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Foster Care Stories

Foster Care Stories
Society & Culture
Personal Journals
Stories by people who have been impacted by foster care in the USA and Canada
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Brooke’s Story- Guiding Resilience in Trauma (GRITT)

Brooke is a foster/adoptive/biological mom of 9, teacher (MEd with a minor in trauma and resilience) and she runs GRITT, a consulting firm focused on trauma Informed care. She also has a TEDx talk called Foster the Revolution You can find Brooke on Instagram as this_foster_life_ and you can check out her practice at www.grittpnw.com

May 18, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 4

NaTasha's Story - Customer Service In Foster Care

NaTasha has worked for the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services since 2014, first as a caseworker and then moved in a resource development team member. We talk about what her job entails, how she came into doing this work, and her personal passion for customer service within her job with foster parents. The app she references is called House Party and it essentially allows group calls and during the calls you can play game together. My family uses it also and its a blast. As a side...

May 08, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Brittaney's Story - Foster Youth To Foster Parent

Brittaney Allen is a former foster youth, adoptee, wife to Justin, mother to Donovan, and current foster mom. She tells us about her history in foster care, advice for new couples who want to begin fostering, how being an FFY has impacted her parenting, and she also gives us a sneak peek into her new business Foster Love Co. which provides curated boxes designed for foster families. You can find Brittaney on Instagram and Foster Love Co

May 05, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Elizabeth's Story - Being A Support System

Today I welcome my best friend and older sister Elizabeth to the podcast. We talk about my beginnings as a foster parent, how extended family can help support foster families, and whose responsibility is it to make the first move when help is needed. You can't find her online because of privacy reasons (Georgia, where I am licensed through, has policies in place that prevent me from identifying myself or my foster children online) but if you have questions or comments for her please send me a DM...

May 01, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 1
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