“To adopt a child is a great work of love. When it is done, much is given, but much is also received. It is a true exchange of gifts.”
Meet our Child-Specific Recruiter, Chad. Chad is a seasoned professional with ten years of experience as a Child-Specific Recruitment (CSR). He is based in our Bemidji office and works with youth in the Minneapolis metropolitan area and northern Minnesota. His passion for finding forever homes for eligible youth goes beyond just a job; it is his calling. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact him at the number provided below or click the link to make a referral.
What is Child-Specific Recruitment (CSR)
North Homes can provide child-specific recruitment (CSR) services to find a permanency option for a specific youth or sibling group in foster care. Child-specific recruitment services are free and may be used once a county or Tribal social service agency has exhausted routine activity efforts. Through this process, our recruiter actively works with the youth’s treatment team and involves the youth when developmentally appropriate. Child-specific recruitment services are available for youth under State or Tribal guardianship, ages 6 to 18, and sibling groups being placed together where the oldest youth is age 6 or older. These services may be extended to youth, ages 18 to 21, provided that PPPC recruitment services began prior to the youth’s 18th birthday, and the youth remained in foster care.
Recruitment Activities may include:
- Presentation at North Homes Adoption and Foster Care staff meetings.
- Presentation of children via email on statewide adoption listserve
- Presentation at various adoption matching events
- Referral for Heart Gallery photoshoot
- Referral to Real Hope.
- Develop a Lifebook
- Participation in recruitment events.
- Matching with a mentor
- Identification of important people from youth's past, and exploration of their potential to be adoptive resources.
All information shared on youth will be individually determined per the permanency team.
Post-adoption Services
North Homes Children and Family Services offer case management services to families who have adopted a child. Post-adoption services are designed to alleviate crisis, stabilize a child and family, and equip families with tools to prevent further crisis. We will provide post-adoption services to families that have adopted children under the guardianship of the commissioner or children who were wards of tribal court in the State of MN. If you are in need of this service or would like more information, please contact our office, and we will be happy to answer any questions you have.
Additional Information
Contact Information
Bemidji (218) 751-0282
Grand Rapids (218) 327-3000
Duluth (218) 733-3000