Thursday, April 18, 2024 | St. Lawrence County, NY
CANTON -- Hoping to meet the increasing need for adoptive parents for children in foster care in St. Lawrence County, legislators will enter an agreement with Berkshire Farms for recruitment of …
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CANTON -- Hoping to meet the increasing need for adoptive parents for children in foster care in St. Lawrence County, legislators will enter an agreement with Berkshire Farms for recruitment of adoptive families.
The county’s new board of legislators approved the measure at the organizational meeting Jan. 2.
St. Lawrence County Department of Social Services recruits adoptive families for children in foster care, according to the resolution.
“With support form the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, the Office of Children and Family Services has contracted with Berkshire Farms to hire permanency recruiters to carry out evidence-based child-focused recruitment using the Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program to assist the recruitment efforts of the Department of Social Services,” the resolution says.
The Wendy’s Wonderful Kids (WWK) program provides grants to adoption agencies to hire and train recruiters in the Child-Focused Recruitment Model to find permanent homes for children waiting in foster care across the U.S. and Canada.
The agreement will allow the county to benefit from the program.
