Podcasts about fostering media connections

As always, we were fortunate to have some amazing guests join us this year on The Imprint Weekly Podcast. In this episode we feature clips of 10 great interviews from 2023. If you enjoy this podcast, or the great work our reporters do at The Imprint and Fostering Families Today, and the work that our Youth Voices Rising team does, please consider making a donation. And if you do so this month, during Newsmatch, your donation will get doubled!Fostering Media Connections is very lucky to have some terrific philanthropic supporters, advertisers and sponsors, and subscribers to our business and policy section that help make this organization go. But we really cannot do it without donors like you who read our stuff, listen to our podcasts and attend our online events. There are tons of really great nonprofit, independent news outlets to support out there, and we hope you consider us one of them. To give today it's easy! Visit www.imprintnews.org/donate.Guests include:Shelly Jackson, law enforcement policies attorney for Strategies for Youth.LaShawnda Pittman, associate professor of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington, Seattle.Rob Geen, founder of CWPolicy, LLC and leads the Child Welfare Initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center.Carolyn Travis, community advocacy coordinator for California Youth Connection.Alex Piquero, professor in the Department of Sociology & Criminology at the University of Miami and previously served as the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics.Serita Cox, co-founder of iFoster.Gwen Moore, Member of CongressDawn Post, founder of Themis Youth Law & Advocacy.Jerry Milner, co-founder of the Family Justice Group, and former associate commissioner of the U.S. Children's Bureau. Will Schneider, associate professor at the University of Illinois School of Social Work and the faculty director for the Children and Family Research Center. 

Healing Generations: Nurturing the Inner Child Through Reparenting - A Journey with Dr. Alison DavisWelcome to InnerViews, a new monthly podcast from the Youth Voices Rising program at Fostering Media Connections!InnerViews is not just a podcast; it's an intimate exploration led by Ivory Bennett, a seasoned professional with 17 years of lived foster care experience. Each episode is a deep dive into topics surrounding trauma, mental and emotional health, well-being, and the unique challenges faced by Black women in the realm of healing.Join Ivory Bennett on "InnerViews" for powerful conversations, lived expertise, and a journey towards holistic well-being. Subscribe now and become part of a community committed to understanding, healing, and thriving. Your story matters, and Ivory is here to guide you on the path to inner transformation.In the inaugural episode of "InnerViews," join host Ivory Bennett in a profound exploration of trauma, healing, and the well-being of Black women with esteemed guest Dr. Alison Davis. Delve into crucial topics such as generational trauma, misogynoire, and the significance of culture in mental and emotional health. Discover empowering insights on parenting, re-parenting, and the transformative journey towards intentional living. Together, let's embark on a path of healing and understanding, where courageous storytelling paves the way to a softer, more empowered life.About the host:Ivory Bennett, a national interdisciplinary equity advocate, brings over 8 years of experience in classroom instruction, curriculum design, and department leadership. With a focus on trauma-informed pedagogy, Ivory is committed to achieving education and child welfare equity, especially for youth with marginalized identities. As the Program Manager for Youth Voices Rising, Ivory develops comprehensive training programs that prepare and empower youth to tell their stories. Ivory also advocates for policy improvements within the child welfare sector. Ivory's vast experience includes roles as Manager, Community Impact Coach for Teach for America in Dallas, Project Manager for Fostering Families Today, and serving as Special Program Board Chair for The Leaders Readers Network.

As always, we were fortunate to have some amazing guests join us this year on The Imprint Weekly Podcast. In this episode we feature clips of 20 great interviews from 2023. If you enjoy this podcast, or the great work our reporters do at The Imprint and Fostering Families Today, and the work that our Youth Voices Rising team does, please consider making a donation. And if you do so this month, during Newsmatch, your donation will get doubled!Fostering Media Connections is very lucky to have some terrific philanthropic supporters, advertisers and sponsors, and subscribers to our business and policy section that help make this organization go. But we really cannot do it without donors like you who read our stuff, listen to our podcasts and attend our online events. There are tons of really great nonprofit, independent news outlets to support out there, and we hope you consider us one of them. To give today it's easy! Visit www.imprintnews.org/donate.

