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National Resource Center for Diligent Recruitment
AdoptUSKids Respite Program
- Year-Two Respite Grantees
- Year-Three Respite Grantees
- Year-Four Respite Grantees
- Year-Five Respite Grantees
Diligent Recruitment Grantees
- Bridge to the Future
- Partners for Forever Families
- Roots & Wings
- Denver's Village
- A Parent for Every Child
- Extreme Recruitment
- Project MATCH
- Permanent Families Recruitment Project
- Permanent Families & Lasting Connections
- Recruitment and Kin Connection Project
- Diligent Recruitment of Families for Children in Foster Care
- I-CARE 365
- Diligent Recruitment and Retention Grant
- Step Up! Diligent Recruitment Project
- Texas Permanency and Family Resource Development Model
Bridge to the Future
The Bridge to the Future project aims to improve outcomes for Oklahoma’s children by developing and delivering innovative, comprehensive strategies for the diligent recruitment and retention of resource families within the State. These families reflect the needs, numbers and characteristics of children in care.
Bridge to the Future focuses on five core initiatives during this grant:
- Developing survey instruments and data mining tools based on the Kirkpatrick model of evaluation to provide qualitative and quantitative data about the project’s efforts and effectiveness of training
- Implementing systematic process improvements around the application and approval process using Lean/Six Sigma methodology
- Implementing customer service interventions with staff through online training and the development of a Resource Family Support Call Center and web portal
- Developing multi-format training to increase the skills and capability of both resource families and staff in five high-need areas: trauma-informed care, intentional visitation, psychotropic medications, legal and handbook/contract
- Building of community partnerships in conjunction with the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Tribes and national entities such as AdoptUsKids and One Church, One Child
Project Highlights and Products
- Outreach Tool: Handout on the Bridge Foster/Adoption Program (PDF - 91 KB)
- Outreach Tool: Project Presentation to Oklahoma House of Representatives (PDF - 170 KB)
- Evaluation Tool: Bridge to the Future Survey for County Directors (PDF – 7 KB)
- Evaluation Tool: Bridge to the Future recruitment campaign kick-off event evaluation survey (PDF – 60 KB)
- Evaluation Tool: Bridge to the Future resource parent satisfaction survey (PDF – 103 KB)
- Evaluation Tool: Bridge to the Future survey for supervisors (PDF – 55 KB)
- Evaluation Tool: Community Collaboration Feedback Form (PDF - 13 KB)
- Presentation: Bridge to the Future Spring 2010 grantees meeting presentation (PDF - 1.2 MB)
- Presentation: Bridge to the Future 2008 grantees kick-off meeting presentation
For more information about the Bridge to the Future Project, contact Project Manager Hillary Winn at hillary.winn@okdhs.org or at 405.521.3779.
