What The Foster?

What The Foster?

Real Families. Real Stories.

  1. 10/31/2019

    Kaysie, Part 1 – WTF? s01e01

    12 foster care placements. Negligent caseworkers. Controlling foster parents. This was foster care for Kasie Getty. Born to a drug-addicted mother and adopted by parents who would later come to abuse her, Kaysie has come a long way since she first began her life-altering trip through foster care. What the Foster? is produced by embrella, a New Jersey foster care non-profit.  “For more information on foster care in New Jersey, visit www.embrella.org. To hear more true stories from foster care, visit www.futureisfamily.org. Look for us on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Spotify and Stitcher!

    15 min

  2. 11/08/2019

    Kaysie, Part 2 – WTF? s01e02

    "What did I do to deserve this?" Kaysie wondered out loud.  Whether it was getting tackled by her foster parent or threatened with placement in a group home, Kaysie could not understand how her life had become so twisted.  This week on What the Foster?, follow Kaysie as she survives a system that seems intent on crushing her spirits.  What the Foster? is produced by embrella, a New Jersey foster care non-profit.  “For more information on foster care in New Jersey, visit www.embrella.org. To hear more true stories from foster care, visit www.futureisfamily.org.

    45 min

  3. 11/15/2019

    Kaysie, Part 3 – WTF? s01e03

    Kaysie would not be adopted. Left to figure out her own future, she began a new chapter in Camden, New Jersey. This week on What the Foster?, witness the final part of Kaysie's story as she finds the path that would eventually turn her from an average high school student to a successful, driven social worker and advocate for foster youth. What the Foster? is produced by embrella, a New Jersey foster care non-profit.  “For more information on foster care in New Jersey, visit www.embrella.org. To hear more true stories from foster care, visit www.futureisfamily.org.

    40 min

  4. 11/22/2019

    Shakree & Ananda, Part 1 – WTF? s01e04

    Shakree's mother died when he was five, leaving him to bounce from home to home for much of the next decade. Ananda's mother's troubles sent Ananda from New Hampshire to New Jersey to live with her stranger of a father. How do these adolescents respond to developmental years filled with turmoil and instability? Listen to find out. http://www.futureisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wtfse01e04.mp3

    22 min

  5. 11/27/2019

    Shakree & Ananda, Part 2 – WTF? s01e05

    Ananda is forced to reevaluate her idea of a "foster kid" when she becomes one. Shakree has to figure out where he, and his daughter, are headed in life. http://www.futureisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wtfse01e05.mp3

    27 min

  6. 12/06/2019

    Shakree & Ananda, Part 3- WTF? s01e06

    In the last part of his foster care story, Shakree receives a book that inspires and shapes his life’s journey and he navigates state programs to help him pursue his dreams.  Meanwhile, Ananda also heads to college. She doesn’t share her past with her new friends out of fear that it will alter their perceptions of her.   For more information on foster care in New Jersey, visit www.embrella.org To hear more true stories from foster care, visit www.futureisfamily.org http://www.futureisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wtfse01e06.mp3

    24 min

  7. 12/13/2019

    Stephanie, Part 1 – WTF? s01e07

    http://www.futureisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/wtfs01e07psa.mp3 This week, we meet Stephanie, a German immigrant who ended up in the New Jersey foster care system after her arrival in the United States.  Today, Stephanie works for Wells Fargo in public relations, but in 2006, that future seemed distant.  Separated from her family as a teenager, Stephanie found herself in a group home, getting meals from the juvenile detention center next door.  Follow Stephanie as she navigates the foster care system and tries to find success. For more information on foster care in New Jersey, visit www.embrella.org To hear more true stories from foster care, visit www.futureisfamily.org

    15 min

  8. 12/20/2019

    Stephanie, Part 2 – WTF? s01e08

    In foster care after immigrating to the United States, Stephanie was determined to make the most of her life.  After being separated from her mother and siblings, Stephanie wound up in a transitional living home.  In this episode, Stephanie shares with us the ways her time in that group home affected her, and shows how she worked to achieve her dreams despite the setbacks associated with removal.  Listen in to hear about her experiences with prison food, independent living and the beginning of her life after foster care. For more information on foster care in New Jersey, visit www.embrella.org To hear more true stories from foster care, visit www.futureisfamily.org http://www.futureisfamily.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/wtfs01e08.mp3

    29 min
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