This week we review some new research on older youth in foster care, and the impact of mother bonding in the treatment of withdrawal symptoms for opioid-exposed newborns.We also discuss several recent stories published in The Imprint, including the first installment of a series looking at the haphazard rules around sexual and reproductive health for youth in foster care; how a small group of parent activists eventually effected the closure of California's state-run youth prisons; and more.Coming Soon: SafeCamp Audio, the forthcoming podcast network from Fostering Media Connections, which will feature terrific audio projects on child welfare, youth justice and more. Click here to join the SafeCamp newsletter!Reading RoomLess Older Youth in Foster Care, But Path to Permanency Remains an Issuehttps://bit.ly/3pctSOSA Fourth Path to Permanency: The SOUL Familyhttps://bit.ly/3QbSiB8“Eat, Sleep, Console” reduces hospital stay and need for medication among opioid-exposed infantshttps://bit.ly/41DtNBgA Cheaper Preservation Approach to Keep Babies Exposed to Opioids with Mom​​https://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/cheaper-preservation-approach-keep-babies-exposed-opioids-mom/31417High Stakes, Silent Systems: Foster Care's Missing Policies For Sexual and Reproductive Healthhttps://bit.ly/45cMXkPThe Untold Story of How a Stubborn Group of Parents Helped Shutter the Nation's Largest Youth Prison Systemhttps://bit.ly/3nSUlB3Washington State Plans to Move Foster Youth Out of Hotels and Officeshttps://bit.ly/44Z7Y24States Nationwide ‘Professionalize' Foster Parenting to Better Support Youthhttps://bit.ly/3pH5XrdMinnesota Aims to Better Equip Parents Facing Termination of Parental Rightshttps://bit.ly/3IcxffnAs Youth Supporters Rally, Minnesota Lawmakers Pass ‘Trans Refuge' Bill https://bit.ly/41zHzppThese States Have Banned Youth Gender-Affirming Carehttps://bit.ly/3O4zJ3j

A recent law journal article lays out three arguments against the rate at which many child welfare systems terminate parental rights. “The Ties That Bind” lays out data, outcomes and legal reasoning to support that idea. We are joined this week by the co-authors of this paper: Christopher Church, a pro-bono attorney for the CHAMPS Clinic at the University of South Carolina School of Law and a co-director for the Appeal for Youth Clinic at Emory Law in Atlanta, and Vivek Sankaran, who directs the Child Advocacy Law Clinic and Child Welfare Appellate Clinics at the University of Michigan. Reading RoomComing Soon: SafeCamp Audio, the forthcoming podcast network from Fostering Media Connections, which will feature terrific audio projects on child welfare, youth justice and more. Click here to join the SafeCamp newsletter!The Ties that Bind Us: An Empirical, Clinical, and Constitutional Argument Against Terminating Parental Rightshttps://bit.ly/3nB2BVVFamily Court ReviewSpecial Issue: Race, Racism and Child Welfare https://bit.ly/42vXXY3

This week we discuss SafeCamp Audio, the forthcoming podcast network from Fostering Media Connections, which will feature terrific audio projects on child welfare, youth justice and more. Click here to join the SafeCamp newsletter!We also review some recent headlines, including new research on racial disparities in the child welfare process, renewed Congressional interest in congregate care, family separation in Ukraine, and more. Reading RoomBipartisan Bill Introduced To Tighten Oversight of Residential Centers for Youthhttps://bit.ly/41WfAjUMississippi Governor Touts ‘Culture of Life' with New Lawshttps://bit.ly/3HSgTsrAbortion Ruling Means More and Riskier Births in Mississippihttps://bit.ly/3oUbbiRState-Level Variation in the Cumulative Prevalence of Child Welfare System Contacthttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36874408/Racial/Ethnic Differences in Child Protective Services Reporting, Substantiation and Placement, With Comparison to Non-CPS Risks and Outcomeshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36990447/State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United Stateshttps://bit.ly/3LL0Oa4Think of Us Receives $47.5 Million from TED's Audacious Projecthttps://bit.ly/3Nots26

