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The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast

 Marcy Bursac, Adoptive Mom & Founder of The Forgotten Adoption Option

🎙 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:
âś… Adoptive parents sharing their journeys
âś… Adults who aged out of foster care
âś… Child welfare experts

đź’ˇ 30% of kids in U.S. foster care are legally free for adoption.

đź”— Learn more at ForgottenAdoptionOption.com & subscribe today!

Society & Culture Documentary
Update frequency
every 23 days
Average duration
34 minutes
Episodes
76
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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how 22 families from one church adopted 77 children through the foster care system

how 22 families from one church adopted 77 children through the foster care system

Rebekah Weigel is a foster/adoptive parent, child advocate and national ambassador for CarePortal (a technology the supports children and families interacting with the foster system). She has a passi…
00:20:23  |   Sun 16 Jun 2024
HOW to give and receive support if we step into the foster care system

HOW to give and receive support if we step into the foster care system

Jillana Goble is an advocate, author, and speaker as well as a mom and founder of Every Child.
00:34:51  |   Tue 04 Jun 2024
challenges facing youth who age out of the foster care system

challenges facing youth who age out of the foster care system

Lisa Schelbe is the associate dean of academic affairs and an associate professor at Florida State University College of Social Work and a faculty affiliate at the Florida Institute for Child Welfare…
00:30:13  |   Tue 07 May 2024
how to know if you can parent children with special needs

how to know if you can parent children with special needs

Crystal & Justin share what it's like to be a family that has adopted multiple children with unique, special needs.  Pages 5-9 in this document are an example of a list of behaviors, conditions and …
00:44:26  |   Tue 02 Apr 2024
tips for thriving as a second mother

tips for thriving as a second mother

Jodi founded Second Mothers, a community for women who are foster mothers, adoptive mothers, and/or step mothers.
00:30:26  |   Tue 12 Mar 2024
what it is like to work inside the child welfare system

what it is like to work inside the child welfare system

Darrell Missey is the Director of Children's Division for the State of Missouri.
00:30:10  |   Tue 06 Feb 2024
connections to prioritize if you age out of the foster care system

connections to prioritize if you age out of the foster care system

Dr. Wynter is a Foster Youth Voice Whisperer, Child Welfare Strategist & Systems Thinker. She and I met after I published my first book "The Forgotten Adoption Option". A few local readers had told m…

00:40:39  |   Tue 09 Jan 2024
mental health and emotional literacy for children

mental health and emotional literacy for children

Justine Froelker is an educator who uses storytelling, humor, and passion to help individuals to rise from difficulty, cope with emotions, and move forward in a healthy, authentic way.
00:30:26  |   Tue 05 Dec 2023
HOW to know it's time to close your license

HOW to know it's time to close your license

Christopher and Ashley adopted a young boy through foster care and then later decided they no longer felt called to accept more children into their home.
00:47:07  |   Tue 07 Nov 2023
how to help adoptees thrive

how to help adoptees thrive

Simon Benn resides in the United Kingdom and is the founder of Thriving Adoptees. He is an adoptee who helps other adoptees thrive. He also shows parents how to help their adopted children to thrive,…
00:26:42  |   Tue 03 Oct 2023
tailoring to the needs of first-generation college students

tailoring to the needs of first-generation college students

Anthony Donovan is the Associate Dean of Students & Director of Residence Life at my alma mater, Belmont University.
00:50:19  |   Tue 12 Sep 2023
a look at the global orphan crisis

a look at the global orphan crisis

Meet Gary Schneider Founder & CEO - Every Orphan’s Hope and Vision Catalyst & Founder - Orphan Sunday. Learn more about Gary's work and explore opportunities for child sponsorship at: everyorphan.org…

00:26:10  |   Tue 08 Aug 2023
being an emergency foster home

being an emergency foster home

La' Toria Kern who serves as a foster parent for emergency situations in Las Vegas. She is also the founder and executive and artistic director as a nonprofit called FAMILYArts @ WHALER's Creation. 

00:27:58  |   Tue 11 Jul 2023
HOW to invite your employer to become an adoption-friendly workplace

HOW to invite your employer to become an adoption-friendly workplace

Angie Schaefer is the Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer at Safety National. Want to ask your employer to add or expand adoption benefits? Use the Adoption-Friendly Workplace Toolkit. Doe…

00:23:30  |   Tue 13 Jun 2023
a practical strategy for parenting adopted children - Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®)

a practical strategy for parenting adopted children - Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®)

Meet adoptive mom Kathy Searle. Kathy is also the vice president of Utah programs for Raise the Future.
00:35:23  |   Tue 09 May 2023
how Mississippi is increasing their pace of adoptions from foster care

how Mississippi is increasing their pace of adoptions from foster care

Andrea Sanders has been the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services since November 2020. She says, "Every day I throw on my CAPE ([which is an acronym for her] core va…
00:28:40  |   Tue 04 Apr 2023
modernizing child welfare technology

modernizing child welfare technology

Meet Matthew Wollack, Vice President of Strategic Development at Wolverine Human Services and President & CEO of eNoble.


00:43:52  |   Tue 07 Mar 2023
how to stay committed to children in the foster care system regardless of the outcome

how to stay committed to children in the foster care system regardless of the outcome

Meet adoptive mom of a sibling pair - Kara.  You'll learn about how she handled the adventure and uncertainties of the foster care system.
00:30:31  |   Tue 07 Feb 2023
current adoption trends according to data and research

current adoption trends according to data and research

Meet Ryan Hanlon the President & CEO for the National Council For Adoption. Dive deeper into the research report Ryan discusses: adoptioncouncil.org/profiles Need continuing education as an adoption …
00:33:27  |   Tue 10 Jan 2023
leveraging technology to connect forever families to waiting children

leveraging technology to connect forever families to waiting children

Meet Thea Ramirez, the founder and Amy Simpson, the director of programs for Adoption-Share.
00:29:16  |   Tue 06 Dec 2022
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