
🎙 The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast — now in its sixth season — shares real stories and insights on adopting through foster care. Each month, host Marcy Bursac, America’s Foster Care Adoption Mentor, interviews: • Adoptive parents • Adoptees • Adults who aged out of foster care • Child welfare experts 💡 Nearly 30% of children in U.S. foster care are legally free for adoption, yet many famili... more
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 84 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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Keeping siblings together isn’t accidental. It’s intentional. Tiffany and Hakim talk about how they prepare for sibling groups and what it looks like to be the family that says yes when agencies are trying to keep brothers and sisters together.
Christie Erwin is the Executive Director of Project Zero, an organization with a bold mission: Zero. Noun. The number of children that should be waiting in foster care to be adopted.
If that sounds familiar, it’s because I’ve been wearing their gray... more
Adoptive mom Francine Apy shares the story behind her adoption pendant necklace and her business, SoulFilling, which helps normalize adoption and support families touched by it.
Adoptive mom and Reclaim Compassion author Lisa C. Qualls explains blocked care and how parents can begin reclaiming compassion in adoptive families.
Learn more about Lisa and her work at www.lisacqualls.com
Adoptee-turned-therapist Bre Gronli shares her foster care adoption story, her path to trauma-informed work, and the resources that help shape her own healing.
Adopted together. Growing up together. Sharing their story together.
In this bonus episode, siblings Laura, Kim, and Dan reflect on entering foster care, being adopted as a group, and what they want families to know about saying yes to siblings.
Tom Baldwin serves as the Director of Strategy and Development for the Belmont University Social Innovation Labs, where he helps students, leaders, and organizations rethink how meaningful social change is made. With more than two decades of experien... more
Anna is a mom by adoption and birth whose personal journey led her to bridge a gap for families raising children with trauma histories. You might remember her from Season 1, when she and her husband Travis shared their adoption story. Now, Anna is a ... more
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This podcast focuses on sharing real stories and insights about the process of adopting through the foster care system. It features interviews with a diverse range of guests, including adoptive parents, adoptees, and experts within child welfare, aiming to illuminate the challenges and rewards of fostering and adoption. Noteworthy themes include advocating for children waiting for adoption, navigating family dynamics, and the emotional journeys of both children and families involved in these processes. The content is designed to foster understanding and awareness around foster care and the critical need for adoptive families, especially for older children in the system.
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