A Guiding Star
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Bruce LeClaire, a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe, has spent more than 20 years being an advocate for native youth in the foster care system.
He joins us to discuss how culture is a guiding star for native youth.
We also discuss culture clashes with non-natives, the Indian Child Welfare Act, and much more.
Featured Guest
Bruce LeClaire | Rosebud Sioux Tribe member & youth advocate
Dig Deeper: Foster Care Resource Database
Our goal is to expand our foster care database to include every state.
We want foster families across the nation to more easily access supports for the whole family to thrive — and we want to make it easier for people to get involved by volunteering or donating.
We’re looking for virtual volunteers who will help us add resources to our database from the comfort of their home.
Know of a foster care resource we haven’t already included? Submit it here!
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Kids Crossing
We’re so thankful for our community of supporters that makes Just As Special possible including our Season 2 sponsor Kids Crossing, a private foster care agency started by foster parents for foster parents.
Arguably the most important decision to make when becoming a foster parent is what agency you’ll choose. Because as a foster parent, you will rely on your foster care agency for support.
Kids Crossing provides many no-cost services including:
Therapy services for the kids
Family therapy
Family preservation services
Foster parent support groups
Parenting coaches
Trauma-informed parenting training
And much more!
Kids Crossing is also committed to diversity and inclusion and has partnered with Just As Special to provide their foster parents with virtual, on-demand training.
This training is focused on helping foster parents practically apply lessons learned from diverse perspectives of foster care through powerful personal interviews with former foster youth; multi-cultural foster families; same-sex foster families; foster care professionals; and much more.
Kids Crossing foster parent Ben said, “Just As Special gives me insight from different people in foster care such as other foster parents or former foster kids. These perspectives have opened up my mind to different ways of thinking, which in turn helped me better understand my foster kiddo.”
Kids Crossing has four locations across Colorado in Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, and La Junta.
Learn more at KidsCrossing.com and tell them Just As Special sent you.
Fabulous Homes Colorado
Homebuying can be stressful so it’s important to make sure you are in the right hands.
Christina has called Colorado home for nearly a decade and been running her own realty business for six years. What we’ve noticed most about Christina is that she truly cares about her community — and not just with lip service.
Fabulous Homes Colorado specializes in helping first-time homebuyers and veterans find the right fit for their families — from cute condos to luxury homes. They serve El Paso County, Woodland Park, and Pueblo in beautiful Colorado.
Fabulous Homes Colorado offers:
No pressure homebuying
Video tours so you can buy remotely
Education (help with down payment assistance and more)
If you want a realtor that truly values relationships over transactions, give Christina a call at 719.310.4347 and tell her Just As Special sent you.
Each office is independently owned and operated.
Hope felt like she had way more help than she could use as a foster parent which led her to start thinking about how she could help other families who could benefit from even just one more friend.