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Best of Season 5: Peter Mutabazi: Questions About Race & Other Challenges a Single Black Father Faces Who Adopts & Fosters Children of Various Races
Fostering Change - July 16, 2024 11:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWe hope you’ve been enjoying our “Best of Season 5 episodes, and have been able to catch up on other episodes of Fostering Change you may have missed. Today, we revisit an episode that aired back in November: Rob Scheer interviews Peter Mutabazi: entrepreneur, international advocate for childre...
Best of Season 5: Laura, Foster Parent Partner: Trauma-informed parenting, and navigating foster care situations
Fostering Change - July 02, 2024 12:52 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWelcome back to our “Best of Season 5” series. Maybe you’ll be listening to this on the beach as you celebrate Independence Day, in your car on your way to work, or at home. Wherever you listen, we thank you for your support! Today we revisit our interview with Laura, whose mission is to educat...
An Unlikely Journey to Parenthood Through America’s Broken Foster Care System
Fostering Change - June 18, 2024 13:24 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWelcome to our first episode of Fostering Change’s “Best of Season 5”. Today, we revisit Rob’s interview with Mark Daley, author of SAFE: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family. We knew right away that this interview would be in our “Best of” series, and we think ...
Navigating the Foster Care System in California and Beyond
Fostering Change - June 04, 2024 13:20 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWelcome to the Final Episode of Season 5. Thank you for joining us on this journey - whether you’re a new listener or if you’ve been with us all five seasons. Season 6 will debut in September, but following today’s episode, we will air some of our favorite episodes from the past season once ag...
A journey through foster care and homelessness, interrogating the true meanings of resilience, ambition, and success – Emi Nietfeld
Fostering Change - May 28, 2024 17:55 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWelcome to the final episode of Fostering Change for National Foster Care Awareness Month. We hope you have done something meaningful to help our youth, the fantastic people who work in social services, our teachers… and yourself. This is the month they “give us,” but as Rob often shares, “whe...
Yes, Single People Can Become Foster Parents and Make a Huge Difference in Children’s Lives
Fostering Change - May 21, 2024 11:04 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday we share the story of an amazing woman who has the biggest heart - the epitome of what we love to call a “Good Human”. We’ll learn how in the period of just 3 years, Kate Rapier quickly went from being single, to becoming a foster mom, soon an adoptive parent of two and then married to a...
This Award-Winning Record Producer Becomes a CASA to Support Youth in Foster Care - Benny Grinberg
Fostering Change - May 14, 2024 13:39 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsAs you likely recall, in Season 5, we moved to posting new episodes of Fostering Change bi-weekly. Well, we’ve just met so many amazing humans that we thought we’d make an exception during National Foster Care Awareness Month, so we have four episodes running this month! Before we get on to t...
Building Bridges: The Crucial Role of Community Health Workers
The Healthy Project Podcast - May 13, 2024 05:00 - 17 minutesIn this episode of The Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with Chrissy Dunplanter, a dedicated Community Health Worker from Carelon Health. Dive into a compelling discussion about the impact of community health workers, the daily challenges they face, and the vital role th...
An unflinching portrait of shattered families, desperation, and determination
Fostering Change - May 07, 2024 12:10 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsMay 1 was the first day of National Foster Care Awareness Month. The team at Comfort Cases wants to take a moment to thank and recognize all of the foster parents, foster families, youth who are currently in foster care and those who have “aged out”. Thank you to the CASAs and the social service...
Unpacking Gun Safety: Public Health Approaches with Mighty Fine
The Healthy Project Podcast - May 06, 2024 05:00 - 22 minutesJoin host Corey Dion Lewis on The Healthy Project Podcast as he welcomes Mighty Fine, MPH, CHES, the Associate Executive Director of Public Health Practice and Policy at the American Public Health Association. In this episode, they explore the intersection of gun safety and public healt...
A Journey from Aircraft Mechanic to Health Equity Champion
The Healthy Project Podcast - April 26, 2024 13:49 - 35 minutesWelcome to another empowering episode of The Healthy Project Podcast! In this episode, host Corey Dion Lewis has a great conversation with Maria Torres, a passionate advocate for health equity and the Health Equity Coordinator for Pottawatomie County Public Health. What's Inside This E...
How Children and families affected by conditions such as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome can benefit from exposure to farms and farm animals
Fostering Change - April 23, 2024 11:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday’s episode of Fostering Change is an in depth discussion with Susan Rich, founder and president of 7th Generation Foundation, about FAS: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. FAS is close to home to our host, Rob Scheer, as one of Rob’s children has FAS. And although the diagnosis for Rob’s son was t...
From Rock Bottom to Bringing a Family Together Again: A Foster Care Success Story with Jackie Polk
Fostering Change - April 09, 2024 12:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsAfter you listen to today’s episode of Fostering Change, take a moment. Take a breath. Reflect on what you heard, and ponder how you would handle the situations that our guest Jackie Polk faced. Here is part of the note Jackie sent us when she inquired about sharing her story: I'm a boy mom of...
Health Through Cultural Humility and Nutrition Security: A Conversation with Dr. Alison Brown, PhD, RDN
The Healthy Project Podcast - April 08, 2024 05:00 - 27 minutesIn this compelling episode of The Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis welcomes Dr. Alison Brown, a distinguished public health nutrition and health disparities researcher. Dr. Brown shares her extensive insights into the critical intersection of nutrition, cultural humility, ...
Vaccines and Health Inequity With Dr. Bayo Curry-Winchell
The Healthy Project Podcast - April 01, 2024 05:00 - 16 minutesThis episode is sponsored by Iowa Immunizes. To learn more about their initiatives, visit https://www.iowaimmunizes.org/. In this engaging episode of the Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with the incredibly dynamic Dr. BCW, hailed as one of the most active figure...
