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Episode: Amanda Metivier and Les Gara: Foster Care in Alaska
Description: Send us Fan MailAmanda Metivier is the director of the Alaska Child Welfare Academy at UAA and is a board member and co-founder of Facing Foster Care in Alaska. She and her husband are foster parents who have provided homes for many youth over the past 15 years – many of them teenagers since both Amanda and her husband were foster youth themselves and know the difficulty that older children face in finding a willing home. Les Gara was the 2022 democratic candidate for governor of Alaska. He is a former legislator who se...