Cardinal Institute for WV Policy

2024 Foster Care Awareness Week Interview 3 - Greg Clutter Greg Clutter serves as Director of Foster care at Chestnut Mountain Village. Greg shares how his team is exploring innovative solutions for how faith communities can provide critical, tangible support to foster children and their families. https://lnkd.in/ePCgUUGu

Greg Clutter serves as Director of Foster care at Chestnut Mountain Village. Greg shares how his team is exploring innovative solutions for how faith communities can provide critical, tangible support to foster children and their families. He also wants to see foster care done within communities. The Ranch gives foster kids much-needed structure in their lives which includes education, community, and emotional support. https://lnkd.in/e8AK95FM

Last year, Kim Dully came on the podcast to share about her and her siblings’ experiences with the foster care system. She also shares about her time recruiting foster families and the hope that comes from caring for vulnerable kids. https://lnkd.in/dzweZmZn

2024 Foster Care Awareness Week Interview 2 - Andrew Brown Andrew Brown from the Texas Public Policy Foundation joins us to unpack the policy side of foster care. https://lnkd.in/eQPjztm6

2024 Foster Care Awareness Week Interview 2 - Andrew Brown Andrew Brown from the Texas Public Policy Foundation joins us to unpack the policy side of foster care. https://lnkd.in/eQPjztm6

Andrew Brown from the Texas Public Policy Foundation joins us to unpack the policy side of foster care.   He shares how the child welfare system can harm families and even the very children it intends to protect. Andrew also discusses how government overreach threatens the fundamental rights of families, creates an environment of distrust, and can lead families to become hesitant to serve as foster parents.   Finally, he shares a vision for a new approach to child welfare that prioritizes strengthening, rather than separating families, which leads to a safer, more liberty-minded, and family-friendly system. https://lnkd.in/eQPjztm6

A few years ago, Naomi Schaefer Riley came on the podcast to discuss her book by the same name “No Way to Treat a Child: How the Foster Care System, Family Courts, and Racial Activists Are Wrecking Young Lives.” She shared about why the foster care system is broken and how Conservatives can effectively engage with foster care. https://lnkd.in/ghibRnNU

"For the state of West Virginia, foster care has been in a state of crisis for a long time. There is a lack of homes to discharge youth to. There is also a lack of temporary and emergency shelters which results in poor placement outcomes for foster youth. This is not necessarily a crisis unique to the state of West Virginia. But it is a problem that our communities have the ability to improve in various ways, not limited to becoming a foster parent." https://lnkd.in/e82Wre3N

2024 Foster Care Awareness Week Interview 1 - Natalie Bezek Natalie is a former foster parent who is still engaged in the foster care world. She joins us to discuss foster families' needs and how communities can step in to support those needs. https://lnkd.in/dXRp2iYk

Many foster parents drop out of the foster care system due to a lack of support. Natalie is a former foster parent who is still engaged in the foster care world. She joins us to discuss foster families' needs and how communities can step in to support those needs. She delves into how these needs vary widely from family to family and how the system can keep this in mind as they work toward what is best for the child. See the video here after the premiere: https://lnkd.in/et35r9QC