Alaska
Parenting in the Far North: Foster Care in Alaska
Kristen Bierma is the Executive Director of Beacon Hill in Anchorage. It’s a statewide nonprofit that serves, supports and encourages Alaska’s children in foster care and children at rise of entering foster care. As a foster parent herself and mother to 3 young adults, she talks about the severe foster home shortage crisis in the state and what families can do to help and support.