The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare

This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/

Resource Parent Recruitment and Training

1. Well-Supported by Research Evidence
2. Supported by Research Evidence
3. Promising Research Evidence
4. Fails to Demonstrate Effect
5. Concerning Practice
NR. Not able to be Rated
See Scientific Rating Scale

Here are your search results for programs in the Topic Area - Resource Parent Recruitment and Training:

The programs listed below have a full program description. They have been reviewed by the CEBC and, if appropriate, been rated using the Scientific Rating Scale. You can see the full rating scale on the right.

Occasionally program representatives who are invited to submit information on their program decline or do not respond, click here to see if there are any declining or non-responding programs for Resource Parent Recruitment and Training

You can also read why the Advisory Committee chose Resource Parent Recruitment and Training as a topic area at the bottom of this page.


Programs with a Scientific Rating of 3 - Promising Research Evidence

  1. Family to Family (F2F)
  2. Foster Parent College
  3. KEEP (Keeping Foster and Kin Parents Supported and Trained)
  4. Neighbor to Neighbor

Programs with a Scientific Rating of NR - Not able to be Rated

  1. Fundamentals of Foster and Adoptive Parenting
  2. Partnering for Safety and Permanence - Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting (PS-MAPP)
  3. PRIDE (Parent Resources for Information, Development, and Education)

See why Resource Parent Recruitment and Training was selected by the Advisory Committee.

What is Resource Parent Recruitment and Training as it relates to Child Welfare?

Child Welfare relies on foster/resource families and relatives to care for children who have been removed from the homes of their parent(s) or guardian due to abuse and/or neglect. At a time, when many counties and states are finding an increase in the needs for families for foster children, there is a declining pool of families available. Without a sufficient pool of families available for placement, it is difficult to match a child's needs to a family who can provide for a child's particular needs and issues. Placement becomes an exercise in finding a bed for a child rather than finding a family that is trained and given the necessary support to care for children that have special needs due to the abuse or neglect they have experienced.

Why was Resource Parent Recruitment and Training selected by the Advisory Committee?

The need to increase the pool of trained families for foster children is important for the field of child welfare.  The Advisory Committee is interested in finding innovative and evidence-based strategies that have been effective in the recruitment, training, and support of families that care for foster children. Counties have used traditional methods for finding these resource families and need new strategies for finding and supporting foster/resource families.

Danna Fabella
Linkages Project Director
Child and Family Policy Institute of California