The Forgotten Adoption Option Podcast
🎙 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!
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 34 minutes
- Episodes
- 76
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
HOW to write a children's book about foster care adoption
Meet Adam Gunn the co-founder of Seventh Avenue Creative and the incredibly talented illustrator of my new children's book Mallory Cheatham.
00:27:56 |
Tue 08 Nov 2022
HOW to make a make a child in foster care comfortable in your home
Rob experienced the foster care system as a child and then, as an adult, started a nonprofit called Comfort Cases which assembles care packs for children in foster care. To date, his organization ha…
00:28:21 |
Thu 06 Oct 2022
HOW to use the kitchen to connect with children who have been in foster care
Meet Chef Kibby - biological, foster, and adoptive dad. During the pandemic he pivoted from a catering business to helping foster and adoptive parents connect with their children through the shared a…
00:35:48 |
Tue 13 Sep 2022
HOW to understand the unmet needs of children in foster care
Meet Shari Shink, child welfare advocate. She spent 33 years as a lawyer, founded the Rocky Mountain Children's Law Center (the first non-profit law firm for abused and neglected children), and most …
00:43:06 |
Tue 09 Aug 2022
HOW to share your family's foster care adoption story
Meet Ancil Lea, adoptive dad & business owner, who peaked the hearts of almost 8 million adults through a simple LinkedIn post.
00:43:07 |
Tue 12 Jul 2022
HOW to verbalize and process fears associated with adopting children in foster care
Meet Joy Gilraine, adoptive mom and parenting coach. In this episode, Joy shares practical ways for current and prospective adoptive families to own their foster care adoption fears and explore them …
00:37:37 |
Tue 07 Jun 2022
HOW to find and become an adoption-friendly workplace
Rita Soronen, President & CEO of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption, returns to share about the rewards and impact of being an Adoption-Friendly Workplace.
00:29:10 |
Mon 02 May 2022
HOW to see professional photographs and bios of children waiting to be adopted through foster care
Matthew Straeb co-founded the Heart Gallery of America. In this episode you'll learn HOW to see professional photographs and bios of children waiting to be adopted through foster care so that you can…
00:32:58 |
Tue 05 Apr 2022
HOW you can obtain required training hours without having to go in-person to a class
Meet Liz Brooks Wilburn, Co-Director of Foster Parent College. Noticing the need for convenient high-quality training, Northwest Media Inc. created FosterParentCollege.com to provide online, on-deman…
00:32:12 |
Tue 08 Mar 2022
HOW to know you're ready to adopt
Lynn Stacy shares how she knew she was ready to adopt and what social service agencies are looking for in adoptive families.
00:37:11 |
Tue 08 Feb 2022
HOW to spot a future adoptive parent
Denise Goodman has cracked the code on recruiting foster and adoptive parents. Are you a future adoptive parent? Find out how to know.
00:40:25 |
Tue 04 Jan 2022
HOW to help waiting children find YOU
Jennifer Jacobs & Jessica Stern developed a software platform that uses "family mapping" technology to find forever families for waiting children. Is your data up-to-date and in the right places? Get…
00:42:48 |
Fri 17 Dec 2021
Meet Travis & Anna - Adoptive Parents
Travis and Anna adopted a daughter through foster care and then had biological children.
00:42:31 |
Fri 05 Nov 2021
Meet Sandra Flach - Adoptive Mom & Author
Sandra is the author of Orphans No More, co-founder and president of Justice for Orphans, and mom of 8 total children, 5 of which are adopted.Â
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00:41:39 |
Fri 22 Oct 2021
Meet Ben & Emily: Soon-To-Be Adoptive Parents
Ben and Emily are in the process of getting licensed to adopt through foster care! Get a peek into what the process is like.
00:41:04 |
Fri 08 Oct 2021
Q&A with Nathan & Marcy
My husband and I answer your questions about the foster care adoption process from readers of my book The Forgotten Adoption Option and The Forgotten Adoption Option Community on Facebook.
00:30:42 |
Fri 24 Sep 2021
Meet Tanya - Adoptive Mom of a Sibling Pair
My husband and I provided respite care for Tanya's boys who she ended up adopting.
00:37:22 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
Meet Melody - Foster Youth
Melody speaks of her personal journey navigating life from the inside of foster care. She was in foster care for 8 years but never adopted.
00:36:03 |
Fri 27 Aug 2021
Meet Mary - Adopted Child
Mary was adopted through foster care as an infant.
00:34:05 |
Fri 13 Aug 2021
Meet Dalton - Adopted at Age 6
Dalton shares his personal story about being in foster care and then adopted.
00:33:24 |
Fri 30 Jul 2021
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