The need for Native American and Alaska Native foster parents is great. Finding safe and nurturing homes for Native children who need them is a critical element for a successful future. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that at any given time around 400,000 children are living in foster care. What makes a good foster parent? Do foster parents need special skills to provide good care for the children they take in?
Guests:
Alecia McConnell (Confederated tribes of the Umatilla) -Foster youth advocate
Kendra Lowden (Potawatomi and Osage) – Foster Care Resource manager for the Chickasaw Nation Child Welfare services
Velma Armijo (Jemez Pueblo) – Foster parent
Tiffany Sewell – Indian Child Welfare Act Administrator for Colorado department of Human Services
Break Music: Sisters (song) Tribe Called Red (artist) Nation II Nation (album)