Fostering Hope - With Jen Lilley

Today’s guest was the police sergeant supervising the Dallas Police Child Abuse Squad for many years. Though she’s retired now, the horrors she witnessed towards our children still keep her up some nights. Here to educate us and help us all foster hope through love in action is Brenda Shelton.

On today’s podcast, we chat with Danielle Gletow: foster and adoptive momma and founder of One Simple Wish an innovative online platform that connects current and former foster youth with people who want to help fulfill their critical needs. https://www.onesimplewish.org/

Today’s guest is the founder of the non-profit, Forever Homes for Foster Kids, and a leading international authority on immigration issues and foster families. He is a proud Navy veteran, national columnist with Foster Focus Magazine, and international speaker who has also translated for the United Nations. For nearly 25 years, his non-profit has worked with government agencies across the country to find families for immigrant and foster children to create a permanent home. He has helped more than 10,133 families reunite with their relatives in the U.S., Mexico and Latin America. Welcome to the podcast, Richard Villasana.

Today's guest has a HUGE heart. She lives a life of service and love, and is a foster and adoptive momma in Southern California. She’s a missionary, singer, songwriter, and worship leader with Circuit Riders. Welcome to the podcast, Lindy Conant-Cofer!

Welcome to season 3 of the Fostering Hope podcast! Today, we have the incredible founders of We Foster LA, Dominique Furukawa and Lesley Hoff.https://fosterlovela.org/@WeFosterLosAngeles https://www.instagram.com/wefosterlosangeles/

This week we hear from Ashley Rhodes-Courter. An incredible woman who grew up in foster care and went on to become a Nationally Renowned Keynote Speaker, New York Times Best Selling Author, A Clinical Social Woker, and founder and Executive Director of the Foundation for Sustainable Familieshttps://www.amazon.com/Three-Little-Words-Ashley-Rhodes-Courter/dp/1416948074www.SustainableFamiliesFoundation.org

On today’s podcast, we chat with wonder woman Cerissa Patterson, adoptive mom to 11 children through foster care and learn how on earth she does it all!Follow Cerissa on instagram at @CerissaPatterson and shop her store at cerissapatterson.arbonne.com

Today’s guest is Peter Mutabazi, a single foster dad, who opened his home to children in need of safety, love and stability after growing up in an abusive home in Uganda. He went on to become a renowned blogger, youtuber, and creator of “Now I am Known”, a brand with a mission to make children feel seen, heard, and known. His story is making waves and encouraging so many others to love the forgotten children in this nation. For more info: https://linktr.ee/fosterdadflipper

This week, we talk to fellow foster mom and founder of The Foster Love Project, Kelly Hughes!https://www.fosterloveproject.org/Here is Kelly’s basic how to start a placement bag guide:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d36Ys54pO7JoWKkzRh6xioClz7eWolrh/view?usp=sharing

On today’s episode, I’ll be chatting with Superman himself, Kayden’s former social worker, who is my personal hero and is the entire reason I’m still going as a foster parent, Norman! We’re going to keep his last name and any details of cases private, but today, we’ll discuss what it’s like to be a social worker, how we as foster parents and a community can help encourage our social workers, and more!

This week Robert P.K. Mooney, a former foster youth turned success, addresses how to overcome the odds for youth who age of foster care! His incredible book, A Foster Kid’s Road to Success is available at https://www.amazon.com/dp/1734796901

A lot of you know from following Jen on social media or listening to the episode with Rita Soronen from season one, that she is a celebrity ambassador for the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. So today, we decided to host a panel of recruiters from their Wendy’s Wonderful Kids program to learn more about how their signature adoption program works. Jen will be joined by: Shantell Lewis -a Wendy’s wonderful kids adoption recruiter from New York City.Tasha Rihm- a Wendy’s wonderful kids adoption recruiter from Indianapolis.And Chelsey Winegar -Wendy’s wonderful kids supervisor overseeing recruiters in Utah.

On today’s podcast, we talk to Jason Johnson.Find Jason on Instagram @JasonJohnson and check out his blog Jason Johnson here http://jasonjohnsonblog.com/blog/to-foster-dads

Care Portal’s Rebekah Weigel comes on to chat about how we can all rise up to meet the needs of our community and children in foster care. Plus, a brief introduction about Olive Crest’s Safe Families Program. https://www.careportal.org/https://safe-families.org/

Dr. John DeGarmo: How to save a child’s life by stopping premature reunification. Putting a child’s safety and mental health over a timeline.SIGN OUR PETITION: http://chng.it/K6NwpDZHkd

We are off for the summer but Season 2 will be here before you know it!

This is my story. To help me build the neighborhood for kids in foster care, visit JenLilleyMusic.com and click Voices That Give tab to learn more.

 Beth Schneider joins Jen on today's episode of Fostering Hope. Follow Beth on Instagram at @schneiderladies.

Guest: Dr. John DeGarmoWEBSITE: https://www.drjohndegarmofostercare.com/On todays podcast we tackle foster parent burnout, the rapid rate of turn over, and address some serious issues that need to be addressed on a Federal level!

On today’s podcast, we talk foster momma to foster momma and hear the heartbeat and passion for our kids and our mission.Find Amanda on Instagram @MyTrueNorthBlog and check out her amazing t-shirts on https://www.bonfire.com/closed-on-sunday/

Find out more about Voices That Give: https://www.jenlilley.com/howitworks

Heather and Daniel Fowler from Child Hope Services join the podcast!

For more information on Foster Village Austin, check out...fostervillage.info OR contact Chrystal at Chrystal@fostervillageaustin.org

In this episode:We cover RAD, attachment disorders, how to explain foster care and loss to your children, boundaries, mental health, and how to start an amazing non profit or simply help kids in foster care.For more information, check out: Projectorphans.orgTHE WHOLE BRAIN CHILD https://www.amazon.com/Whole-Brain-Child-Revolutionary-Strategies-Developing/dp/0553386697JENLILLEYMUSIC.COM for competition (Details coming soon)!

This week, Jen is joined by Stacy Dewitt of James Storehouse.Today’s topics include how to start a nonprofit, and how to help foster youth, their families, and their care takers.LINKS:https://www.jamesstorehouse.org/amazon-registryhttps://www.jamesstorehouse.org/IF YOU ARE A SOCIAL WORKER IN NEED OF RESOURCES FOR A FOSTER/KINSHIP PLACEMENT OR AN AGED OUT YOUTH, PLEASE EMAIL JAMES STOREHOUSE DIRECTLY AT JAMESSTOREHOUSE@GMAIL.COM

Rita Soronen, President & CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, joins Jen for Episode 2! For more information on how to get involved, head to https://www.davethomasfoundation.org/

We are so happy to have Sara and Yvonne from Childhelp join us for our first episode! For more on how to get involved with Childhelp, head over to https://www.childhelp.org/

Subscribe now & come back for our first episode on April 6th