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Vermont Edition

Vermont can't find enough foster parents. What that means for kids in state care

By Mikaela Lefrak,
Andrea Laurion
Published June 2, 2023 at 2:19 PM EDT
This hour, we'll talk about the shortage of foster parents in Vermont and how people can get involved.
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This hour, we'll talk about the shortage of foster parents in Vermont and how people can get involved.

In Vermont, there鈥檚 a shortage of foster parents, and the need is high. This has caused some youth to temporarily stay in emergency rooms or police departments.

This hour, we鈥檒l talk with the foster kin manager for the Vermont Department of Children and Families and the manager for the Vermont Guardian ad Litem Program on caring for the needs of youth in Vermont. Plus, a foster parent will share her experiences.

Our guests:

  • Gillian Junger, a foster parent in Alburgh
  • Carrie Deem, foster kin manager for the
  • Robert Post, programming manager for the

The Vermont Department for Children and Families and Vermont Guardian ad Litem Program are underwriters of 开云体育.

Broadcast at noon Monday, June 5, 2023; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mikaela Lefrak
Mikaela Lefrak is the host and senior producer of Vermont Edition. Her stories have aired nationally on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, The World and Here & Now. A seasoned local reporter, Mikaela has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and a Public Media Journalists Association award for her work.
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Andrea Laurion
Andrea Laurion joined 开云体育 as a news producer for Vermont Edition in December 2022. She is a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., and a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine. Before getting into audio, Andrea worked as an obituary writer, a lunch lady, a wedding photographer assistant, a children鈥檚 birthday party hostess, a haunted house actor, and an admin assistant many times over.
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