A Foster Care Journey and How Change Must Happen to the Broken System
Fostering Change - March 26, 2024 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsJerold Hawkins was introduced to Rob Scheer and Comfort Cases in 2023 when the company he works for, Aptiv, held a “Packing Party,” packing up backpacks filled with new essential items to be delivered to local social service agencies for distribution to youth entering foster care in Michigan. ...
Navigating the New Normal: Insights on COVID-19's Present and Future
The Healthy Project Podcast - March 25, 2024 05:00 - 26 minutesThis episode is sponsored by Iowa Immunizes. To learn more about their initiatives, visit https://www.iowaimmunizes.org/. In today's episode of the Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with Dr. John Whyte, Chief Medical Officer of WebMD, for a compelling discussion ...
Breaking Health Taboos: Colorectal Cancer Awareness & Prevention
The Healthy Project Podcast - March 18, 2024 05:00 - 23 minutesIn this empowering episode of the Healthy Projects Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis is joined by public health advocate and podcast co-host ELG to shed light on a crucial health topic - colorectal cancer. Recorded during Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, this discussion gets into persona...
The Importance of Talking About “Reunification” for Youth in Foster Care - A New Visit from Charell Star
Fostering Change - March 12, 2024 11:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday, we welcome back a wonderful guest, Charell Star. We first discovered Charell in 2021 from the “Humans of New York” column and video she was featured. We wanted Charell to come back on our podcast to give us an update on her work in the foster care system since then. Charell shares her c...
Creating a Warm and Safe Space for Children Transitioning into Foster Care
Fostering Change - February 27, 2024 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsOften times when children are removed from their homes and brought to a social service agency or law enforcement office, they are not placed in a foster home immediately, and have to spend hours, a whole night, or even days sitting on an uncomfortable office chair, a lumpy couch or maybe an air ...
Civic Engagement as a Path to Health Equity
The Healthy Project Podcast - February 26, 2024 06:00 - 21 minutesIn this enlightening episode of The Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with Heather Jones-Brown, a fervent advocate for civic engagement and health equity. Heather, who also works in staff equity at Grinnell College, dives deep into the critical role civic particip...
Art, Advocacy, and Healing: Jill Wells on Transforming Lives Through Creativity
The Healthy Project Podcast - February 19, 2024 06:00 - 36 minutesIn this enlightening episode of the Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with Jill Wells, an artist, advocate, and pioneer in combining art with advocacy to create social change. Jill shares her journey from being a substance use counselor to embracing her true calli...
Keeping Marriage Alive and a Strong as a Family with Adoptive Children
Fostering Change - February 13, 2024 12:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsHappy Valentine’s Day! (one day early) On today’s special episode, of Fostering Change we bring in two of our favorite married couples: David & Julie Bulitt and Rob & Reece Scheer! Yes, our host and his husband - co-founders of Comfort Cases - discuss relationships, particularly the issues fa...
An Unlikely Journey to Parenthood Through America’s Broken Foster Care System with Mark Daley
Fostering Change - January 30, 2024 12:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday, on Fostering Change, Comfort Cases’ founder Rob Scheer has an enlightening conversation with Mark Daley, author of SAFE: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family. The book offers a deeply personal window into what happens when the universal longing for family...
Empowering Healing: A Conversation with Alyson Simmons
The Healthy Project Podcast - January 29, 2024 06:00 - 47 minutesIn this insightful episode of The Healthy Project Podcast, host Corey Dion Lewis engages in a profound conversation with Alyson Simmons, the founder and executive director of the Central Iowa Trauma Recovery Center. Alison shares her journey from being a consultant to spearheading an or...
Empowering Voices: Quinny Sanchez Lopez on Lived Experiences and Health Equity
The Healthy Project Podcast - January 22, 2024 06:00 - 38 minutesWelcome to another inspiring episode of the Healthy Project podcast with your host, Corey Dion Lewis. In today's episode, we dive deep into the world of health equity and the power of lived experiences with our esteemed guest, Quinny Sanchez Lopez. Quinny is passionate about stakeholder...
Feeling Wanted, Love & Safe: Stories to Change the Lives of Children in Foster Care… FOR THE BETTER!
Fostering Change - January 16, 2024 12:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsComfort Cases is so lucky to have many friends and supporters from around the world. In 2022 we opened our first international center, Comfort CasesUK (https://comfortcasesuk.org/). On today’s episode, we welcome a guest from England, our friend Kevin Leslie. Kevin is known for many movie and...
May the Best of Your Today's Be the Worst of Your Tomorrow's: Ben McDougal's Insights on Entrepreneurship
The Healthy Project Podcast - January 08, 2024 06:00 - 35 minutesIn this enlightening episode, our host Corey Dion Lewis sits down with the multifaceted entrepreneur, Ben McDougal. Dive into a conversation that bridges the gap between entrepreneurship and public health, highlighting how these worlds intertwine to create impactful change. Short Bio: ...
Parents: Today we Give you “Permission to Rest”!
Fostering Change - January 02, 2024 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsWelcome to 2024! The entire team at Comfort Cases hopes you had a festive, and happy holiday season. Note that we didn’t write “restful”, as we know the past few weeks are generally the busiest time of year. This is why we are starting off our 2024 season right, with an interview with Ashley N...
Bananas Foster: Making a positive impact, and spreading joy throughout the foster care community to inspire others
Fostering Change - December 26, 2023 12:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsToday is a special episode of Fostering Change (well, all our episodes are special, but this one has a very special significance!) It’s the final episode of 2023 AND, today’s episode marks the 200th Episode of Fostering Change. Amazing that we’ve reached this important milestone in our 5th sea...
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