Season Two: Aging Out: The Hidden Pipeline investigates how foster care instability, isolation, and unmet needs can create a pathway to exploitation, and what it takes to interrupt that pathway before harm becomes a life sentence. Across four episodes, host Bryce Butler follows the pattern from multiple angles: the early warning signs that get missed, grooming that hides in plain sight, system breakdowns that let kids disappear, and the reforms and relationships that make prevention real.

Welcome to Fracture to Flourish, a podcast from Access Ventures illuminating untold stories of resilience.

Season one, "Aging Out," reveals the raw reality of the 20,000 young adults who exit foster care yearly without support networks. Through authentic conversations with both those who've experienced the system firsthand and the advocates fighting for change, we uncover the human stories behind the statistics—journeys of struggle and strength that transform fracture into flourishing.