Screening Questionnaire — Revolving Doors Study

Screening questionnaire

Thank you for consenting to participate. Please take your time with each question. There are no right or wrong answers — only your story. You may skip any question you are not comfortable answering.

A little about you

These brief background questions help us understand the context of your experience.

Note: The demographic information collected below is for informational purposes only. It will not be used to identify you and will not be linked to your individual responses in any published research.

How many years have you been a foster parent?

Approximately how many placement changes have you experienced?

Describing your experience

In your own words, please describe your experience with foster care placement changes. What happened, and what was that like for you?

Emotional impact

How did placement changes affect you emotionally? How did they affect other members of your household, including any biological or other foster children in your care?

Navigating the system

What challenges did you encounter when navigating the foster care system during or after placement changes? Were there moments where you felt unsupported or unheard?

Support received

What support — from caseworkers, agencies, family, community, or other foster parents — did you receive during placement transitions? What was helpful, and what was missing?

What helped most

Looking back, what helped you most during times of placement instability? This could be a person, a resource, a practice, or simply something that gave you strength.

Recommendations

If you could speak directly to policymakers, agency leaders, or caseworkers, what would you want them to know or change about how placement instability is handled?

Anything else

Is there anything else about your experience as a foster parent — related to placement instability or otherwise — that you would like to share?

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