James Trail Podcast
Whether you're a professional, caregiver, or someone impacted by trauma, this podcast offers hope, understanding, and tools for healing and flourishing.
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The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma and Adversity
For anyone who has faced a difficult childhood, or who cares about the millions of children who do, the acclaimed health interventions in The Deepest Well represent vitally important hope for preventing lifelong illness for those we love - for generations.
Volunteer: Be A CASA or GAL
Court-appointed special advocate (CASA) and guardian ad litem (GAL) volunteers advocate for the best-interests of children who have experienced abuse or neglect.
Former Foster Youth Resource Network: A Sense of Home
A Sense of Home strives to prevent homelessness by creating first-ever homes for youth aging out of foster care with donated furniture and home goods.
Foster Care Institute: Dr John DeGarmo
Global keynote, TED Talk speaker and foster dad to more than 60 children, Dr. DeGarmo shares his considerable wisdom and resources on the topic of foster care, trauma and many more topics.
The Foster Care Survival Guide
Leading foster care expert Dr. John DeGarmo combines his own wisdom with that of fellow foster parents.
Mental Health Training: Mindspring
Mindspring provides no-cost mental health education, support, and advocacy programs.
Adoption Grants: A Child Waits
A Child Waits awards grants to families who are adopting from foster care when expenses are not paid by the state.
Foster Parent College
Innovative, interactive online courses for foster, adoptive, and kinship parents. The self-paced training is accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
TBRI® 101: A Self-Guided Course in Trust-Based Relationships
This course offers an informal, yet thorough approach to Trust-Based Relational Intervention®, an evidence-based intervention for children from hard places of abuse, neglect, and/or trauma.
Adoption Grants: HelpUsAdopt.org
HelpUsAdopt.org award grants six times a year. Applications must be submitted online by end of day on the date indicated in order to be considered for that cycle.
Adoption Matching Grant
Lifesong offers adoption financial assistance like matching grants, interest-free loans, and adoption crowdfunding pages.