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May,
2002
 Recruiting Foster Parents
DHHS Office of Inspector General
Report OEI-07-00-00600
The ideal foster care system would
have a sufficient number of foster care families with the skills
to meet the needs of the children removed from their homes.
However, States are experiencing a shortage of families willing
and able to provide foster care and a shortage of foster care
families willing or able to meet the specific needs of the
children in care (e.g., children with disabilities). This report
focuses on States efforts to recruit foster care
families. 
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