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Offers legally required home studies, individual counseling with a counselor, and training on working with birth parents.

Provides evidence-based care with optional faith integration for outpatient counseling services in the following areas: - Adolescent/youth counseling - Adoption counseling - Anger management - Anxiety disorders counseling - Bereavement/grief counseling - Depression counseling - Eating disorders counseling - Family violence counseling - Geriatric counseling - Marriage counseling - Mental health assessment for all ages - Parent coaching and counseling - Phobias counseling - Post-abortion counseling - Sexual assault counseling- Sexuality issues/sexual addictions counseling Video counseling services are available via Telehealth for individuals and families who: - Are unable to find a bilingual counselor - Have limited access to Christian counseling in their area - Have medical conditions - Lack transportation to a clinic

Provides educational services related to adoption and parenting. Offers the following parenting programs: - Earn While You Learn: Participate in parenting classes to earn points, which can be used for free infant supplies and material assistance - Fatherhood Program: Offers guidance and support for fathers

Provides pro-life pregnancy services and information such as: Medical Services: - Pregnancy testing - Sexually transmitted disease (STD) testing and treatment - Sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing and treatment - Ultrasound (limited basis) Support Services: - After abortion support - Adoption support - Community resources - Parenting support

Provides adoption case management and services to children who are under jurisdiction, (children who have become available for adoption because of a child protection process and are already in foster care.)

Provides culturally-sensitive counseling and therapy for individuals, couples, families, adolescents/youth, and groups, including: - Adoption - Anxiety Disorders screening and counseling - Blended family (multi-ethnic, remarriage, etc.) - Conflict resolution - Depression Disorders screening and counseling - Grief counseling - Parenting support - Play therapy - Spirituality - Stress management - Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - Work and career issues NOTE: Telehealth services are available

Provides the following services: Adoption Services: Works to bring youth and parents together in permanent, stable family settings. All adoption services are provided free of charge and include: - Adoption home studies and home study updates - Child placement services - Child-specific recruitment services - Parent training and education - Post-adoption services - Relative adoption services Foster Care Services: Provides safe and nurturing foster homes while families work toward stability and reunification. Staff collaborate closely with each child's custodial team to support family reunification whenever possible. Services include emergency, short-term, long-term, and whole-family foster care options. - Foster parents receive ongoing support, including training, 24/7 crisis support, and respite care. Kinship Navigator: Provides support and connections for relative and kin families caring for children. Families first work with a Kinship Navigator who provides phone and in-person information, referrals, and assessments to identify community services such as childcare, food assistance, health services, housing, and transportation. - When additional assistance is needed, a Case Manager partners with families to provide side-by-side support while accessing services. Relative and Kin Support Services: Provides support for families caring for a relative's child by providing education, guidance, and connections to resources. Families may also receive assistance with obtaining foster care licensing if they wish to continue fostering kin or other children. Services include: - Connections to local support services - Education on mental health and youth trauma - Help understanding the complex human services system - Support navigating new or strained family dynamics Supervised Visitation: Provides youth in foster care with opportunities to spend time with their families in a safe and supportive environment. Services are available within approximately a one-hour radius of Waite Park, Minnesota. Services include: - Observation - Parent coaching with observation - Parent coaching without observation - Transportation - Virtual or phone observation STAY Program (Successful Transition to Adulthood for Youth): Provides independent living services for eligible youth ages 14 through 23 who are currently or were formerly in foster care and who are working with a county or tribal social worker. Services support youth in meeting independent living plan goals and may vary by county. Available services may include: - Age-appropriate activities - Education services - Employment services - Independent living skills training - Permanent connections with long-term mentors, significant individuals from the youth's past, relative searches, and contact with relatives or former foster parents - Room and board or housing assistance - Transportation costs

