Don's Story

Highlights the beneficial role of agency support and encouragement to caregivers in ensuring effective foster parenting and successful reunification measures. In this video, a foster parent discusses the importance of communication and trust between caregivers and biological family members, along with agency training and resources, for successful reunification.

Publication year: 2017

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Capacity Building Center for States

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This video is a part of the Empowering Caregivers, Strengthening Families Video Series. It highlights the role of agency support and encouragement to caregivers in ensuring effective foster parenting and successful reunification measures. A foster parent discusses the importance of communication and trust between caregivers and biological family members, along with agency training and resources, for successful reunification.

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Suggested Citation

Capacity Building Center for States (2017). Don's Story. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Sonita's Story

Highlights the importance of recognizing the foster family as an extension of a child’s biological family and the role of effective communication between caregivers and biological family members. This video shares the experience of one caregiver who found that successful collaboration with biological family members, along with agency assistance to promote family engagement, proved effective for family reunification.

Publication Year 2021