
🎙 The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast shares honest conversations about foster care adoption. Hosted by Marcy Bursac, adoptive mom of siblings, author, and foster care adoption advocate, this show features adoptive parents, adoptees, adults who aged out of foster care, child welfare professionals, and allies from workplaces, schools, and faith communities. Each episode offers the kind of candid... more
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 95 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Category | Education | |||

You don't need a degree, title, or position of authority to advocate for change!
In this bonus episode, I'm joined by Ella Bat-Ami, a young woman who aged out of foster care and went on to advocate for a Foster Youth Bill of Rights in Tennessee.
El... more
I’ve wanted to have this conversation for a very long time. In this episode, I’m joined by Toni Jordan, the first biological parent to share her story on The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast. Toni shares what it was like for her child to enter foste... more
Our stories and experiences can change the way people understand foster care adoption, but knowing what to say, what not to say, and how to say it can feel intimidating. In this episode, I’m joined by Melissa Otero, National Campaign Director at Adop... more
In this episode, I talk with educator and adoptive mom Laura Adams about building Adoption & Foster Friendly Schools™. We explore how schools can better support students from adoptive, foster, and kinship families and why connection, understanding, a... more
In this bonus episode, I talk with Kacie Alexander and Heather McDow from Alltru Credit Union about how one conversation led to adoption-friendly workplace benefits and changed a family's adoption journey. Discover why employers of any size can make ... more
In this episode, I talk with Walmart leader Kacie Alverson about how one workplace turned National Adoption Month into an opportunity to educate, encourage, and support the adoption community. Together, we explore practical ideas that listeners can b... more
My friend Haeli has walked alongside my family through every stage of our foster care adoption journey. From respite care to adoption day celebrations, we discuss practical ways friends, family members, and community members can support children and ... more
What happens when you talk about adoption?
In this episode, I sit down with my friend and mentor Susan Haertling to discuss her experiences as both an adoptee and adoptive mom. We talk about what led us to collaborate on It's Okay to Talk About Adop... more
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The episodes center on foster care and adoption, featuring a mix of adoptive parents, adoptees, siblings who aged out of the system, child welfare professionals, and workplace or school advocates. Conversations cover practical how-tos for sharing stories, building adoption-friendly workplaces and schools, trauma-informed care, sibling preservation, and navigating barriers to foster-to-adopt paths. Notable throughlines include the power of personal storytelling to inform policy and community action, tangible programmatic examples from organizations and schools, and a strong emphasis on supporting families through education, therapy, and community networks. A standout is the consistent focus on turning lived experience into concrete resources... more
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Recent guests on The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast include:
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