Fostering the Future Podcast

Jack & Guest Host Nichole join Marissa (former foster youth and masters social worker) to walk the path of foster care from the viewpoint of a foster child. Experience of a Child in Foster Care Child experiences a trauma of abuse or neglect Police show up and child is questioned if possible Life goes on […]

Jack & Cat sit to talk with Argie about the role of occupational therapy in foster care.

Jack & Cat chat with Rob Callahan to discuss his experience as an Assistant District Attorney (in some states called Assistant State Attorney) prosecuting cases for child dependency. His experiences across the board as an ADA, and also parent attorney, and also as an attorney for intervening foster parents bring a great deal of knowledge […]

Jack invites Jack Jr to the studio for a chat about being a brother to foster siblings. Jack Jr was adopted internationally at the age of 2 and was an only child for about 4 years before Jack’s family became a foster family. Now Jack is a brother to his foster siblings and three siblings […]

Jack & Cat chat with Chef Kibby about how connecting through cooking helps build relationships with kids who have experienced trauma and helps kids in foster care build resiliency and positive childhood experiences. Chef Kibby’s Resources: Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Podcast | 20-Day Challenge

Jack & Cat sit with David who has previously served as a case manager in foster care, an adoption case manager, and an adoption case manager supervisor about the role of adoption case management in foster care.

We received a DM this week from one of our favorite listeners who is about to be licensed, asking for tips on how to better prepare for her first placement. So we asked Brendale (a local foster mom) to help us give her some tips and things that she wish she knew from the jump. […]

We received a DM this week from one of our favorite listeners who is about to be licensed, asking for tips on how to better prepare for her first placement. So we asked Coryn (a local foster mom) to help us give her some tips and things that she wish she knew from the jump. […]