Program is designed to support adoption as a life-long experience. Services include: - Counseling, educational workshops, support groups, homeland tours and public education for those involved in adoption - Domestic intermediary services for birth parents and adopted persons doing search/outreach - Help in obtaining genetic background histories for adopted persons seeking medical information - International intermediary services for adoptive families and adopted persons doing search/outreach - Mentoring Program (M&M) that creates friendships between younger and older internationally adopted persons - Post-adoption therapy for attachment problems

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

Adoption services including adoption searches, placement, guardianship, 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 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 - Pregnancy planning services - Referrals for medical assistance, financial assistance, housing assistance, legal assistance, nutrition services, and parenting education

Advice and search assistance to persons searching for family members (siblings, parents, and children) who have been lost to them through the adoption process.

- Provides placement for the child - Finalization of adoption - May take a up to a year between placement of a child and finalization of the adoption - Adoption status as an adoptive home must be approved by the county board - Provide information and referral as an out of state and country adoptions - Lake county uses the state adoption exchange

- Provides placement for the child - Finalization of adoption - May take a up to a year between placement of a child and finalization of the adoption - Adoption status as an adoptive home must be approved by the county board - Provide information and referral as an out of state and country adoptions - Lake county uses the state adoption exchange

Allows possible biological, but not as yet, legal fathers to receive notice of pending adoption proceedings for their children. Attempts to balance the interests of the mother, child, and father when an adoption plan is being considered. This registry must be searched for every adoption that takes place in the state of Minnesota, prior to the finalization of any adoption, to determine if a putative father is registered. If a putative father is registered, that individual must be notified regarding any adoption pending or being planned for the child.

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