In Real Life: Foster Care Unfiltered Podcast

Honest, heartfelt stories of foster parents across North Carolina.

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Reflecting on Season One: Real Voices, Real Challenges, and Real Hope in Foster Care 

In this special season one finale of In Real Life: Foster Care Unfiltered, host Shannon Enoch and Rebecca Starnes, Chief Program Officer at Children’s Home…

About Our In Real Life Podcast:

In Real Life: Foster Care Unfiltered shares the honest, heartfelt stories of foster parents across North Carolina: the joys, the challenges, the hard days, and the moments that make it all worthwhile. Through laughter, tears, and everything in between, these stories offer a meaningful look at the families who open their hearts and homes to help children feel safe, loved, and supported. New episodes drop every other Tuesday!

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MEET Our Podcast Host

Shannon Enoch

Shannon Enoch leads the Foster Care to Permanency team at CHS, supporting foster care, adoption, and family services across the state. With years of experience walking alongside families and social service partners, Shannon brings not only deep expertise, but a heartfelt, compassionate presence to every conversation.

“This podcast is not just feel-good sound bites. It is real families, real struggles, and real love. We want to educate, inspire, and encourage others to consider fostering by showing what it really looks like.“

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Learn More About Kinship Care

In North Carolina, kinship care simply means that a child lives with a relative or someone who shares a close, meaningful relationship with them (known as “fictive kin”) when their parents cannot care for them. Interested?
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