In this episode LEND Fellow Jenny Tessmer interviews long time foster parent Gail Meyer. Gail speaks about the joys and challenges of being a foster parent for over 20 years. She also talks about the necessity of supports and programming needed in order to support foster children with diagnosed and undiagnosed disabilities.

RESOURCES:

https://lend.umn.edu/

https://www.mnadopt.org/fostering-network/general-fc-information/

https://mn.gov/dhs/people-we-serve/children-and-families/services/foster-care/resources/