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Andrew and Michele Schneidler

Andrew Schneidler is an adoption attorney and the founder of the Children’s Law Center, a law clinic offering free and low cost legal services to achieve permanence for Washington State’s orphaned and vulnerable kids. His wife, Michele, formerly served as the president and COO of Chosen & Dearly Loved, a non-profit that advocates for child permanence. She also played an instrumental role in the 1MILLIONHOME campaign to convert orphanages into reintegration centers and the Refresh Conference that fueled a movement of support throughout the Church for foster and adoptive parents. Andrew and Michele are former foster parents and have 3 adopted kids (1 private domestic adoption, 2 foster-adoption).

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Finding Respite for Families in Adoption and Foster Care

Our guests offer practical advice to listeners for helping provide valuable rest and refreshment to foster and adoptive families, who have invested so much of their time and resources into caring for children in need.

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Standing in the Gap for Kids in Foster Care

Dr. Sharen Ford describes the plight of children in the foster care system and challenges listeners to consider how they might help these kids. In addition, Andrew and Michele Schneidler discuss their experiences with adoption from foster care as well as providing respite care.