary placement of teenagers in institutions, which is expensive and harmful. There are proven strategies for recruiting foster families willing to care for teenagers. However, Baltimore City and Prince George’s County are not using these strategies. Maryland jurisdictions should adopt these targeted recruitment strategies to ensure sufficient placements for this hard-to-place group.
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