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A Glimpse Into the History of Creating a Family

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Content provided by Creating a Family. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Creating a Family or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

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Join us for a look at where CreatingaFamily.org - and this podcast - began and where we are heading from here. We talk today with Dawn Davenport, the founding Executive Director of the organization, as she prepares to retire from Creating a Family.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Tell us how and why you started Creating a Family. Why start a non-profit?
  • Do any significant moments stand out from those early days of setting a path forward?
  • Who were the hands-on folks behind the scenes in those early days?
  • What were some of your hopes and dreams for this new venture when you started podcasting?
    • What were some of your most memorable challenges?
  • How has the world of podcasting changed in the 18 years since you launched this one?
  • Were there one or two “big fish” you were excited to get?
  • How have you seen the Creating a Family podcast impact the families we serve? The professionals?
  • What are the most significant challenges you see facing our community of listeners / adoptive, foster, and kinship families in 2025?
  • Do you have any lessons you’ll take from this season of your life – as a professional and/or as a parent?
  • What are you most excited about for the future of CreatingaFamily.org?
  • Do you have any retirement plans?

Support the show

Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:

  continue reading

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Manage episode 497325228 series 8738
Content provided by Creating a Family. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Creating a Family or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://podcastplayer.com/legal.

Click here to send us a topic idea or question for Weekend Wisdom.

Join us for a look at where CreatingaFamily.org - and this podcast - began and where we are heading from here. We talk today with Dawn Davenport, the founding Executive Director of the organization, as she prepares to retire from Creating a Family.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Tell us how and why you started Creating a Family. Why start a non-profit?
  • Do any significant moments stand out from those early days of setting a path forward?
  • Who were the hands-on folks behind the scenes in those early days?
  • What were some of your hopes and dreams for this new venture when you started podcasting?
    • What were some of your most memorable challenges?
  • How has the world of podcasting changed in the 18 years since you launched this one?
  • Were there one or two “big fish” you were excited to get?
  • How have you seen the Creating a Family podcast impact the families we serve? The professionals?
  • What are the most significant challenges you see facing our community of listeners / adoptive, foster, and kinship families in 2025?
  • Do you have any lessons you’ll take from this season of your life – as a professional and/or as a parent?
  • What are you most excited about for the future of CreatingaFamily.org?
  • Do you have any retirement plans?

Support the show

Please leave us a rating or review. This podcast is produced by www.CreatingaFamily.org. We are a national non-profit with the mission to strengthen and inspire adoptive, foster & kinship parents and the professionals who support them.
Creating a Family brings you the following trauma-informed, expert-based content:

  continue reading

776 episodes

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