In this episode, Tracey and Jeff sit down for a thoughtful conversation about what healing truly means, especially for children and families involved in the foster care system. Through reflection, personal insight, and CASA-centered perspective, they explore how healing isn’t linear, how it looks different for everyone, and the vital role consistent advocacy and compassion play in the process. This episode invites listeners to think deeply about resilience, growth, and how showing up, again and again, can make a lasting difference.

On this episode, we talked about how 2026 is going to bring some new goals for us to achieve here at our CASA program. Whether we're implementing programming that addresses poverty in our corner of America, or gauging trauma for those we serve, we're excited to embark on some new goals for 2026! Tracey and Jeff dive into CASA SHaW's goals for this year.

We've been reflecting on what 2025 has brought our CASA program and the children we serve day-in and day-out. As a result, we went back into the CASA Connection vault and are highlight three episodes from this year that meant a lot to us: Effective Advocacy For Youth Living In Foster Care, The Importance Of Resource Parents, and Healing Centered Practices. We hope you enjoy this "best of" 2025 podcast episode as we look towards 2026.