Posted on March 29, 2021 by Plummer Youth Promise
This month, we honor our long-time friend and colleague, Lauren Frey. Lauren served as Plummer’s first Director of Permanency Practice Leadership before moving on to the next chapter of her life earlier this year.
Posted on March 18, 2021 by Plummer Youth Promise
Dear Foster Mother, I’ve heard that my daughter, Keisha, is going to be placed with you next week. My caseworker said...
Posted on February 12, 2021 by Plummer Youth Promise
It’s hard for me to say that I know my foster parents love me. Those words don’t come easy to me....
Posted on January 15, 2021 by Plummer Youth Promise
Behind the historic Plummer building on Winter Island – nestled between the basketball court and the ocean – is a...
Posted on December 21, 2020 by Plummer Youth Promise
Dear Santa, Well, first of all, I’m much too old to be writing to you but I thought it couldn’t hurt,...
Posted on November 23, 2020 by Plummer Youth Promise
Foster parents are always giving. Sometimes they are providing a home for a group of siblings to prevent separation. Other times they are simply reaching out...
Posted on September 22, 2020 by Plummer Youth Promise
A traditional “family tree” doesn’t really represent a foster child’s network of loved ones. It’s more accurate to think of them as having...
Posted on August 25, 2020 by Plummer Youth Promise
This will be a school year unlike any other due to COVID-19 health pandemic. How do you help a child who was struggling even before the world got turned upside down?
Posted on July 8, 2020 by Plummer Youth Promise
I have learned to be much more aware that my beautiful, intelligent son faces challenges every day that have not been part of my life. I hope that awareness will make me more sensitive to his experiences as a young man and to be better at helping him navigate his world. He’ll need more than my unconditional love in order to do that.
Posted on June 24, 2020 by Plummer Youth Promise
Yes, we black foster youth know the police very well. Some of us know them more than we’d like to.
But I reckon that a new day is upon us. There is a growing understanding by child welfare leaders that systemic racism has plagued the black community and led to disparities in black children in foster care for decades.