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- 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

Finds permanent homes for children of all ages and backgrounds through adoption placement services, including infant, international, and special needs children. Also provides home studies and pro-life pregnancy counseling.

- Culturally informed approach to foster care and adoption - Provides foster-care and adoption support for American Indian children - Offers foster-parent orientation and training on child welfare, cultural practices, and caring for children with special needs - Works with American Indian families, tribes, and community resources to facilitate placement and adoption

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.

Provides recommendations concerning adoption and adoption placement services to children who are in the foster care system. Services include: - Assessment of interested individuals looking to adopt - Grandparents, relatives, or foster families looking to adopt a foster child - Step-parent adoptions and special needs adoptions