Children's Hospital of Wisconsin

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MILWAUKEE (3/15/2010) - In an effort to recruit more licensed foster parents, Children's Service Society of Wisconsin, in partnership with the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare, is offering a recruitment bonus to community and faith-based organizations that encourage potential foster parents to attend a New Family Information Meeting and submit an application for licensing. An additional recruitment bonus will be paid when the referred individual becomes licensed and takes placement of a foster child.

Organizations that help recruit and recommend foster parents will be paid:

• $500 for each new potential foster parent who attends a New Family Informational Meeting and turns in an application.


• $2,000 for each referred individual who becomes licensed and takes his or her first foster child placement.

• 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 23, Maximus Job Center, 6550 N. 76th St., Milwaukee


• 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 24, Children's Service Society, 620 S. 76th St., Milwaukee


• 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Thursday, April 8, Children's Service Society, 620 S. 76th St., Milwaukee


• 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 10, HeartLove Place, 3229 N. Martin Luther King Dr., Milwaukee