We had some amazing guests join us on The Imprint Weekly Podcast this year, and we reviewed the entire 2022 archive to bring you clips from some of the very best! This episode includes clips of 20 interviews from this year. If you enjoy this podcast, or the great work our reporters do at The Imprint and Fostering Families Today, and the work that our Youth Voices Rising team does, please consider making a donation. And if you do so this month, during Newsmatch, your donation will get doubled!Fostering Media Connections is very lucky to have some terrific philanthropic supporters, advertisers and sponsors, and subscribers to our business and policy section that help make this organization go. But we really cannot do it without donors like you who read our stuff, listen to our podcasts and attend our online events. There are tons of really great nonprofit, independent news outlets to support out there, and we hope you consider us one of them. To give today it's easy! Visit www.imprintnews.org/donate. Guests include:Les Gara, former gubernatorial candidate in AlaskaRuth White, executive director, National Association for Housing and Child WelfareAndrea Elliott, author, Invisible ChildChief Cadmus Delorma, Cowessess First NationJess Dannhauser, commissioner, New York City Administration for Children's ServicesKarl Wyatt, digital artistJason Smith, executive director, Michigan Center for Youth JusticeCarrie Etheridge, director of social work, Sheppard PrattLen Edwards, author and former judge, Santa Clara County, CaliforniaColleen Henry, associate professor and researcher, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter CollegePatty Duh, associate, Annie E. Casey FoundationLemn Sissay, author and former chancellor of the University of ManchesterDiane Redleaf, lawyer and founder, United Family AdvocatesSixto Cancel, founder, Think of UsDee Wilson, author, The Sounding BoardKristen Ethier, research fellow, University of ChicagoMarsha Levick, chief legal officer, Juvenile Law CenterLiz Ryan, administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionTara Reynon, child welfare director, National Indian Child Welfare AssociationLeslie Lacy, founder, Fostering Hope Louisiana 

On this week's podcast, we feature an online event hosted by Fostering Media Connections called “Stability Now: Getting Proactive About The Child Welfare Workforce.” This conversation features several child welfare experts who in different ways have worked on putting either their organization, or the system in general, in a better position to retain and support good workers. Featured in this conversation are:Andry Sweet, CEO, Children's Home Society of FloridaLeslie Calloway, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Child Welfare, Louisiana Department of Children & Family ServicesBarry Chaffkin, CEO, Fostering Change for ChildrenDr. Jay Miller, Dean, University of Kentucky School of Social WorkReading RoomPack to the Future: Youth Voice 2022 Summer Fundraiserhttps://bit.ly/2022BackpackDriveJackie Walorski, Congressional Leader on Child Welfare Issues, Dead at 58https://bit.ly/3zCPFB4Little Rock, in a Child Welfare Crisis, Becomes First Test for Family Integrity & Justice Workshttps://bit.ly/3cE7B30A Need for Fresh Ideas on Training the Child Welfare Workforcehttps://bit.ly/3bD7kACSocial Work Supervisors Are Key to Stable Workforcehttps://bit.ly/3A4bZVw

Today on The Imprint Weekly Podcast we feature a great conversation that Fostering Media Connections hosted last month called “Homeless in Foster Care: What Would Really Keep Foster Youth from Sleeping in Offices.”As the title suggests, the motivation for this discussion was the reality that youth living in foster care are sleeping in offices, sometimes in hotels or even in rare cases cars, with systems struggling to find more appropriate shelter for them…and all of these kids had been removed from their home at one point or another due to safety concerns, which makes leaving them in such an unstable position is truly failure in its most clear form. This has gotten attention of late because several states saw the number of youth in this situation increase during the last year or so, likely in part to the pandemic and its impact on the child welfare workforce and more generally on foster care capacity. But this is not by any means a new problem in child welfare. This conversation was meant to discuss not the emergency solutions for it, but rather the upstream issues with how child welfare systems proceed that end up leaving youth open to these circumstances.This conversation includes  Molly Tierney of Accenture, who worked in child welfare leadership in Illinois and in Baltimore; BJ Walker, former director of the state child welfare systems in Georgia and Illinois, and Gary Ivory, the President of Youth Advocate Programs, which for decades has been focused on serving as a community alternative to things incarceration and foster care. 

We had some amazing guests join us on The Imprint Weekly Podcast this year, and we reviewed the entire 2021 archive to bring you clips from some of the very best! This episode includes clips of 20 interviews from this year. Guests on this episode include:Melissa Thompson, Melanie Jordan and Cam Lundstrom of the Office of Respondent Parent Counsel in ColoradoChristopher Scott and Lino Peña-Martinez of Sun ScholarsGary Ivory, president of Youth Advocate ProgramsFormer juvenile judge Karen Baynes-DunningMichelle Caldeira, senior vice president of College Bound DorchesterDorothy Roberts, director of the University of Pennsylvania's Program on Race, Science & SocietyKevin Skidmore, owner of Four Fourty Trucking in GeorgiaDr. Jay Miller, dean of the University of Kentucky School of Social WorkAdoption expert April DinwoodieBeverly Jones, child operating officer for Lutheran Child and Family Services of IllinoisTakkeem Morgan, founder of Foster Together Indiana Josh Gupta-Kagan, professor, University of South Carolina School of Law Dr. Bruce Perry, founder and senior fellow at the Child Trauma AcademyRae Baker, director of the Minnesota Prison Doula ProjectKris Henning, professor, Georgetown LawRebecca Nagle, host of the award-winning This Land podcastCorey Best, consultant, Mining for GoldIrene Clements, former president, National Foster Parent AssociationLisa Thurau, founder, Strategies for YouthIf you enjoy this podcast, or the great work our reporters do at The Imprint and Fostering Families Today, please consider making a donation. And if you do so this month, during Newsmatch, your donation will get doubled!Fostering Media Connections is very lucky to have some terrific philanthropic supporters, advertisers and sponsors, and subscribers to our business and policy section that help make this organization go. But we really cannot do it without donors like you who read our stuff, listen to our podcasts and attend our online events. There are tons of really great nonprofit, independent news outlets to support out there, and we hope you consider us one of them. To give today it's easy! Visit imprintnews.org/donate. 

