Recruiting Loving Foster Families for Over 25 Years

Since 1988, the Foster Recruitment Specialists has helped numerous foster care agencies recruit loving homes for thousands of foster children in need.  Our success is built on years of experience in working with many different agencies, whether small or large, public or private, in rural or urban settings.  The end result – proven-successful recruitment strategies and campaigns for our clients time and time again!  

Focused on Your Needs

We understand the challenges involved with “hard to place” children such as teenagers, large sibling groups and those with special needs. This unique understanding has resulted in many dedicated, specialized recruitment strategies and techniques for our clients.   

Through raising awareness, dispelling common misconceptions, gathering information and setting expectations, we are able to address your biggest challenges so you are able to “match” the right foster family with the right foster child. 

Utilizing a Multi-Prong Approach

Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet when it comes to foster parent recruitment.  However, with the growth of the Internet, we have been able to combine our traditional home-finding strategies with digital marketing and social media activities, enabling us to reach all types of prospective foster parents in many different ways.  In fact, over 50% of all inquiries we receive from prospective foster parents come from a digital/web source. 

We truly believe in utilizing data and results to fine-tune our campaigns for maximum effectiveness.  One example is through our proprietary and response-oriented website, www.fostercarenetwork.org, where we are able to provide prospective foster parents with meaningful information while at the same time converting many of them into inquiries.  

Another recruitment strategy we focus on is utilizing your current foster parents to generate word-of-mouth referrals.  This often overlooked, yet powerful strategy is an important way to help “spread the word” about the need for more foster homes.

Our Community Partner Program is yet another successful way we’ve found to help “spread the word”, especially to newer prospective foster parents.  This cost-effective approach allows us to speak directly with leaders of prominent businesses/organizations to see if they are willing help out with the foster care mission by displaying and distributing our recruitment materials. 

Depending on your particular needs and available budget, we offer either custom or quick-start campaigns that would yield the best return from your investment.  Our experienced and dedicated marketing and data specialists will work with you to develop a program that’s right for you and the area you serve.  For more information, please call 201-343-4539 or CLICK HERE.