Pro-life confidential assistance for women and men of all ages faced with an unplanned pregnancy, including: Pro-life counseling on pregnancy options Limited ultrasound Pregnancy testing Referrals Licensed Adoption Services Provides full adoption services to both birth parents who choose to place their child for adoption and to couples looking to grow their family through adoption STD Testing and Treatment Provides comprehensive STD testing and treatment Parenting Plus Earn While You Learn program. Client participates in parenting classes and earns 'points' which can be used to purchase the following items: Bedding and blankets Booster seats Clothing (up to size 4T and maternity) - Convertible car seats - Diapers - Formula - Pack 'n plays - Safety gates - Toys - Wipes Accepts donations of: - New car seats, cribs, strollers, high chairs, and diapers - New or used baby clothing and maternity clothing in good condition

Provides adoption services to children in the Minnesota Waiting Children's Program and the families who adopt them. Children are available for adoption from throughout the state of Minnesota. Adoption services including placement, guardianship, home studies, and counseling for children and adoptive parents.

Services include: - Adoption planning and placement - Baby items include Bundles of Love gift bags filled with baby clothes, bibs, blankets, diapers, toys, wipes, and more for all newborns, pack and play - Crisis hotline - Domestic and international adoption - Home studies - Mother and Child Assistance Fund provides one-time assistance to pregnant women and families with children under 12 months old, including electric service, gas service, heating fuel, rent payment, and water service assistance - Parenting planning and education - Post-adoption assistance - Pro-life pregnancy planning services - Referrals for medical assistance, financial assistance, housing assistance, legal assistance, nutrition services, and parenting education

Public Private Permanency Collaboration (PPPC) funding allows agency to offer adoptive placement and child-specific services at virtually no cost Focus on placement of MN Waiting children, youth 12 years of age and older, and sibling groups Access to peer mentor program and post-adoption services Provide Child-Specific Recruitment Services (CSR)

Provides information and licensing for individuals interested in becoming a foster care provider and kinship placement. Also provides: - Recruitment, adoption information, and registration for persons wanting to adopt older and special needs children - Post-adoption services including information regarding genetic searches, adoption assistance benefits, and resources

All services are confidential. Does not recommend, refer for, or provide abortions. Pro-life services include: - Abortion alternatives and education - Abstinence education including one-on-one and presentations - Community referrals and resources - Pregnancy tests - Limited obstetrical ultrasound for pregnancy confirmation - Parenting educational program in which points are earned for completing educational goals. Points are exchanged for material assistance such as baby equipment and items. The program is designed to benefit parents and children. Helps to establish better parenting skills, learn about pregnancy, and develop healthy relationships. Life skills classes are also offered regarding budgeting, decision making, job skills, meal planning, renting a place to live, and more. - Peer counseling, abortion vs. adoption vs. parenting decision - Post abortion recovery help - Program for fathers including information on their rights and more. Mentoring for expectant fathers - Sexually transmitted infection information - Sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment for chlamydia and gonorrhea (urine based test)

Pro-life confidential assistance for women and men of all ages faced with an unplanned pregnancy, including: Pro-life counseling on pregnancy options Limited ultrasound Pregnancy testing Referrals Licensed Adoption Services Provides full adoption services to both birth parents who choose to place their child for adoption and to couples looking to grow their family through adoption STD Testing and Treatment Provides comprehensive STD testing and treatment Parenting Plus Earn While You Learn program. Client participates in parenting classes and earns 'points' which can be used to purchase the following items: Bedding and blankets Booster seats Clothing (up to size 4T and maternity) - Convertible car seats - Diapers - Formula - Pack 'n plays - Safety gates - Toys - Wipes Accepts donations of: - New car seats, cribs, strollers, high chairs, and diapers - New or used baby clothing and maternity clothing in good condition

Confidential, pro-life services include the following: - CPR and First Aid training - Crisis hotline - Earn While You Learn: Empowers families through education, skills, and material assistance. When clients complete lessons, "baby bucks" are earned to spend in a boutique - Infant massage - Information about pregnancy, abortion risks, and adoption - Limited ultrasounds - Nutrition and cooking classes - Parenting and abstinence education - Post-abortion care and bereavement support - Pregnancy tests - Referrals to area agencies for medical care, housing, employment, education, etc. - Sexually Transmitted Infection - STI information and referrals for testing

Provides individual, couples, and family therapy. Services include: - Addiction and recovery - Adoption and Foster care adjustments for youth, birth and adoptive families - Christian-based therapy (upon request) - Conflict resolution - Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) - Grief therapy - Parenting support - Stress management - Telehealth - Therapy for anxiety and depression - Treatment for trauma, abuse and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Work and career issues

