{"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":822,"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":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526"},"episode":{"title":"How Can We Equip Foster & Kinship Youth for Adulthood?","slug":"how-can-we-equip-foster-kinship-youth-for-adulthood","published_at":"2026-04-01T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526/how-can-we-equip-foster-kinship-youth-for-adulthood","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care-827526","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/275835/episodes/18930382-how-can-we-equip-foster-kinship-youth-for-adulthood.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/275835/episodes/18930382-how-can-we-equip-foster-kinship-youth-for-adulthood.mp3","summary":"Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! Helping young adults in foster or kinship care transition toward adulthood can feel overwhelming for foster parents and relative caregivers. Join us today for a conversation with Vernell Gore of Youth Villages and Nick Sgarlata of Bridge to Brighter, for practical ways to prepare and equip your foster or kin youth for adulthood. In this episode, we discuss: What makes this stage of life uniquely challenging for youth in foster or kinship care compared to their p...","meta_description":"Drop us some Fan Mail. Thanks! Helping young adults in foster or kinship care transition toward adulthood can feel overwhelming for foster parents and rel…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3638,"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/how-can-we-equip-foster-kinship-youth-for-adulthood/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/how-can-we-equip-foster-kinship-youth-for-adulthood.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}