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Article: CAMPAIGN TO RECRUIT FOSTER FAMILIES POOL OF FOSTER PARENTS IS SMALLER THAN IT USED TO BE, OFFICIALS SAY
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- Evansville Courier & Press (2007-Current)
- Article date:
- February 12, 2004
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Chris Morrison's goal is to have so many qualified Hoosiers
trained to be foster parents that many don't have children placed
with them.
Morrison, executive director of the Indiana Foster Care and
Adoption Association, visited Evansville's Division of Family and
Children office Wednesday to kick off a statewide campaign to recruit
more foster families.
Lark Buckman, director of the Vanderburgh, Posey and Gibson
Division of Family and Children county offices, said efforts at
recruiting foster parents had been sporadic in the last few years.
Several years ago, the state conducted a major push toward finding
adoptive parents, which was very successful, Buckman said.
Unfortunately, many foster ...