Travis and Steph Johnson are two of the dedicated volunteers who serve the foster care community in their role as CASAs.
Jami KaebMay 6, 2024
Brian Gazdziak is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and foster and adoptive dad, who has unique insights on these important relationships.
Jami KaebMarch 25, 2024
This work is overwhelming, and our workers are struggling. They are struggling with compassion fatigue, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. These challenges are resulting in high turnover for this profession as workers are leaving their…
Jami KaebMarch 21, 2024
There are many reasons this work matters, and all those reasons come back to people. Throughout the foster care community, there are people who feel unsupported. People who feel worn down. People who are vulnerable.…
The Forgotten InitiativeFebruary 22, 2024
We believe there’s an opportunity found in the spaces where churches and agencies exist. But that doesn’t just happen naturally; someone needs to help bridge the gap between them.
Jami KaebFebruary 8, 2024
To kick off our episodes for this month, today I’m sharing my conversation with Candace Franklin, who is not only a Social Worker Supervisor, but also a foster parent and advocate for the foster care…
Jami KaebMay 1, 2023
Our Christmas Gift Card Drive is underway! Can you help transform Christmas for a foster youth in Knox County? Yes you can! For the third year in a row, we are collecting $25 gift cards…
Brittany ClarkNovember 17, 2022
Foster care is full of confusing, and often conflicting, emotions. How do we handle those emotions? How do we prepare ourselves for hard transitions? And how do we champion reunification as often as we can?…
Jami KaebOctober 10, 2022
Whether you’re boldly running forward or you’re bravely ready to learn more, choosing an agency is your next step. But, how do you choose a foster care agency?
Holly GnuseMarch 1, 2021
