Revolutionizing Foster Care: The Alabama Model Changing America w/ Lee Marshall

Revolutionizing Foster Care: The Alabama Model Changing America w/ Lee Marshall

February 25, 2026 · 50 min · Episode 223

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Lee Marshall discusses Alabama's innovative approach to foster care reform and its implications for the national system.

Is America finally ready to fix the broken foster care system? In this powerful episode, Lee Marshall—CEO & Founder of Kids to Love—shares how Alabama is leading the way in privatized foster care reform. As new federal legislation shines a spotlight on foster care, Marshall explains how her organization has created a model that moves children to permanency faster, protects families, and prioritizes trauma healing. Marshall’s work through Kids to Love is setting a new national standard—one focused on permanency, accountability, and real healing. If you care about adoption, foster care reform, faith-based leadership, or protecting the next generation, this is a must-watch conversation. Learn more: Kids to Love → https://kidstolove.org Hope for Trauma → https://hopefortrauma.org

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Organizations: Kids to Love, Hope for Trauma

Places: Alabama, America

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