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County accepts $25,000 adoption‑incentive funds; approves film screening and $20,000 ad contract to recruit foster/adoptive parents
Summary
Washington County approved a plan to spend a $25,000 state adoption‑incentive award on a June outreach event at The Strand and on a $20,000 television commercial to recruit foster and adoptive families.
Washington County accepted a $25,000 allocation from the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments Program (AIPP) and approved using the funds for a public outreach event and advertising to recruit foster, kinship and adoptive families.
What the county will do
- Use plan: Staff proposed hosting an outreach event at The Strand movie theater on June 22 that will include a screening of a documentary about community adoption efforts, a brief program explaining foster/adoption requirements and training, and refreshments. The county asked for approval to present the voucher to audit before the event to meet the state claiming deadline.
- Advertising contract and procurement waiver: The county presented two local vendor quotes for a television commercial and recommended a contract of $20,000 for production and broadcast; because the purchases and claiming timeline are compressed, staff requested a procurement‑policy waiver to proceed with the $20,000 contract and facility costs (rental, popcorn) and the board approved the waiver and the related motions as recorded.
Why it matters: The outreach event and advertising are designed to recruit families willing to foster or adopt children out of foster care and to build stronger local capacity for permanency placements; staff said the program must spend funds by June 30 and claim by July 31 to meet state deadlines.
Next steps
County staff will finalize contracting, accept the funds into the 2025 budget as directed by the motion and proceed with event logistics. The committee also approved a small allocation for snacks and giveaways from the remaining AIPP dollars.
