{"podcast":{"title":"From Foster to Forever","slug":"from-foster-to-forever-6781182","podcast_index_feed_id":6781182,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/from-foster-to-forever/","website_url":"https://www.fromfoster2forever.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/c59e6602-0030-4ccd-9c75-05cc29d4bd24/FFtF1500-2.jpg","author":"Rachel Fulginiti","episode_count":51,"summary":"There are many ways to build your family. Fostering-to-adopt is not the easiest, but it's a beautiful and profoundly impactful thing to do. Join Rachel Fulginiti, creative multi-hyphenate and two-time foster to adopt mom, as she shares her own story and the stories of others who have successfully navigated the foster care system and created their forever families through adoption. We explore the complex journey, touching on subjects like welcoming newborns or older children into your home, resiliency through loss and heartbreak, transracial adoption, special needs, co-parenting through a divorce, and more. We also amplify the voices of adult adoptees, who can teach us so much through their lived experience. If you've ever considered fostering and/or adoption, experienced it first-hand, or are simply curious to learn more, this show is for you.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T00:17:11.073485+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-foster-to-forever-6781182"},"episode":{"title":"From Foster Youth to Father of Five: Rob Scheer on Foster Care, Adoption, and Permanency","slug":"from-foster-youth-to-father-of-five-rob-scheer-on-foster-care-adoption-and-permanency","published_at":"2026-06-02T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-foster-to-forever-6781182/from-foster-youth-to-father-of-five-rob-scheer-on-foster-care-adoption-and-permanency","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-foster-to-forever-6781182","url":"https://www.fromfoster2forever.com/","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/0e297334-db5d-4e85-9871-ab930dfeaa96.mp3","summary":"What does it take to break the cycle of trauma and create a forever family? In this powerful episode of From Foster to Forever , host Rachel Fulginiti sits down with foster care advocate, author, and Comfort Cases founder Dr. Rob Scheer. Rob's story begins in foster care. As one of ten children removed from his biological family, he entered the foster care system carrying his belongings in a trash bag—a reality still faced by many foster youth today. After aging out of care, overcoming trauma, and building a successful life, Rob went on to adopt five children through foster care and become one of the nation's leading voices for foster care reform. Together, Rachel and Rob discuss: ✅ Foster care and adoption realities that prospective foster parents need to understand ✅ Why permanency matters for children in foster care ✅ The challenges and rewards of foster-to-adopt parenting ✅ Transracial adoption and raising Black children in a white family ✅ Maintaining healthy relationships with biological families after adoption ✅ Trauma, resilience, and breaking generational cycles ✅ Foster youth aging out of care ✅ Advocacy efforts to eliminate trash bags in foster care ✅ How Comfort Cases is helping children enter foster care with dignity and hope Rob also shares why he believes every child deserves unconditional love, stability, and a permanent family—and why communities must do more to support struggling families before children enter foster care in the first place. Whether you're a foster parent, adoptive parent, social worker, CASA volunteer, child welfare professional, or someone considering foster care adoption, this episode offers practical wisdom, inspiration, and hope. About Rob Scheer Dr. Rob Scheer is a former foster youth, adoptive father of five, author of A Foreve…","meta_description":"What does it take to break the cycle of trauma and create a forever family? In this powerful episode of From Foster to Forever , host Rachel Fulginiti sit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2495,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/from-foster-to-forever-6781182/episodes/from-foster-youth-to-father-of-five-rob-scheer-on-foster-care-adoption-and-permanency/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/from-foster-to-forever-6781182/from-foster-youth-to-father-of-five-rob-scheer-on-foster-care-adoption-and-permanency.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}