The informal network of a rural community should be used to promote information about foster caring. More importantly, professional people in the rural community in the fields of health or education can be encouraged and given the resources to promote and publicise foster caring and thus aid recruitment. Interagency co-operation avoids duplication of services and leads to effective family support and aftercare. It is also important in education and training and there is a strong need for cross-agency training. Interagency co-operation allows full and accurate case records to be kept.
Rural areas have professionals involved in health education government service, or the police.
It is possible for people in these services to become skilled in the co-ordination of welfare services. Thus a teacher may have to develop skills in the health and welfare area. A community nurse may have to co-ordinate day care provision and promote foster carer recruitment. Demarcations can be broken down. Needs do not dissipate simply because a population is small and there are no local agencies.