Provides foster care for children who experience an unsafe and/or unstable home environment, provides families with reunification services, and adoption services. Traditional Foster Care Youth with unique needs have a safe place to live in a family setting. Emergency Foster Care 24/7 emergency short term foster care for kids needing immediate placement in a safe and nurturing environment typically due to situations of abuse, neglect, or unsafe living conditions. Short Term Foster Care Provides foster families a period of planned relief (30 days or less) with licensed providers to fill in as needed. Whole Family Foster Care Provides intensive support and collaborative services to parents who are at-risk of losing their children. Supervised Visitation Provides opportunities for foster kids to spend time with their families and/or receive therapeutic support in a supervised setting. These visits can take place in the Nexus-Kindred offices, in the family's home, or in other community settings. Foster Youth Support Provides an individualized care plan for each youth and matches each child with the foster home that fits them best. Provides special medical care for youth with complex conditions who might otherwise require hospitalization or institutional care. Provides support services to youth ages 14 and older who are transitioning out of foster care and into independent living. Foster Parent Support Provides ongoing training, 24/7 crisis support, and respite care for foster parents. Adoption Services As a licensed adoption agency, works to help bring kids and parents together in permanent family settings. Our services are provided free of charge and include: - Home studies for adoptive parents/relatives - Parent training and education - Child-specific parent recruitment - Child placement services - Relative outreach services Seven locations in Minnesota

- Foster care services - Adoption study services for all adoptions, training, and preparation provided - Minnesota's Waiting Children: Adoption services for children with special needs and children currently living in foster care - Special Independent and Designated adoption services - Complete international adoption services (Colombia, Ecuador, and India) - Home Study/Post Placement Services - Post Adoption Support Services

Provides services for: - Children in the Child Protection system who are waiting to be adopted - Families who are interested in adopting these children

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

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

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

Provides domestic and international programs such as: - Assisting birth parents to obtain resources such as housing, medical assistance, and more - Counseling on options of parenting or adoption to birth parents - Home studies for adoptive families - Partner Family Program to match families in the adoption process with a family who has completed their adoption license - Placement services - Post placement services for adoptive families - Support groups - Referrals for medical and legal services

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 1-time assistance to pregnant women and families with children under 12 months old. Electric service, gas service, heating fuel, rent payment, and water service assistance are provided. - 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

Adoption services provide full and limited domestic infant adoptions to birth parents and adoptive families. Offers home study services for embryo adoption. Types of adoption services may include open, semi-open, and closed. Individual and group education to prepare for adoptive parenting is available. Seminars include topics such as openness, transracial parenting, and post adoption. Post Adoption Services may include: - Referrals to counseling or therapy services - Ongoing assistance with adoptive relationships and in-person contact - Search and reunion services - Adoption file information such as social and medical history

Helps place children into permanent adoptive homes. Involves working with the Minnesota Adoption Exchange/Waiting Children's Program, completing required adoption and foster care home studies, and connecting prospective parents with children in need of adoption. Also offers information and referrals to private adoption agencies, assistance with step-parent adoptions (including background clearances), and post-adoption services such as helping adoptees or birth parents find information about their adoption.

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.

Provides adoptive placement services to children who are in need of an adoptive home, through use of the State Adoption Exchange. Also able to provide referrals and information about private adoption agencies for families who are interested in adoption.

Adoption assistance is provided to persons interested in adopting children, adults who are in search of their biological family members or persons choosing to relinquish custody of their children.

Provides support to birth mothers and fathers - Assist you with difficult decisions regarding your child's future - Provide nonjudgmental information about your option - answer your questions about the adoption process - Provide information about "open adoption" - Provide information about health, nutrition, and health insurance - Make sure your basic living needs are being met - Assist you in choosing an adoptive family for your child - Arrange meetings with potential adoptive families - Make arrangements for contact before, during and after the birth of your child - continue to be involved with you after placement Provides services for families pursuing adoption - Training for prospective parents - Complete application process - Child matching services - Home Studies - Support Group - Family visits - Post-adoption services - Agency deals primarily with the adoption of Minnesota Waiting Children (older children and sibling groups currently in the foster care system) - Also provides services to families pursuing other types of adoptions for a fee

Provides adoption services for ages birth - 18

Provides services for: - Children in the Child Protection system who are waiting to be adopted - Families who are interested in adopting these children

Adoption services provide full and limited domestic infant adoptions to birth parents and adoptive families. Offers home study services for embryo adoption. Types of adoption services may include open, semi-open, and closed. Individual and group education to prepare for adoptive parenting is available. Seminars include topics such as openness, transracial parenting, and post adoption. Post Adoption Services may include: - Referrals to counseling or therapy services - Ongoing assistance with adoptive relationships and in-person contact - Search and reunion services - Adoption file information such as social and medical history

Adoption and Foster Care Support Group Olmsted County sponsors a parent-led adoption support group. The group is open to the public and tailored to meet support and educational needs of foster parents, families considering adoption, or families who have adopted privately, publicly, domestically, or internationally. Mission is to offer families a forum to receive post-adoption support that will enable them to: - Enhance their ability to manage the complexity and lifelong process of adoption - Form new partnerships with other adoptive families - Learn about new resources and training - Network with other adoptive families - Share questions and concerns with group members Child care provided on-site by a social worker. Adoption Services Provides adoption services to children in the Minnesota Waiting Children's Program and the families who seek to adopt them. - Children who are available for adoption come from throughout the State of Minnesota and almost all of them have been removed from their biological families due to abuse or neglect - Most waiting children are over the age of 8, many have physical and/or emotional disabilities, some are brothers and sisters who want to stay together, and many are children of color Before becoming eligible to adopt, an individual needs to go through a licensing process.

Family Adoption Services does not offer any services for private adoptions. Adoption services, including placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

Provides services for: - Children in the Child Protection system who are waiting to be adopted - Families who are interested in adopting these children

Fillmore County Community Services provides adoption services including placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents.

Adoption services include adoption placement to children whose parental rights have been terminated during a child protection case. Services include: - Adoption placement for a permanent home to children who cannot return home - Non-relative and relative adoptions - Seeking adoptive homes for children and case management services under the guardianship of the Minnesota Commissioner of Human Services - Referral to private adoption agencies to families interested in adopting

Help with adoption from the Children Waiting list

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 voluntary case management, child protection, adult protection, Indian Child Welfare (ICWA) advocacy, and children's mental health. Enforces Native American child welfare with the ability to act independently under the provisions outlined in the Indian Child Welfare Act. Services include foster care placement, pre-adoptive placement, and adoptive placement. ?