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Engagement Template Instructions

Templates for outreach via social media, letters, emails, and phone scripts that help you engage with potential supporters and placement options.

Downloadable templates to help you start searching for and recording family and other supportive connections

Different scripts for how to handle those initial first phone calls with relatives and connections.

Phone call and voice mail scripts for contacting people during a permanency search.

Scripts that can be used for a second phone call or voice mail contact.

A draft first contact letter to be sent to family and potential supporters of children during permanency searches.

A follow-up letter for requesting action from a family member or supporter.

A follow up letter for additional contacts with family and supporters of children in need of a permanent home.

A first contact email template for requesting contact with a potential family member or supporter during permanency search.

A second attempt email template for contacting people during permanency searches.

A third or more contact attempt email template for permanency search.

Social media platforms that many child welfare professionals have found helpful in outreach to potential connections.

A template for an initial outreach through social media to a potential connection

Spanish language template for a message over social media to a potential connection

A template for a follow-up outreach over social media if the initial outreach efforts have not succeeded