This week's episode is an edited-for-length version of a discussion that Fostering Media Connections recently conducted called “Navigating the Holidays.” Kim Hansel, the editor of our Fostering Families Today magazine, moderated this terrific panel of four former foster youth —  Raquel Wilson, Tamar Sebesta, Jessica Castillo, and Daniel Bisuano — in a conversation about what the holidays can be life for young people with lived experience, and what foster and resource parents should know and expect during this time of year. Reading RoomThe Holidays Aren't Always a Celebration. It's Much More Complicated for Foster Youthhttps://bit.ly/3nDIsf1Holiday Lessons from a Former Foster Youth: Families Don't Have to Be Bound by Bloodhttps://bit.ly/3sp9TMvFor This Foster Youth, Christmas Was Always Conflictinghttps://bit.ly/3skxyO5Be Mindful of Foster Youths' Struggles with Holidayshttps://bit.ly/3qen9B1

On this week's episode, we discuss California's looming foster care cliff for older youth, obesity-as-neglect in Pennsylvania, and the passing of a major figure in international adoption. Lisa Thurau, the head of Strategies for Youth, joins us to talk about the true front door of the juvenile justice system: police encounters with youth. We talked about the origins of her organization, how it trains law enforcement to think differently about engaging young people, and what she thinks will come of the current moment of reckoning around police and civil rights. Donate to Fostering Media Connections during the month of December and your contribution will be fully matched! Help support our independent coverage of child welfare, youth justice and youth homelessness today at www.imprintnews.org/donate.Reading RoomYouth Voices Contest, Free Registrationwww.YouthMatterSFY.orgLos Angeles Leaders Aim to Prevent “Housing Cliff” for 1,100 Aging Out of Foster Care Dec. 31https://bit.ly/3owBaKAThe New Year's Cliff for California Foster Care Requires a Community Solutionhttps://bit.ly/3oi7xN0A Pennsylvania Case Illustrates Again Why, for Children, “Best Interests of The Child” Is Among the Most Dangerous Phrases in the “Child Welfare” Lexiconhttps://bit.ly/3s0fWXxHyun Sook Han, Korean Social Worker and Adoption Pioneer, Dies at 83https://nyti.ms/3rW1GzeMake Training Police on Juvenile Justice, Youth Interaction a National Priorityhttps://bit.ly/3IFnzbYHope Springs Infernal for Better Policinghttps://bit.ly/3DIleJG

Deborah Shropshire and Charlene Wong are career pediatricians, and Terry Stigdon is a registered nurse who specializes in pediatrics. All three are now leading state child welfare systems in Oklahoma, North Carolina and Indiana, respectively.This episode of The Imprint Weekly Podcast features a conversation hosted by Fostering Media Connections in which Accenture's Molly Tierney and The Imprint's John Kelly talk to the three women about the differences between the health and child welfare fields, what child welfare systems could learn from or adapt from health systems, and what they see coming in the next five years for the field. Guests:Molly Tierney, AccentureTerry Stigdon, Indiana Department of Child ServicesDeborah Shropshire, Oklahoma Department of Human ServicesCharlene Wong, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

