Input: Foster Families Output: Recruiting and Training Primary Goals and Objectives: 1. Build capacity in the program by 10% more foster families within six months: • Develop elevator speech to be used in initial recruiting conversations with potential foster families. • Implement recruiting strategy to attract new families. • Maintain a list of success stories to share with newly interested foster families. • Develop onboarding checklist for new foster families at the point of licensure. • Schedule periodic check-ins with newly licensed foster families to maintain open lines of communication. • Create a list of available foster families without current placements, including families in the licensure process, with an anticipated licensure date. 2. Decrease placement changes by 10% overall: • Conduct bi-directional interviews. • Establish a mentor program for refugees to have a “go to person” outside of the foster family with whom regular communications are scheduled to ensure placement satisfaction. • Coordinate an open line of communication between the foster family, refugee, school system (when applicable), and placement agency to ensure concerns are addressed timely.