The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast

Mar 04 2025 68 ep. 34 mins 2
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🎙 The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast—Now in its fifth season—brings you real stories and expert insights on adopting through foster care. Each month, host Marcy Bursac, America’s Foster Care Adoption Mentor, interviews: ✅ Adoptive parents sharing their journeys ✅ Adults who aged out of foster care ✅ Child welfare experts 💡 30% of kids in U.S. foster care are legally free for adoption. 🔗 Learn more at ForgottenAdoptionOption.com & subscribe today!

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the need for adoptive families for children in the foster care system

Mar 04 2025 45 mins  
Amanda Denning is the Director of Extreme Recruitment for the Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition. Amanda is herself half adopted and, as of a few months ago, has become the kinship placement for her niece. She has been working in child welfare for more than 10 years first as a recruiter and now as the director of a unique and intensive approach to finding permanent homes for chil

how to know you're ready to adopt a teen

Feb 04 2025 48 mins  
In addition to being the mother of 3 daughters, 1 through adoption, ⁠Katerina Canyon⁠ is an award-winning poet and author. During our conversation, we revisit stories from past guests, including ⁠Ben & Emily⁠, who faced the unexpected challenge of their paperwork getting lost during the licensing process, and ⁠Thea & Amy⁠, who discuss how their ⁠Family-Matc

how an aunt cares for a sibling group in her family tree through the foster care system

Jan 07 2025 40 mins  
Rene by day works in tech. As a single woman, she cares for her sister's children. In the foster care space we call this a 'kinship placement'. Kin refers to being a family member or someone related by blood.I think you'll find her story remarkable and also empathize with the challenges she faces.

grant funding opportunities for families adopting through the foster care system

Dec 10 2024 30 mins  
Brian Murphy is both the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer and Shaneetra Gross serves as Chief Administrative Officer for Gift of Adoption Fund. Gift of Adoption provides adoption assistance grants to complete the adoptions of children in vulnerable circumstances.

realities I faced as I aged out of the foster care system

Nov 26 2024 36 mins  
Michael, who resided in California, had a successful career as a technology manager within the banking industry. His dedication and insights continue to inspire those who knew him.

the realities of foster care and human trafficking overlapping

Nov 19 2024 29 mins  
In this episode, you'll hear about the realities of foster care and human trafficking overlapping. Janet Craig wrote and directed Wake Up. She has experience as a foster mom and has a degree in theatre, was a professional tennis player, and is a veteran actress. What we can now stream and find on DVD and Blu-Ray is a result of over 7 years of work including filming during COVID.

what it is like to be adopted as a teenager

Nov 12 2024 28 mins  
Alana shares her perspective of the story was shared by her adoptive mom Robin in Season 1.

core issues in adoption and permanency

Oct 08 2024 43 mins  
Allison Davis Maxon is a nationally recognized expert in the fields of child welfare and children’s mental health. She specializes in attachment, developmental trauma and permanency/adoption. Allison co-authored "Seven Core Issues in Adoption and Permanency: A Guide to Promoting Understanding and Healing in Adoption, Foster Care, Kinship Families and Third Party Reproduction". S

HOW a waiting child found his forever family

Sep 10 2024 71 mins  
In 2013 Davion warmed hearts around the world after standing before a Florida church congregation and asking for a family to adopt him. A few years later he was adopted. Today, he is a chef in the Tampa area.

webinar series to help you take the next step to explore foster care or adoption

Aug 06 2024 25 mins  
Courtney is the host of FosterCon and she is the foster care recruitment manager for America's Kids Belong. She and her husband have fostered more than 60 children. She is the mother of 9 children - 6 through adoption. FosterCon is a series of virtually delivered webinars featuring compelling content and nationally renowned advocates for foster care. The events are designed f