Speaker: Jack

Season 1 Episode 23 : Understanding ADA / ASA in Foster Care – Meet Rob Callahan

Jack & Cat chat with Rob Callahan to discuss his experience as an Assistant District Attorney (in some states called Assistant State Attorney) prosecuting cases for child dependency. His experiences across the board as an ADA, and also parent attorney, and also as an attorney for intervening foster parents bring a great deal of knowledge…

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Season 1 Episode 22 : Understanding Foster Brothers in Foster Care – Meet Jack Jr

Jack invites Jack Jr to the studio for a chat about being a brother to foster siblings. Jack Jr was adopted internationally at the age of 2 and was an only child for about 4 years before Jack’s family became a foster family. Now Jack is a brother to his foster siblings and three siblings…

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Season 1 Episode 21 : Connecting Through Cooking with Chef Kibby

Jack & Cat chat with Chef Kibby about how connecting through cooking helps build relationships with kids who have experienced trauma and helps kids in foster care build resiliency and positive childhood experiences. Chef Kibby’s Resources: Website | Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Podcast | 20-Day Challenge

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Season 1 Episode 20 : Understanding Adoption Case Management in Foster Care – Meet David

Jack & Cat sit with David who has previously served as a case manager in foster care, an adoption case manager, and an adoption case manager supervisor about the role of adoption case management in foster care.

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Season 1 Episode 19 : Tips for New Foster Parents by Brendale

We received a DM this week from one of our favorite listeners who is about to be licensed, asking for tips on how to better prepare for her first placement. So we asked Brendale (a local foster mom) to help us give her some tips and things that she wish she knew from the jump….

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Season 1 Episode 18 : Tips for New Foster Parents by Coryn

We received a DM this week from one of our favorite listeners who is about to be licensed, asking for tips on how to better prepare for her first placement. So we asked Coryn (a local foster mom) to help us give her some tips and things that she wish she knew from the jump….

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Season 1 Episode 17 : Understanding Parent Attorneys & Attorney Ad Litems in Foster Care

Jack & Cat sit with Bowdre M. McAllister, a parent attorney in dependency and who also serves as an attorney ad litem for special needs kids in foster care in Florida.

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Season 1 Episode 16 : Sibling Reunification & Nichole’s Wild Foster Care Ride

Jack & Cat sit with Nichole who has had one wild ride through successfully adopting three siblings despite enormous adversity. She has had to remain quiet throughout the media reports over the past year, due to the confidentiality requirements of foster parents and those involved with these cases. But… Today… She takes her voice back….

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Season 1 Episode 15 : Understanding Guardian Ad Litems (CASA) in Foster Care

Jack & Cat sit and chat with Trisha who has been a guardian ad litem for over 8 years!

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Season 1 Episode 14 : Understanding Placement in Foster Care

Jack & Cat sit with Elyse from Placement and discuss what it is like to work in placement in foster care and also how to partner better with them.

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Season 1 Episode 13 : Understanding Licensing in Foster Care

Jack & Cat sit with Red from Licensing and discuss what it is like to work in licensing in foster care and also how to partner better with them and how they are a support for all the partners.

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Season 1 Episode 12 : Understanding Case Management in Foster Care

Jack & Cat sit with Irene from Case Management and discuss what it is like to be a case manager in foster care and how partners can both understand and work better with Case Managers.

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Season 1 Episode 11 : Who is Who in Foster Care

Jack & Cat discuss the main people involved in a foster case to get a picture of who the players are and what their functions are.

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Season 1 Episode 10 : Fostering Through A Crisis

Jack & Cat sit and chat with a fostermom who has an interesting story about her life flipping upside down as a foster parent.

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Season 1 Father’s Day Special Episode

A special episode for Father’s Day with Jack Daddy, a foster and adoptive father of many.

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Season 1 Episode 9 : Co-Parenting in Foster Care

Jack, Cat, & Mac discuss coparenting of foster children between foster parents and biological parents.

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Season 1 Episode 8 : Understanding Foster Parents

Jack & Cat sit with a foster parent (Lynn) and talk about the foster parent experience and what makes them want to live this crazy life.

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Season 1 Episode 7 : Understanding Biological Parents

Jack and Cat chat with Mac about her journey of addiction and recovery throughout the process of trying to reunify with her children from fostercare. Links: NA – https://m.na.org/ ASAP – https://empoweredcommunities.org/asap/

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