Provides the following services: Adoption Services: Works to bring youth and parents together in permanent, stable family settings. All adoption services are provided free of charge and include: - Adoption home studies and home study updates - Child placement services - Child-specific recruitment services - Parent training and education - Post-adoption services - Relative adoption services Foster Care Services: Provides safe and nurturing foster homes while families work toward stability and reunification. Staff collaborate closely with each child's custodial team to support family reunification whenever possible. Services include emergency, short-term, long-term, and whole-family foster care options. - Foster parents receive ongoing support, including training, 24/7 crisis support, and respite care. Kinship Navigator: Provides support and connections for relative and kin families caring for children. Families first work with a Kinship Navigator who provides phone and in-person information, referrals, and assessments to identify community services such as childcare, food assistance, health services, housing, and transportation. - When additional assistance is needed, a Case Manager partners with families to provide side-by-side support while accessing services. Relative and Kin Support Services: Provides support for families caring for a relative's child by providing education, guidance, and connections to resources. Families may also receive assistance with obtaining foster care licensing if they wish to continue fostering kin or other children. Services include: - Connections to local support services - Education on mental health and youth trauma - Help understanding the complex human services system - Support navigating new or strained family dynamics Supervised Visitation: Provides youth in foster care with opportunities to spend time with their families in a safe and supportive environment. Services are available within approximately a one-hour radius of Waite Park, Minnesota. Services include: - Observation - Parent coaching with observation - Parent coaching without observation - Transportation - Virtual or phone observation STAY Program (Successful Transition to Adulthood for Youth): Provides independent living services for eligible youth ages 14 through 23 who are currently or were formerly in foster care and who are working with a county or tribal social worker. Services support youth in meeting independent living plan goals and may vary by county. Available services may include: - Age-appropriate activities - Education services - Employment services - Independent living skills training - Permanent connections with long-term mentors, significant individuals from the youth's past, relative searches, and contact with relatives or former foster parents - Room and board or housing assistance - Transportation costs

Adoption services including placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

Provides individual, couples, and family therapy. Services include: - Addiction and recovery - Adoption and Foster care adjustments for youth, birth and adoptive families - Christian-based therapy (upon request) - Conflict resolution - Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) - Grief therapy - Parenting support - Stress management - Telehealth - Therapy for anxiety and depression - Treatment for trauma, abuse and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Work and career issues

Adoption services including placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

Adoption services including adoption searches, placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

Information about adoption and referrals.

- Phone and email-based support with advanced training in supporting adoptive, foster, and kinship families - Connects families with adoption/trauma/attachment-competent therapists, appropriate community resources, and educational offerings - Assists eligible families with funding to help with the cost of therapy with HELP Program vetted therapists, Foster Adopt Minnesota educational offerings, and eligible supports

Offers a range of treatments that can help with mental health problems, emotional challenges, and some psychiatric disorders. It aims to assist individuals to understand their feelings better and provide tools to help them cope with difficult situations more adaptively. Psychotherapy services can assist people experiencing a wide range of mental health concerns. Additional outpatient services include: - Animal Assisted Therapy - Chemical dependency assessment - Diagnostic assessment - Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy - Family, group, and individual therapy - Family violence counseling including adult incest survivors, child abuse counseling, elder abuse counseling, parent abuse counseling, and spousal abuse counseling - Managing and Adaptive Practice (MAP) - Mood/Anxiety Disorders: Depression, anxiety, bipolar disorders, panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorders, postpartum/perinatal depression, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), social phobia, and specific phobias - Relationship Issues: Communication skills, conflict resolution, divorce counseling, marriage counseling, parenting counseling, and sexuality issues - Sexual assault counseling for adults and children - Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) - Trauma Informed Child-Parent Psychotherapy (TI-CPP)- Other: Behavioral and trauma related issues; adoption issues; grief and loss; stress management; self-esteem; geriatric/aging; life transition issues

Conducts home studies and placement in an adoptive home of children who are wards of the state