From Foster Care To Comfort Cases
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A black trash bag should never be the first “welcome” a child gets from the foster care system, but for hundreds of thousands of foster youth, it’s exactly how life shows up at the curb. We sit down with Rob Scheer, author of A Forever Family and founder of Comfort Cases, to talk a…
240: Get Back on the Horse with Amanda Van Der Heiden
Amanda Van Der Heiden could trot on a horse before she could walk. Her parents strapped her legs to the stirrups as a toddler. By age two, when she fell into the sandpit they trained in, they put her right back on before she was done crying. There was no discussion. You get back up. That was the wh…
Foster Care Advocate and Comfort Cases Founder with Dr. Rob Scheer
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Dr. Rob Scheer
Founder & CEO, Comfort Cases | Foster Care Advocate | CNN Hero | Author | National Speaker | Father
At any given time, more than 390,000 youth are in foster care in the United States. Nearly 700 children enter the system each day — and many arrive with their belong…
Ep 74: Comfort and Care
“Every single child deserves a foundation. Every child deserves to know there’s someone there rooting them on, and every child deserves to know what it feels like to be loved unconditionally.” — Rob Scheer
Episode 74: Comfort and Care
What happens when a child enters foster care carrying everythi…
Ep 74: Comfort and Care
“Every single child deserves a foundation. Every child deserves to know there’s someone there rooting them on, and every child deserves to know what it feels like to be loved unconditionally.” — Rob Scheer
Episode 74: Comfort and Care
What happens when a child enters foster care carrying everythi…
Building a Bigger Table
Content Warning: Please note that this conversation includes discussions of domestic violence and child abuse. Take care of yourself while listening and see below for helpful support resources.
Every child deserves a foundation of unconditional love, a truth that Comfort Cases founder Rob Scheer l…
Somewhat Familiar: Redefining Family, Foster Care, and Belonging with Pedro Andrade
As we conclude our Best of Fostering Change series, we revisit one of our favorite conversations from Season 7 with Emmy Award-winning journalist and producer Pedro Andrade.
Pedro is the creator and host of the HBO Max documentary series Somewhat Familiar, which follows his and his husband's journ…
Conversation With Rob Scheer
Rob Scheer is the founder of Comfort Cases, a charity whose mission is to inspire communities to bring dignity and hope to the nearly 437,500 youth in foster care in the United States. Join us as he shares his story and how he aims to support youth in foster care.
Episode 17: Interview with Rob Scheer, Founder of Comfort Cases (Gaithersburg, MD)
In this September 2026 episode, MSSP intern Taryn Painter interviews Rob Scheer, Founder of Comfort Cases. Rob shares his personal journey of growing up in and aging out foster care at 18 and discusses how his individual experiences within the system led to the creation of Comfort Cases. Rob highli…
Making Every Child Feel Seen with Rob Scheer
For so many children in foster care, everything they own is carried in a trash bag, and the message it sends is that they are not seen, not valued, not important. In this deeply moving episode of The Growth Lab, Luba sits down with Rob Scheer, founder of Comfort Cases, who lived that reality and de…
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