Meet Bianca Bennett, Former Foster Youth and a Foster Club Young Leader and Brittney Carey, Foster Club's Young Leader Program Manager for an incredible conversation!

Foster Club’s approach is to engage and empower those who have the most at stake in transforming the foster care system: young people themselves. Foster Club creates and connects young people from foster care with unique tools and programs, and engages young people to transform life for themselves, their peers, and to ultimately improve the child welfare system.

For more information, please visit: https://tidewaterffc.org/fcanextsteps/

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Meet Jessica Schwabe a Foster Family Trainer with Intercept Health, a statewide agency that provides foster care services.

Jessica is passionate about working one-on-one with families to get them approved as foster parents to serve our children and youth!

In this session, she'll share:

For more information, please visit: https://tidewaterffc.org/fcanextsteps/

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Meet Sarah, a mother whose child was placed in foster care when she was 16 months old.

In our conversation Sarah shares:

For more information, please visit: https://tidewaterffc.org/fcanextsteps/

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Meet Peter Samuelson, a serial pro-social entrepreneur who has produced two dozen award-winning films and founded five impactful charities who is joining us for a conversation all about Foster Care.

For more information, please visit: https://tidewaterffc.org/fcanextsteps/

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Meet LaCora Harris, a passionate social worker and TFFC advisory board member.

LaCora has spent many years working with youth and families (both bio and foster) to identify how to better the experience for all, lessen the impact of trauma, and establish permanency for youth in the foster care system.

In this conversation, we'll talk about the Heart Work and Hard Work that the whole foster care team puts in.

For more information, please visit: https://tidewaterffc.org/fcanextsteps/

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Meet Tracy Keller, CEO of Girl Scouts of Coastal Virginia, TFFC Board member, and foster and adoptive parent.

In this conversation, we'll chat about:

For more information, please visit: https://tidewaterffc.org/fcanextsteps/

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Meet Margie Hunt of Casey Family Programs.

In this conversation, we'll talk all about how the relationship between foster parent and biological parents can transform the foster care experience for a child and the simple steps you can take to start building the bridge.

For more information, please visit: https://tidewaterffc.org/fcanextsteps/

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We’re so excited to introduce you to Ashley Jackson and Kabria Hughes from The Barry Robinson Center.

In this conversation we will discuss:

For more information, please visit: https://tidewaterffc.org/fcanextsteps/

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Meet Mary McGowan, Executive Director of ATTACh, an organization that equips communities with the tools to create healthy attachments and support healing trauma.

During this conversation we'll chat about attachment focused parenting and how it works to calm our children and youth AND build trust as well as how important it is for Foster Parents to be supported.

For more information, please visit: https://tidewaterffc.org/fcanextsteps/

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Meet Kathy Dial, Founder and Director of Kids, Kin 'N Caregivers!

In this conversation we'll chat all about kinship care, the unique challenges kinship parent's face, and the amazing support available to them through Kids, Kin 'N Caregivers.

For more information, please visit: https://tidewaterffc.org/fcanextsteps/

Presented by Tidewater Friends of Foster Care