HeyJaredOpen Homes Initiative Podcast
Your story matters. This podcast exists to tell the stories of changed lives in the Foster Care system - to put names and faces to numbers and statistics.
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The Judge Said He Knew I Loved My Kids, Then Sent Them Away (opens the original)
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Katie's daughter made her outcry on an ordinary evening, in the living room, while they folded laundry. Within two weeks the man responsible was arrested. Within a year, all three of Katie's kids had been removed from her home, and she was the one who packed their suitcases. This conversation with Justin Smith walks the whole road. The fear that comes from not knowing what a hearing is even for. The behaviors that showed up at home after the outcry and had nowhere to go. The family based safety
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