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This is the trailer for the BONUS BABIES podcast. Jayne Amelia Larson interview kids, attorneys, social workers, caregivers and more, and tracks her experience learning about and navigating through the foster care system…not as someone who has a lived foster care experience… but through the unique lens of a Court Appointed Special Advocate (or CASA) volunteer––the eyes and ears of the court––whose job it is to seek out as much information as possible about the child to whom they’re assigned, the child’s case, and the child’s family. The CASA acts as the child’s voice, and is her advocate, her voice, in court; and it is a volunteer position, this is what differentiates us everyone else in that child's care. Los Angeles, where she is recording, has 35,000 kids in the county foster care system, and only 1200 CASA volunteers. So do the math, there are not enough of them. We hope that hearing about these kids and from these kids will help give them a voice …to give them a forum to help others understand what it’s like to have a lived foster care experience by hearing the compelling stories of the children who have lived it. Original music by Christina Apostolopoulos. Yukon Haar is the audio producer. Executive Producer is Jake Eberle.

Go to NationalCASAGAL.org to find out about becoming a CASA anywhere in the US, and CASALA.org in Los Angeles.

See bonusbabies.org to learn more about what we are doing and please donate to support us by making a 100% tax-deductible contribution. EVERY PENNY OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION GOES TO RECORDING AND PLATFORMING THESE STORIES. Yeah!

We are so happy there are so many people listening (all over the world!) and can't wait to reach an even bigger audience this next season. Please consider becoming a CASA or a foster parent or offering respite care or contributing to the many worthy organizations working with youth in foster care.

National CASA/GAL
California Youth Connection
National Foster Youth Institute
Peace4kids.org
Adopt a Foster Child in LA
Heart Gallery LA
KIDSAVE

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See bonusbabies.org to learn more about what we are doing and please donate to support us by making a 100% tax-deductible contribution. EVERY PENNY OF YOUR CONTRIBUTION GOES TO RECORDING AND PLATFORMING THESE STORIES. Yeah!

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