Lost & Found: Lost in a System, Found by the Church

Tige Charity and I talk about how Kids in the Spotlight helps foster youth heal and grow through the power of storytelling and filmmaking. tige@kitsinc.org

Today we talk about children experiencing homelessness and how they faces instability, fear, and a loss of safety, essentials every child needs to thrive and the work HOPE is doing to impact these kids, ken.craft@hopethemission.org

Destiny's Story of Foster to Adoption  srayburn@urm.org

I am super excited about this series. One of my friends and a staff member at Shepherd is becoming a new foster to adopt dad and we are going to chronicle his journey and this is the first show in that series. I'm excited for you to meet Kawika Keliikuli. kkeliikuli@shepherdchurch.com

Today we talk about the groundbreaking efforts in LA County has made to engage faith faith community in the work of foster children and care. With our special guest, Dominique Robinson.robind@dcfs.lacounty.gov

Alan Smyth was in the studio today to talk about the challenges with human trafficking and minors, the work they are doing to rescue and restore these children something you won't want to miss. Alan@savinginnocence.org

On today’s program, we discuss sanctity of life with Talitha Phillips from Clara’s Health and the important to love people through all their decisions, even if we don’t agree with them. WWW.clarishealth.org talitha@clarishealth.org

Kurt Tuffendsam  and Ivette Cortes talk about what it’s like to be homeless and the incredible work that Mission Rise is doing.

On today sure you’ll hear from Aaron Zendejas, a former foster youth and how one family changed the trajectory of his life and faith. aaronzendejas01@gmail.com

Today we will focus on transitional age youth with Stacy Dewitt from James StoreHouse as we look into the mentorship and skills necessary to transition a foster youth into a successful adult life.  www.jamesstorehouse.org/ ;  stacy@jamesstorehouse.org/

Harmony Dust is our guest from Treasures, a ministry that seeks to end human trafficking and the need to support those desiring to leave the sex industry. http://www.iamatreasure.com/ ; https://view.flodesk.com/pages/601897df8b5a2453c0af2984

On the show today, we have Stacy Dewitt, who will talk about the extraordinary work that James StoreHouse is doing supporting kids and care from the crib to college. www.jamesstorehouse.org/ ;   stacy@jamesstorehouse.org/

Today we talk with Annamarie Dachtler, the Executive Director of Olive Crest and Rudy Vejar, the Supervisor of the drop-in center for CSEC (commercial sexual exploitation of children) here in Los Angeles. Contact.: Annamarie-Dachtler@olivecrest.org OliveCrest.org  Rudy-Vejar@olivecrest.org

Jeorgette Cuellar, A former foster youth that has aged out of the foster system joins Annamarie Dachtler, the Executive Director of Olive Crest as we discussed, the complexity of being in foster care and aging out without a safety net. Contact: Annamarie-Dachtler@olivecrest.org OliveCrest.org 

Along with David Kleinknecht the Community Engagement, Director of Olive Crest, I talk with special guests, Noah and Caraline Sierota, as they tell their story of being part of the volunteer hosting program at Olive Crest (that works to prevent children from entering foster care) and ultimate become adopted parents. Contact.: Annamarie-Dachtler@olivecrest.org OliveCrest.org david-kleinknecht@olive...

There are lots of people who thought about becoming a foster parent, but don’t even know the first steps today with our guest, Jennifer Hastings we will answer those questions. jhastings@fosterall.org

Today we talk with Domingo Mota from Care Portal a Care-Sharing technology that drives action for local children and families in crisis, connecting them to the local church. When we all come together, we prevent family separation and ensure that families have what they need. domingo.mota@careportal.org. 

On the show today, Wendy McMahan from Royal Family Kids a life changing camp for children in foster care that cultivates joy, resilience, hope and transforms their lives. Larrys@forthechildren.org 

Today we will talk about what it looks like to adopt a child out of the foster care system from birth.  With Lesley Hoff - lesley@wefoster.la

On the podcast today, we will talk with Mike Brown from The Family Table whose ministry comes alongside your church; by sharing about the needs of children in the foster care system of Los Angeles, the various ways to help, to best facilitate what God wants to do in and through your church. mike@familytable.la

Lesley Hoff is the cofounder of we Foster LA that provides an Emergency Foster Care closet & system of support for DCFS foster children and the families that love them. We will discuss the impact of her program and how critical it is to have resources that are immediate and focused like these. lesley@wefoster.la

Today we will visit with Sophia, Katrina, and Rene as we discussed what it is like to be a blended adopted family. Katrina and Rene adopted Sophia and her two younger sisters, and we will talk about what homelife is like after adoption. https://imsomebody.org/

Katrina and Rene are adopted parents who adopted their children out of the Los Angeles Foster care system. We will explore the reasons that they decided to adopt out of the foster care system and their decision to ultimately adopt three amazing girls. And how faith is a critical component in their life. https://imsomebody.org/

Sophia is a former foster youth that will share with us her experiences that cost her to go into foster care, her experiences while in foster care, and how faith and her new adoptive family have helped transform her life. ImSomebody.org

Pastor Dan Broyles has created the Family Stress Support program.  It’s purpose it’s to support families who are in crisis, connect them to existing resources to help them in their immediate and ongoing needs, in an effort to keep them from entering the foster care system. ValenciaHills.com pastordan@valenciahills.com