How Can We Better Care for Foster Youth?
We talk to child welfare experts about what we do right and what we could improve in caring for children deeply in need.
April 27, 2026
54 min
Full
3,310 of 3,393
April 27, 2026
How Can We Better Care for Foster Youth?
0:00 / 54:52
Excerpt playback isn’t available for this episode — use the full-episode link.
Search the Record
Moment search isn’t open for this episode yet
When it opens, you’ll be able to type any phrase and jump straight to the second it was said.
America the Jesuit Review Episodes Around April 27, 2026
Episode 3,310 of 3,393 — walk the feed in the order it was published.
How Can We Better Care for Foster Youth?
Summary
The death of a San Jose toddler in foster care has Santa Clara’s child welfare system scrambling to respond and politicians asking what went wrong. Six percent of children nationwide will enter the foster care system, primarily for reasons of neglect – which can mean conditions of poverty, homelessness, parental drug abuse or mental health issues. We’ll talk to child welfare experts about what we do right and what we could improve in caring for children deeply in need.
Guests:
Julia Prodis Sulek, reporter, Bay Area News Group; Sulek was part of the San Jose Mercury News team that won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting
Janay Eustace, president & CEO, Child Abuse Prevention Center
Jill Duerr Berrick, professor, School of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley
Sarah Pauter, executive director, John Burton Advocates for Youth (JBAY), an organization focused on outcomes for older foster youth
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode details and artwork are published by the show’s own feed. Sentinel plays short cited excerpts and links every episode back to its publisher.