From Orphanages to Kinship Care: The Evolution of Foster Care in America

Let’s unpack the U.S. foster care system as we know it. Child welfare and public policy historian Catherine E. Rymph provides a lesson on the origins of foster care and its evolution into the complex system that it is today. Child welfare systems change leader Sixto Cancel shares about his personal experiences of racism and abuse while in foster care that led him to found Think of Us. How did poverty and neglect–the pretense for most foster care referrals–become conflated? What would happen if we provided families in need with resources instead of reporting them? Interviewer: Angela James, Senior Project Scientist, UCLA Center for the Transformation of SchoolsGuest speakers:Catherine E. Rymph, author of Raising Government Children: A History of Foster Care and the American Welfare State; Dean, University of Missouri Honors CollegeSixto Cancel, CEO & Founder, Think of Us Among Us is a podcast by the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools. Geneva Sum is the host and Creative Director. Angela James is the Interviewer. Elizabeth Windom is the Supervising Producer. Julia Windom is the Editor. Caitlyn McAloon is the Production Coordinator. J Woodward is the Senior Producer. Among Us is produced by Windhaven Productions and Bluejay Atlantic.Join the CTS mailing listFollow CTS or share your thoughts with us at [e-mail] Notes:Social Security Act of 1935ADC (Aid to Dependent Children)AFDC Foster Care (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) 1962 reformThe Stuart FoundationThe Annie E. Casey FoundationThriving Families, Safer Children initiativeA Foster Care System Where Every Child Has a Loving Home | Sixto Cancel | TED Kinship CareThe Family First Prevention Services ActA Second Chance, Inc. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.