Podcasts about adoptive care coalition

Melanie Scheetz with the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition joins Debbie Monterrey with details on how they quickly move foster kids through the system and into homes.

Heather Craig, from the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition, joins Debbie and Tom discussing the need for foster and adoptive parents in Missouri.

In the St. Louis area 70% of children in foster care identify as Black but only 13% of foster parents identify the same. While interracial foster and adoptive homes can be healthy and safe, providing a racially competent household increases positive outcomes for children. Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition is bringing back a program that hopes to recruit more Black families.

Melanie and her husband are proud adoptive parents of two children. She has 29 years of nonprofit management experience and she joined the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition as Executive Director in 1999. Under her guidance, the agency developed groundbreaking programs, Extreme Recruitment, and 30 days to Family. Melanie has been honored in the St. Louis Business Journal's 50 Most Influential Businesswoman of 2019 Award, North American Council on Adoption, Children's National Adoption Advocate Award, the Congressional Angels and Adoption Award, and Women of the Well Award and she has a BS in accountancy from Miami University.   Key Takeaways:Don't be afraid to try things. It's better to try and fail than not try at all.2020 saw more volunteer participation than any other year.It's important to make make your organization feel like one big family where everyone is welcome and working together.  Even when it's scary to take a position on an issue, you aren't always going to make everyone happy, but those aren't your people anyway. The movement toward diversity, equity, and inclusion in foster care kids and families.  “We're not the only ones doing this work, but by working together there is more strength.” - Melanie Scheetz Mentioned: The Institution for Innovation and Child Welfare https://forchildwelfare.org/ Reach out to Melanie at:Twitter: https://twitter.com/fosteradopt  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FosterAdopt/Website: https://www.foster-adopt.org/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/foster-&-adoptive-care-coalition/Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/fosteradopt/_created/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQgv0DWWSPIxbfEdp_sTPjw   Be more confident, credible & convincing to your board & supporters without feeling rejected, ineffective, or pushy.Learn to manage your mindset, lead yourself and others more effectively and have the meaningful conversations that drive your most important work. Get your free starter kit today at  www.theinfluentialnonprofit.com 

On our third podcast of the series, Mr. Clement and Mrs. Massey talk to Rossi Summers. Summers is the Chief Operating Officer at the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition and a current KDS parent. She describes her experience growing up as a black woman in East St. Louis and shares stories about how racism has impacted her family. She also focuses on the importance of having intentional conversations about race with others and the hope we have for the generation of kids that we are teaching and raising.

Here is episode five of On the Road with Route 3 Films. On this episode I talk with Kyle Williams of the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. All I can say is WOW! What a journey Kyle has had from his time in the military to his Development role now. This one is not to be missed. Learn more at https://www.foster-adopt.org/. Kyle Williams is the Director of Development at the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition, helping donors and foundations create lasting, systemic change in foster care and adoption through Coalition programs. He has worked as a fundraiser in foster care his entire career, and has been at the Coalition since 2016. Kyle graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana with a B.A. in Anthropology, focusing on Archaeology.

Here is episode five of On the Road with Route 3 Films. On this episode I talk with Kyle Williams of the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. All I can say is WOW! What a journey Kyle has had from his time in the military to his Development role now. This one is not to be missed. Learn more at https://www.foster-adopt.org/. Kyle Williams is the Director of Development at the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition, helping donors and foundations create lasting, systemic change in foster care and adoption through Coalition programs. He has worked as a fundraiser in foster care his entire career, and has been at the Coalition since 2016. Kyle graduated from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana with a B.A. in Anthropology, focusing on Archaeology.

We're excited to release another episode of our podcast. Melanie Sheetz, Executive Director of the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition in Missouri, and Mike Kenney, co-founder and Executive Director of Kinnect in Ohio, share their common story to install and implement the 30 Days to Family model in 9 Ohio counties to address the impact of the opioid epidemic on families in Ohio facing child welfare system involvement

Home Run On Wheels donated 30 tickets to the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition for Sunday’s game in St. Louis. Ron and Patti preview the final week of the Major League Baseball regular season and they will be on opposite sides in St. Louis when the Brewers visit the Cardinals. We also provide a review of Busch Stadium, which is in the upper echelon of MLB venues. Support this podcast

Katie Corrigan, the director of family development for the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition in St. Louis, joined us to discuss the importance of Cardinals baseball for children in St. Louis. Thanks to Wells Fargo and the United Way of St. Louis, the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition received 20 tickets for the Sept. 14 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Home Run On Wheels also raised over $700 to purchase 30 tickets for the Sept. 23 game against the San Francisco Giants and donated those to the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. Support this podcast

Home Run On Wheels received some good news about St. Louis, where we will be able to get some kids to a Cardinals game. Thanks to the United Way of St. Louis and Wells Fargo, the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition has received 20 tickets for Friday’s game against the Dodgers. We are also going to Sunday’s game, but need your help to get more kids to a game at Busch Stadium on Sept. 23. Please donate at our https://www.gofundme.com/home-run-on-wheels (GoFundMe page). We also received a positive phone call from a Texas Rangers employee about our visit to Globe Life Park last week. Support this podcast

Ryan Dowis of Cornerstones of Care and Melanie Scheetz of the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition joined Tuesday’s St. Louis on the Air to discuss current challenges facing the region’s most vulnerable youth and those who care for them.

Executive Director of the Foster and Adoptive Care Coalition, Melanie Sheetz, talks about the current state of foster care in the st. louis region and how people can get involved.