Welcome to Plummer’s blog. It’s about our work with children, and will focus especially on our foster care program, which finds safe and caring homes for kids who need them. Right now in Massachusetts, there’s a critical shortage of foster families. This blog aims to help people understand more about foster care: how it works, how you can become a foster parent, and what the experience is like from the perspective of both adults and children. It will try to dispel some myths about being a foster parent and offer parenting tips for foster parents or anyone caring for a child. We’ll also interview foster parents and kids in foster care, as well as professionals in the field – caring people who want to help kids get through a tough time in their lives.
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Posted on March 29, 2021 by
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
Dear Foster Mother, I’ve heard that my daughter, Keisha, is going to be placed with you next week. My caseworker said... Read More
Posted on February 12, 2021 by
It’s hard for me to say that I know my foster parents love me. Those words don’t come easy to me.... Read More
Posted on January 15, 2021 by
Behind the historic Plummer building on Winter Island – nestled between the basketball court and the ocean – is a... Read More
Posted on December 21, 2020 by
Dear Santa, Well, first of all, I’m much too old to be writing to you but I thought it couldn’t hurt,... Read More
Posted on November 23, 2020 by
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... Read More
Posted on September 22, 2020 by
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... Read More
Posted on August 25, 2020 by
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
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
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.
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.
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Plummer’s work to connect older youth in the child-welfare system to permanent families is breaking new ground. Learn how we are sharing best practices with organizations nationally.
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Learn how you can get involved to help Plummer youth and families right now. Whether it be through a meal donation, volunteering your time or expertise, or making a donation to our Emergency Relief Fund, there's a way for you to help!
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