E46 Changing Trajectories: I Pour Life Executive Director Ben McBride on the power of supporting at-risk youth

We often don't choose the circumstances that inform our trajectories in life. For at-risk and foster care youth, difficulties such as poverty, teen pregnancy and incarceration can create monumental hurdles that severely impact early development. Addressing these issues head-on, Springfield-based nonprofit I Pour Life utilitizes full-spectrum programs to promote positive growth and opportunity. In this episode, host Tom Carlson interviews I Pour Life executive director Ben McBride to learn more about his own journey into this work, I Pour Life's methodology and the incredible transformations that can occur when holistic support is provided to young people.