California became one of the first states to extend foster care when the federal Fostering Connections to Success Act became law, offering states the opportunity to extend foster care to the age of 21 with financial assistance. Last year, The Imprint produced an in-depth series looking at the first decade of the program in California, exploring what holes still existed in a new safety net that overall has helped ease the transition to adulthood for teens in the system. This episode of The Imprint Weekly Podcast features a panel discussion hosted by Fostering Media Connections on the state of extended foster care in the Golden State. Imprint reporter Sara Tiano moderates a discussion that features perspectives from two young leaders who experienced the system before and after the extension to 21; an expert in California child welfare policy; and one of the nation's leading researchers on the experience of older youth in foster care. Guests:Janay Eustace, California Youth ConnectionJordan Sosa, California Youth ConnectionAmy Lemley, John Burton Advocates for YouthMark Courtney, University of ChicagoReading RoomFostering Adults: The State of Carehttps://imprintnews.org/special-series/fostering-adults-state-extended-careBehind the Stats: Mark Courtney on His Newest Study on Transition-Age Foster Youth in Californiahttps://imprintnews.org/analysis/behind-the-stats-mark-courtney-on-his-newest-study-on-transition-age-foster-youth-in-california/31833Report: Extended Foster Care in California Boosts Wealth, Stabilityhttps://imprintnews.org/child-welfare-2/report-extended-care-foster-care-in-california-boosts-wealth-stability/33508Study Finds Foster Youth Fare Better When They Receive Care Until 21https://imprintnews.org/news-2/study-finds-foster-youth-fare-better-receive-care-21/18007

On this week's podcast we discuss the newest policy proposals from foster youth interns on Capitol Hill, new funding for racial equity in child welfare, and the newly approved guaranteed income pilot project in California that will pay up to $1,000 per month to young adults who have aged out of foster care.Andrea Amavisca, a legislative aide to State Sen. Dave Cortese, joins to talk about how the plan became law. Veronica Vieyra, who participated in a smaller test of guaranteed income in Santa Clara County, joins us to reflect on the impact that help has had on her life this year. Reading RoomFoster Youth Congressional Interns Present Policy Fixes to U.S. Legislatorshttps://bit.ly/3zJtLdDLawmakers Back Funding for Foster Sibling Pilot Programshttps://bit.ly/3lr4DEuNew Study Suggests Ending Group Care for Foster Youthhttps://bit.ly/3rsVqMUH.R.4502 - Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022https://bit.ly/3rMJ9mSCalifornia Bans Out-of-State Treatment Programs After Reporters Investigate Abusehttps://bit.ly/3BkKm9uFar from Home | Far from Safehttps://imprintnews.org/special-series/far-from-homeCalifornia Approves First State-Guaranteed Income For Foster Youthhttps://bit.ly/3xi84QvCalifornia County Tests Universal Basic Income to Support Youth After Foster Carehttps://bit.ly/3dfmAB2Help Us Close the Distance!The past two years have been a time of painful isolation and uncertainty, especially for America's most vulnerable families and children. There has never been a more important time for the kind of work that Fostering Media Connections does: Telling the stories that bring all of us together, closing the distance that kept us apart.Now through Aug. 31, donations to The Imprint will be matched.Your donations help us to keep you informed with nuanced stories you won't find anywhere else — and produce podcast episodes like this! Double your donation today at www.imprintnews.org/donate.

In our final installment of Big Questions for Child Welfare, Accenture's Molly Tierney and Daniel Heimpel of Fostering Media Connections reflect on Tierney's 2014 Ted Talk, at which she received a standing ovation for a speech that questioned the underpinnings of what she described as the child welfare industrial complex, and measured the use of foster care up to Einstein's definition of insanity. 

Journalist Daniel Heimpel describes how his exploration of the foster care system in California led him to create a solutions-based style of reporting that he now teaches to UC Berkeley public policy, journalism and social welfare students, as well as those enrolled in UCB’s Journalism for Social Change MOOC. Heimpel is joined by former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Dean Henry E. Brady in the Living Room at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Education] [Show ID: 28970]

Journalist Daniel Heimpel describes how his exploration of the foster care system in California led him to create a solutions-based style of reporting that he now teaches to UC Berkeley public policy, journalism and social welfare students, as well as those enrolled in UCB’s Journalism for Social Change MOOC. Heimpel is joined by former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Dean Henry E. Brady in the Living Room at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Education] [Show ID: 28970]

Journalist Daniel Heimpel describes how his exploration of the foster care system in California led him to create a solutions-based style of reporting that he now teaches to UC Berkeley public policy, journalism and social welfare students, as well as those enrolled in UCB’s Journalism for Social Change MOOC. Heimpel is joined by former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Dean Henry E. Brady in the Living Room at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Education] [Show ID: 28970]

Journalist Daniel Heimpel describes how his exploration of the foster care system in California led him to create a solutions-based style of reporting that he now teaches to UC Berkeley public policy, journalism and social welfare students, as well as those enrolled in UCB’s Journalism for Social Change MOOC. Heimpel is joined by former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Dean Henry E. Brady in the Living Room at the Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Series: "Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley" [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Education] [Show ID: 28970]