Essential Foster Care Videos and Podcasts: Powerful Resources for Foster Youth and Families

Short video stories by foster youth and alumni

• Aging Out of Foster Care: Hannah’s Story – Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption (YouTube). Youth alum describes abuse, multiple placements, and aging out to encourage teen adoption.​

• Foster Care Stories: Cara – Skookum Kids (YouTube). Young woman talks about entering care at age four, food insecurity, parental arrest, and how those experiences shaped her.​

• Angel’s Foster Care and Adoption Story – foster youth/adoptee narrative with a playlist of additional foster/adoption stories.​

• Voices of Youth: Supporting Adolescents in Foster Care (8‑part series) – Annie E. Casey Foundation. Teens and young adults in foster care describe placements, relationships, and what helped.​

• Foster Care Video Gallery – Dane County Human Services. Multiple short videos with children, teens, and foster families sharing their experiences.​

• Training / information videos

  • Online Training for Child Foster Care – Anoka County, MN
    https://www.anokacountymn.gov/3243/Online-Training​

  • Discipline in Foster Care: Managing Our Behaviors to Manage Theirs – Hennepin County (YouTube)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3DkY-7dZQU​

  • Foster Care & Adoption Training – CHLSS (webinars and videos)
    https://chlss.org/education-events/foster-care-adoption-training/​

  • Right‑Time Training for Families – NTDC
    https://ntdctraining.org/training-for-families/right-time-training-for-families/​

  • Separated Child Foundation – resources for carers of separated children
    (You have the description; the main site’s video resources are here:)
    https://separatedchild.org.uk/resources/

  Awareness / campaign videos

  • All Our Kids launches Foster Care Awareness Campaign – news/video segment
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Jn0AllNpQ​

  • Dorset Council foster care campaign video (Santa) – covered by BBC
    News article with video: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3e09gj5zzgo​

  • AdoptUSKids video archive (PSAs and stories)
    Video tag on their blog: https://blog.adoptuskids.org/tag/video/​

  Foster‑care podcasts centered on youth experience

  • Bonus Babies – CASA‑hosted podcast
    Main site: https://bonusbabies.buzzsprout.com​
    Directory page: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/bonus-babies-1792127​

  • Fostering Change – Rob Scheer (Comfort Cases)
    Main site: https://comfortcases.org/fostering-change-podcast/ (best to link from show home)

  • CASA Connection (CASA‑focused podcast)
    Representative listing (example on Podcast Republic/Apple etc.):
    https://podcastrepublic.net/podcast/1484245882 (verify this matches the CASA program you want)

  • Fostering Conversations with Utah Foster Care
    Show page: https://utahfostercare.org/fostering-conversations-podcast/

  • Foster Care 101 Podcast Series – Foster Adopt Minnesota
    Series page: https://www.fosteradoptmn.org/foster-care-101-podcast-series/

  Broader foster‑care and caregiver podcasts

  • Creating a Family: Talk about Adoption, Foster & Kinship Care
    Apple/landing page:
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/creating-a-family-talk-about-adoption-foster-kinship-care/id266386337​

  • The Forgotten Podcast
    Main site: https://theforgotteninitiative.org/podcast/

  • Fostering Voices Podcast
    Main site: https://fosteringvoices.com/podcast/

  • Foster Parent Well
    Main site: https://fosterparentwell.com/podcast/

  • The Resilient Caregiver Podcast
    Main site: https://resilientcaregiver.org/podcast/

  • Podcasts – Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (UMN)
    https://cascw.umn.edu/podcasts/​

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Video resources for foster carers and professionals

• Separated Child Foundation – video for foster carers of separated children (refugee/asylum‑seeking youth). Explains behaviors, trauma presentation, and preparation steps for carers.​

• “Stories From Foster Families” series – Virginia Department of Social Services (Facebook). Foster families describe keeping siblings together, reunification, and system impact.​

• Bethany Foster Care Series (above) – practical introduction for prospective foster parents and agencies.​

Foster‑care podcasts centered on youth experience

• Bonus Babies – CASA‑hosted, award‑winning show with raw stories from people with lived foster‑care experience and those who care for them.​

• Fostering Change – hosted by Rob Scheer (Comfort Cases). Interviews with former foster youth, foster parents, advocates, and public figures touched by foster care.​

• CASA Connection – short episodes with stories and information from the CASA perspective, often highlighting children’s experiences and volunteer roles.​

• Fostering Conversations with Utah Foster Care – real and “raw” conversations about parenting kids in care, featuring youth and caregivers.​

Foster Care 101 Podcast Series – Foster Adopt Minnesota. 13‑part series for MN foster/kinship families and professionals covering need, licensing, trauma, and real‑life foster experiences.

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