Fostering Change with Rob Scheer
Hosted by Comfort Cases founder Rob Scheer, this inspiring podcast shares powerful stories of resilience, compassion, and community. Each week, Rob sits down with guests who are making a difference in the foster care system — from former foster youth and foster parents to advocates, authors, and celebrities whose lives have been touched by foster care.
With warmth, humor, and heart, Rob leads conversations that remind us all how dignity, hope, and love can change a child’s life forever. 💙
Have a story to share or a question for Rob?
📧 Email: fosteringchange@comfortcases.org
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Fostering Change with Rob Scheer
Hosted by Comfort Cases founder Rob Scheer, this inspiring podcast shares powerful stories of resilience, compassion, and community. Each week, Rob sits down with guests who are making a difference in the foster care system — from former foster youth and foster parents to advocates, authors, and celebrities whose lives have been touched by foster care.
With warmth, humor, and heart, Rob leads conversations that remind us all how dignity, hope, and love can change a child’s life forever. 💙
Have a story to share or a question for Rob?
📧 Email: fosteringchange@comfortcases.org
Follow us on social media: @comfortcases
Learn more at comfortcases.org
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
CONTENT WARNING: ADULT/DISTURBING THEMES — ABUSE & VIOLENCE
Welcome to this week’s episode of Fostering Change. Our host, Rob Scheer, sits down with an extraordinary guest — Baron Li, co-owner of Four Tiers Contracting and founder of the CKMD Army.
Baron’s journey is one of unimaginable pain, resilience, and redemption. A former foster youth who endured 17 placements and severe childhood abuse — including being burned with a clothing iron and cigarettes at just three years old — Baron later survived an attempted murder-for-hire plot that left him shot nine times. Yet, through it all, he transformed trauma into purpose.
Today, Baron is building homes and hope through Four Tiers Contracting, employing and mentoring aged-out foster youth, and expanding CKMD Army — a nationwide movement uniting the foster care community with a 50-state resource network.
In this powerful and emotional conversation, Rob and Baron discuss:
How a childhood marked by violence and instability shaped Baron’s mission to help others rebuild their lives
His incredible survival story: “I was shot nine times, left for dead — but I chose not to be a victim. I chose to live, to forgive, and to give back.”
How Four Tiers Contracting provides aged-out foster youth with steady employment, mentorship, and a pathway to independence
The vision behind CKMD Army (Can’t Keep Me Down) — a 50-state foster care resource network empowering youth, families, and advocates nationwide
Why Baron believes resilience is forged through service — and that “purpose is the only thing stronger than pain.”
Baron Li’s story is a testament to the human spirit — proof that even after the darkest moments, there is light. Trauma can shape us, but it never has to define who we become.
👉 Learn more about Baron Li and his work:
All Links: linktr.ee/baronbli
LinkedIn: CKMD Army
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