Joyce's Story

Highlights some of the factors that motivate caregivers to work through challenges and to provide permanency to children in foster care. In this video, a foster parent discusses lessons learned from fostering over 50 children in her home.

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 demonstrates the role of agency support through difficult caregiver decisions that are involved when moving from foster parenting to adoption, and displays caregiver commitment despite facing challenging questions, including caregiver age.

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

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