Foster/Adoptive Family Exit Evaluation

Thank you for taking the time to gives us your opinion. 

Just a little background, so you know what this is about. The state of Idaho is conducting a foster/adoptive parent exit interview study to better understand why foster/adoptive parents leave the program.

If you should decide to participate in this study, please know that participation is entirely voluntary. The evaluation will take about 20 minutes, and your information will never be associated with your name.  The information from individual evaluations will never be shared by itself; all reports will summarize all the information we obtain so that no one could identify any one person's responses. 

Should you have any questions or concerns about this study, you can call Dr. Rick Phillips, the professional evaluator who has designed this study. Dr. Phillips' number is 509-359-2207, and he would welcome your call.

Questions marked with a (*) are required

1.	ID Number
2.	What region are you located in (example 1, 2, 3 etc.) - Choose One - Region 1 Region 2 Region 3 Region 4 Region 5 Region 6 Region 7 N/A
3.	How long did you have a foster care license as a resource family in the state of Idaho?
4.	How many foster children were you licensed to have in your home?
5.	What was the largest number of foster children you had in your home at one time?
6.	How many children have you fostered in total?
7.	What were the ages of the children you typically fostered? - Choose One - Infants 0-2 years Toddlers 3-5 years School Age 6-12 years Teens 13-18 years All ages N/A
8.	Have you been a resource family/foster parent for a child related to you? Yes No N/A
9.	Did you adopt a child placed in you care? Yes No N/A
10.	Do you have family members and/or close friends who are or were Resource Families/Foster Parents? Yes No N/A
11.	What got you interested in the Foster Parenting Program in the first place?
12.	When you started with the program, were the requirements and expectations for licensing . . - Choose One - Clearly and Fully explained Somewhat explained Poorly explained N/A
13.	If Somewhat or Poorly explained did this make for difficulties for you later? Yes No N/A
14.	Did you complete the PRIDE training as part of your introduction to Foster Parenting? Yes No N/A
15.	If No: were there any particular reasons you didn't complete the training? Yes No N/A
16.	Please list reasons.
17.	If Yes; was the PRIDE training. . . - Choose One - Very helpful Somewhat helpful Not at all helpful N/A
18.	If very helpful, What was most helpful about the PRIDE training?
19.	If somewhat or poorly, In looking back what were some things that the PRIDE training didn't prepare you very well for?
20.	How well prepared did you feel when you received your frist child? - Choose One - Very well prepared Somewhat prepared Not well prepared N/A
21.	If very well prepared, what or who most helped you feel well prepared?
22.	If Somewhat or Not at all, what should have happened so you could have been more prepared?
23.	Were you encourged to attend on-going training? Yes No N/A
24.	If Yes, what did the encouragement look like?
25.	Did you attend training after yoiu received your first child? Yes No N/A
26.	If yes, thinking back were the trainings. . . - Choose One - Very helpful Somewhat helpful Not very helpful N/A
27.	If very helpful, what were some of the things that made the trainings helpful?
28.	If somehwat or not very, what would have made the trainings more helpful?
29.	Thinking about the Health, education, and behavior information you were provided with prior to receiving a child, would you say that the information was. . . - Choose One - Very adequate Somewaht adequate Inadequate N/A
30.	If somewhat adequate or Inadequate what type of information did you need that you didn't get enough of?
31.	Agency personnel were available and open to hear my needs? - Choose One - Very true True Somewhat true Not really true Not at all true N/A
32.	Social Workers made face to face contact at least once a month with me and the child(ren) in my care? - Choose One - Very true True Somewhat true Not really true Not at all true N/A
33.	My phone calls to the social worker were returned within 48 hours or two business days? - Choose One - Very true True Somewhat true Not really true Not at all true N/A
34.	It was clear who to contact at the agency when I had a question? - Choose One - Very true True Somewhat true Not really true Not at all true N/A
35.	If issues arose with the social worker, his or her supervisor was available to assit me in problem solving when requested? - Choose One - Very true True Somewhat true Not really true Not at all true N/A
36.	The amount of contact the social worker made with me and my family was sufficient. - Choose One - Very true True Somewhat true Not really true Not at all true N/A
37.	The agency supported my own family. - Choose One - Very true True Somewhat true Not really true Not at all true N/A
38.	I was encouraged to participate in the child's case plan. - Choose One - Very true True Somewhat true Not really true Not at all true N/A
39.	Networking with other resource families adn relative caregivers was made available. - Choose One - Very true True Somewhat true Not really true Not at all true N/A
40.	I was given notice of and encouraged to attend court hearings for the child(ren) in my care. - Choose One - Very true True Somewhat true Not really true Not at all true N/A
41.	Efforts to maintaine appropriate sibling contact were encouraged and made available to me. - Choose One - Very true True Somewhat true Not really true Not at all true N/A
42.	Opportunities were made available to work with the child's birth parents. - Choose One - Very true True Somewhat true Not really true Not at all true N/A
43.	I felt a valued member of the child welfare team. - Choose One - Very true True Somewhat true Not really true Not at all true N/A
44.	If a friend of yours who was interested in maybe becoming licensed as a foster parent were to ask you, would you say that the general support was. . . . - Choose One - Very good Somewhat good Not very good N/A
45.	If Very good; What types of support were most helpful to you?
46.	If somewhat good or not very good what type of support did you need that you didn't get?
47.	Would you recommend the Department of Health and Welfare foster parenting program to a friend, family member, or colleague? 1 2 3 4 5 N/A
48.	What were some of the positive aspects of your overall experience with the Dept. of Health and Welfare?
49.	What is the primary reason you decided to stop being a Resource Family?
50.	Are there things that the Agency or your case worker could have done differenetly that might ahve helped you decide to keep fostering?
51.	How did the experience impact you as an adult? what did you learn from your experience?
52.	What are some things you can do know or do differently now hten before you were a foster parent?
53.	What would your advice to other adults who are interested in becomimg foster parents?
54.	Did you have any additional Comments to add?