ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Foster care changes lives. So does knowing the truth about it.
Packed With Purpose is a foster care podcast hosted by the team behind Care Package Inbound — bringing real conversations with social workers, foster parents, former foster youth, doctors, and everyday people creating change in the system.
Each episode balances hard truths with hope, humor, and practical ways you can make a difference — even if you've never fostered a child.
Whether you're curious, connected to the system, or just ready to help — this podcast will inform you, move you, and show you exactly how to act.
Subscribe and join the movement. ❤️ Support the cause: carepackageinbound.com/donate
Update frequency:
every 27 days
Average audio length:
41 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
10 episodes
since Jan. 19, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
S1E9 Help us build 500 backpacks by October 31st! → https://www.carepackageinbound.com/500-backpack-challenge
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Heather Gilmore grew up in a house that took in ninety foster children in ten years — and not one of them arrived with anything but the clothes they were wearing. She's now the…
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
S1E8 You don’t have to foster to make a difference. Discover how: https://www.carepackageinbound.com/support-us
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At a Care Package Inbound packing event, volunteers are encouraged to name the child they're packing for — even though they'll never meet them. Jess and Chris break down what…
S1E7 You don’t have to foster to make a difference. Discover how: https://www.carepackageinbound.com/support-us
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Three sisters grew up in the same house, and each one carried a completely different kind of trauma out of it. Kathleen and Karen, authors of Remarkably Resilient, share the …
S1E6 You don’t have to foster to make a difference. Discover how: https://www.carepackageinbound.com/support-us
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Are you ready to take the first step?
In this episode of Packed With Purpose, we are joined once again by Ben and Nicole Long to uncover the reality of becoming a foster pa…
S1E5 You don’t have to foster to make a difference. Discover how: https://www.carepackageinbound.com/support-us
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"Awareness changes little; action transforms."
In this impactful episode, we are joined by Stephanie Wiley, Executive Director of RPOR (Relentless Pursuit Outreach and Recov…
S1E4 You don’t have to foster to make a difference. Discover how: https://www.carepackageinbound.com/support-us
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Every year, thousands of children enter foster care carrying everything they own in a trash bag. Not because no one cares, but because no one planned for them.
Chris and Jes…
S1E3 You don’t have to foster to make a difference. Discover how: https://www.carepackageinbound.com/support-us
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Every year, thousands of children enter foster care carrying everything they own in a trash bag. Not because no one cares — but because no one planned for them.
Chris and Je…
S1E2 You don’t have to foster to make a difference. Discover how: https://www.carepackageinbound.com/support-us
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Every year, thousands of children enter foster care carrying everything they own in a trash bag. Not because no one cares — but because no one planned for them.
Chris Youngd…
S1E1 You don’t have to foster to make a difference. Discover how: https://www.carepackageinbound.com/support-us
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On today's episode, we're sharing the vulnerable and winding journey of how we launched Care Package Inbound to deliver hope to children entering the foster care system. The …
You don’t have to foster to make a difference.
Packed With Purpose is a foster care podcast dedicated to delivering hope, awareness, and real-world impact.
Hosted by the team behind Care Package Inbound, this show shines a light on the often unseen realities of the foster care system — while provin…
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