8 episodes
CareFREE Second Shift
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- Society & Culture
Foster care happens. Kids enter care, through no fault of their own. They don’t choose it but they carry the weight of it, and then ready of not they age-out.
CareFREE, a podcast hosted by Second Shift, peels back the curtain of myth and misconception to reveal the reality of life in and after foster care.
Each episode contains interviews and information that will reveal the real world of foster care from every perspective. Tune in to hear from the young adults aging out of care and the social workers, agencies, organizations and families who share their journey to CareFREE.
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Homeless Youth Awareness and More from Stephanie Byrd
A foster care alumni shares her inside views on connection, support and the outcome of homelessness.
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Episode 6 - Part 1: Finding Family: Adult Adoption (Stories) in Alabama
November is National Adoption Month! And National Homeless Youth Awareness Month!
Adopting youth who are aging out of foster care is the best way we know to combat youth homelessness and change the outcomes for these young adults.
CareFREE will be sharing the stories of 3 families who chose to adopt older and aging out foster care youth throughout the month.
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Episode 5- Part 2: Real Life Horror Stories from Foster Care. Reasons & Solutions
In part 2 of this episode we explore the whys, hows and solutions surrounding the real life horror stories from foster care.
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Episode 5 - Part 1: Real Life Horror Stories from Foster Care
True tales of frightening experiences of abuse, trauma and injustices that happened to children and adolescents who were in foster care.
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Episode 4: The Privilege of Permanency, Part 1
In this episode Tammy discusses the privilege of permanency with Ebone Kimber the president of Second Shift and former director of the Idependant Living program at Childrens Aid Society in Birmingham Alabama. The conversation focuses on the privilege that is experienced by kids who grow up in a typical, normal, common way with their families intact and their childhoods unmarked by the trauma and loss of foster care versus children in foster care.
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Episode 3: The Tale of Three Boys: The Story Behind the Story
This episode of CareFREE shares the story about the inspiration that led to the creation of Second Shift, the organization that sponsors the podcast.
Join Tammy as she shares a little about the three young people who inspired her to step out and champion their cause. She talks about some of the circumstances and experiences of three at-risk and aging out foster care youth who struggled with homelessness while trying to become independent adults.
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