The Major Flaw in the Foster Care System | F Word S2Ep3

If you missed season 1, watch here: https://youtu.be/uPffFalYnzk The F Word follows the heartwarming story of one queer couple fostering a child in Oakland, CA. Nicole and Kristan explore the more unknown side of Foster Care: how large amounts of money are spent to support Foster and Adoptive families, yet little money is spent to support the birth parents of kids in the system. Reunification is the goal of foster care, but when we spend more money to help foster parents than we do to support birth parents, is reunification really the goal?

CREDITS
Directed by
Nicole Opper

Produced by
Kristan Cassady
Nicole Opper

Written by
Kristan Cassady
Laura Green
Nicole Opper

Co-Producer
Natalie Teter

Director of Photography
Mario Furloni
Tijana Petrovic
Mike Seely

Additional Camera
Alix Blair
Jen Gilomen
Lou Nakasako
Nicole Opper

Sound
Lauretta Molitor
Emile Bokaer
Additional Sound
Anton Herbert
Max Hirtenstein

Editor
Laura Green

Composer
Diana Sailer

Animation
Sam Berliner
Laura Green
Production Assistants
Eden Polich
Michelle Yau

Adoption and Foster Care Consultants
Nia Clark
Angela Tucker

Legal
Justine Jacobs

Additional Funding Provided by
Dave Thomas Foundation
Chicken & Egg Pictures
Seed & Spark Supporters

Special Thanks
Dependency Advocacy Center
First Place for Youth
Foster America

Thanks
Santa Clara University
Tim Rose
Mike Whalen
Preeti Mishra
AnnaLisa Chung
Claudia Miller
Carrie Lozano
Elizabeth Lo
Karim Ahmad
Kristina Motwani
Nels Bangerter
Rodrigo Reyes
Eugene Yi
Emily Cohen Ibañez
David Feliz Sutcliffe
Débora Souza Silva
Contessa Gayles
Jen Bradwell
Kate McLean
Rhonda Roorda
Daniel Chien
Claire Weissbluth
Katie Patterson
Samantha Cooper

Thank you to our participants:
Noel Anaya
Elisha Mitchell
Katarina Kabick
Lawrence Newsome
Sherry Lachman
Angela Tucker
Avery Klein-Cloud
Artrese Morrison, Alice Jordan, and DJ
Mike and Betty Opper
Ann Poppe and Richard Opper
The Cassady Family
Collier Meyerson
Sharon Anderson
Jaclene Camacho
David Shuster
Victoria Ruiz
Linda Jordan
Ellie DeJong
Mario Montemayor
Judge Elizabeth Lee
Melissa Kertz
Sandy DeLeon
Emilio Perdomo
Zoe Pappis
Marguerite Mackenzie
Rabbi Dev Noily
Shulamit Wise Fairman
Hiba Ahmed
Tracy Hanna & Family
Don Romesburg, David Jon Mould & Family
Sheena Haskin & Family

Additional Music
The Peacock
Writer and composer: Abdelrahman Elrayah

Additional Photos courtesy of
Kyle Glenn
Debbie Lee

Additional Footage courtesy of
Ben Fee

Footage from “Off and Running” courtesy of
Nicole Opper

Based on the Series, THE F WORD, a Co-Production of NICOLE OPPER PRODUCTIONS, LLC and INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERVICE (ITVS), with funding provided by CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
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