We are working on a pitch for the Show-Me Challenge to improve the process of finding placement for children and youth in foster care. We would like to gather feedback from you about your first hand experiences when you needed to find a new placement for a child in care. Some of the things we are interested in hearing about are; how willing foster parents are to utilize mass communication, experiences of foster parents during the placement process, foster parent observations of foster children and youth during the placement process, or anything else that you feel would be important for us to know. If you could answer this short survey, we would greatly appreciate your input in helping us improve this process for everyone involved. Disclaimer: Your responses may be used in a presentation which may be recorded.

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* 1. Would you be willing to participate in a program through the State of Missouri utilizing a mass communication system to send alerts (text messages or prerecorded phone messages) regarding foster children and youth in need of placement?

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* 2. Do you typically receive more requests for placement in your home during business hours, after business hours, or is it about the same?

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* 3. Have you ever received placement requests when your home was full/on hold or not received placement requests when you had openings due to workers not having current information about your foster home?

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* 4. Have you ever had a foster child or youth make a statement or express to you in some way being upset or emotionally impacted by the placement process?

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