{"podcast":{"title":"Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care","slug":"creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526","podcast_index_feed_id":827526,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/275835.rss","website_url":"https://creatingafamily.org/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/dymwmg4454oxm5fo6g0nsy938hw1?.jpg","author":"Creating a Family","episode_count":852,"summary":"Are you thinking about adopting or fostering a child? Confused about all the options and wondering where to begin? Or are you an adoptive or foster parent or kinship caregiver trying to be the best parent possible to this precious child? This is the podcast for you! Every week, we interview leading experts for an hour, discussing the topics you care about in deciding whether to adopt/foster or how to be a better parent. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org . We are the national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them. Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content: weekly podcasts, weekly articles, and resource pages on all aspects of family building at our website, CreatingaFamily.org. We also have an active presence on many social media platforms. Please like or follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T14:22:30.350550+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526"},"episode":{"title":"Child Hosting Programs: Preparing to be a Host Family","slug":"child-hosting-programs-preparing-to-be-a-host-family","published_at":"2026-07-01T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526/child-hosting-programs-preparing-to-be-a-host-family","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/275835/episodes/19417713-child-hosting-programs-preparing-to-be-a-host-family.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/275835/episodes/19417713-child-hosting-programs-preparing-to-be-a-host-family.mp3","summary":"Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! What should you consider when preparing to become a host family to a child who is eligible for international adoption? We talk with Misty Lucas, an International Program Director at Gladney Center for Adoption. In this episode, we talk about: For listeners new to this topic, what is a child hosting program, and what are the goals of hosting today? How have hosting programs changed in recent years, especially around ethics and child welfare practices?&...","meta_description":"Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! What should you consider when preparing to become a host family to a child who is eligible for international adoption? We t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2867,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526/episodes/child-hosting-programs-preparing-to-be-a-host-family/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526/child-hosting-programs-preparing-to-be-a-host-family.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}