Help Me To Help You: Resources For Caregivers Fostering Parenthood podcast

Help me to help you: Resources for caregivers

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Lawyers, advocates, social workers, and more. Becoming a caregiver includes many helpful resources, but what good is a resource if you don't know how to use it? Our guest Theresa Reed, a former foster youth and educator for new foster parents and caregivers, helps explain some of the most helpful resources and how to use them.

Guest on the show: Theresa Reed, former foster youth, FKCE Program Director, Author of It’s Not Drama, It’s Trauma

Resources:

It’s Not Drama, It’s Trauma (10:58)

FKCE (11:38)

Family Urgent Response System (FURS): (833) 939-3877 (14:13)

Foster Care Unit in Department of Mental Health in LA County (18:45)

CSECY (29:16)

Planned Parenthood

CASA (33:18)

Simply Friends (36:00)

RFSP liaisons (37:10)

Alliance for Children’s Rights (38:00)

AdvoKids (38:00)

Fostering Unity caregiver care line: (213) 269-0000 (40:00)

Calls To Action:

Write resources down and keep them accessible (39:20)

Call 988 (mental health emergy support)

Ask questions before accepting a placement (43:24)

Empathy (45:00) - empathy video from Brené Brown

About Fostering Parenthood:

Fostering Parenthood is a podcast by caregivers for caregivers promoting the healthy sexual development of foster youth, brought to you by the National Center for Youth Law and the Reproductive Health Equity Project.

The laws and policies discussed in our show are specific to LA County and California. However, any out-of-state or international listeners should check the regulations specific to their state or country.
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Fostering Parenthood is fully supported by grant number 1 TP2AH000066-01-00 from the HHS Office of Population Affairs. Contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Office of Population Affairs.

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