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Deep Dive on Foster Care
Podcast of recent news happening in the foster and adoptive community.
Deep Dive on Foster Care
Latest Episodes
The Impact of Foster Care Reforms in Washington, D.C.
This episode discusses cutting administrative paperwork for child welfare caseworkers, recruiting and retaining foster parents to resolve housing shortages, utilizing newly funded peer-support programs to help parents overcome addiction and kee...
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Report: How Trauma Rewires the Brain of Children in Foster Care
This episode reviews a comprehensive report from the American Academy of Pediatrics regarding the developmental risks faced by children aged five and younger in foster care. It highlights how early trauma, neglect, and prenatal substance exposu...
Trump's Foster Care Edict: Will it Actually Work?
This episode reviews the presidential executive order aimed at modernizing the American foster care system through technological innovation and expanded support for transitioning youth. It outlines a federal strategy to improve data transparenc...
Soul Family Framework - An Innovative Approach to Permanency for Older Youth in Foster Care
The SOUL Family framework is an innovative legal permanency option designed for foster youth ages 16 and older. Developed by young advocates with lived experience, this model stands for Support, Opportunity, Unity, and Legal relationships, aimi...
Foster Care Education Outcomes: Challenging the 3% Myth
This episode provides an overview of an Annie E. Casey Foundation article titled "Foster Care Education Outcomes: New Research Challenges the 3% Myth," which re-evaluates the outdated statistic that only three percent of youth from foste...