Episode 14: Who Are Our Nation's Orphans?
The Forgotten Podcast
The Forgotten Initiative
4.9 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2016
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Not everyone is called to adopt or foster, but we can all do something. Today you will learn who our nation’s orphans are, and whether you are an adoptive or foster parent in need of support or called to put your arm around those who are, Dr. Sharen Ford provides several tools to equip you to “do something!”
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Forgotten podcast, bringing voice to the foster care community. |
| 0:28.6 | And people sometimes think that children come into care because of their own behavior. And I can't tell you that some of these children don't have behavior issues, |
| 0:32.6 | but they have behavior issues because they have been neglected. They have behavior issues because they have been physically abused. |
| 0:41.3 | And when you can't talk it out, you act it out. Welcome to Season 2 of the Forgotten podcast. |
| 1:00.0 | I'm your host, Jamie Cabe, and I am happy to be back with you. |
| 1:04.3 | You can find out more about today's episode by visiting the forgotten initiative.org |
| 1:09.0 | slash S2E1. |
| 1:12.0 | That's for Season 2, Episode 1. |
| 1:15.3 | So as we start this season, we are just a few days away from Orphan Sunday, which is November 13th. |
| 1:21.6 | Orphan Sunday is one day set aside to bring voice to the orphan across the globe and also right here in the United States. |
| 1:29.2 | According to Adaptskids.org, there are more than 100,000 kids in the U.S. foster care system |
| 1:34.9 | waiting for a family to adapt them. They will not be returning home to their parents and if they |
| 1:40.0 | don't get adopted, they will age out of foster care and be on their own. |
| 1:45.2 | Over 20,000 young adults age out every single year without being adopted, and that |
| 1:50.1 | is heartbreaking and it's overwhelming, but the good news is you can do something about it. |
| 1:56.9 | Today I'm talking with Dr. Sharon Ford. Sharon has worked in the field of child welfare for over 30 years. |
| 2:03.0 | In 2013, she retired from the state of Colorado as the manager for Permanency Services, Division of Child Welfare. |
| 2:11.3 | She oversaw the foster care and adoption programs, including recruitment and retention of foster and adoptive parents, |
| 2:17.1 | the interstate compact of the placement and adaptive parents, the interstate |
| 2:18.0 | compact of the placement of children, and the interstate compact on adoption medical assistance. |
| 2:24.1 | So I'm telling you, this woman knows what she's talking about. |
| 2:27.4 | In 2014, she joined the adoption and orphan care team at Focus on the Family and now serves |
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