Provides the licensing for child care and foster care on the Fond Du Lac Reservation. Off-reservation foster care is also provided for individuals residing outside the boundaries of the reservation. Services include: - Child care licensing for child care centers and in-home family child care - Information about licensing requirements and standards - Inspections, investigations, support, and training on certifications - Orientation, licensing, re-licensing of child care and foster care certification

Provides general information and licensing for persons interested in becoming foster care providers. Training and support for foster care providers on emergency, short-term, and long-term placement.

Provides the licensing for child foster care. Services include: - Information about licensing requirements and standards - Inspections and investigations on certifications for child foster care licensing - Foster care services for temporary or permanent placement - Orientation, licensing, and re-licensing of child foster care certification

Provides general information and licensing for persons interested in becoming a child foster care provider. Training and support for foster care providers on short-term, respite care, kinship care, and long-term placement.

Provides general information and licensing for persons interested in becoming foster care providers. Training and support for foster care providers on emergency, short-term, and long-term placement.

Recruit, license, and train foster care providers for adults

Provides the licensing for adult foster care homes and child foster care. Services include: - Information about licensing requirements and standards - Inspections and investigations on certifications for adult foster care and child foster care licensing - Orientation, licensing, re-licensing of adult foster care and child foster care certification

Provides the licensing for adult foster care homes and child foster care. Services include: - Information about licensing requirements and standards - Inspections and investigations on certifications for adult foster care and child foster care licensing - Orientation, licensing, re-licensing of adult foster care and child foster care certification - Foster care services for emergency, short-term, and long-term placement

- Provides temporary foster care when it best serves the interest of the child or vulnerable adult - Recruits and trains foster homes, and monitors foster care for the safety of the individual

Provides the licensing for child and adult foster care. Services include: - Information about licensing requirements and standards - Inspections and investigations on certifications for foster care licensing - Orientation, licensing, re-licensing of foster care certification - Types of foster care licensing: Emergency shelter, family coster care, special services homes, resource family homes, and respite care

- Provides general information and licensing for persons interested in becoming foster care providers - Training and support for foster care providers on emergency, short-term, and long-term placement

- Provides general information and licensing for persons interested in becoming foster care providers - Training and support for foster care providers on emergency, short-term, and long-term placement

Houston County Department of Human Services offers general information and licensing for persons interested in becoming foster care providers. The county will also provide training and support for foster care providers on emergency, short-term and long-term placements.

Finds and prepares families who are willing and able to provide a nurturing environment for high-risk children, ages 7 - 18. - Traditional Foster Care: Foster parents serve as the support system for any children in their care by ensuring that the children remain connected to their community, peers, and birth families. Foster care providers protect the child's security, development, health, and identity until that child can either be reunited with their birth family or placed into a family through adoption. - Concurrent Foster Care: Foster parents are the source for everything under Traditional Foster Care while simultaneously being prepared to adopt the children in their care if reunification with the birth parents is not possible. This helps decrease the amount of transitions a child goes through while increasing their opportunity of having a permanent family. - Family and Youth Services: Offers Counties a recruitment option to intensively work with children whose parents had their parental rights terminated with the goal of finding a family for the child by building a relationship with the child and doing research to explore adoptive options. Also assists Counties by writing social medical histories which provide needed medical and genetic history information as well as providing full disclosure of information to families considering adoption of a foster child.

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

Provides general information and licensing for persons interested in becoming foster care providers. Training and support for foster care providers on emergency, short-term, and long-term placement.

- Provides temporary foster care when it best serves the interest of the child or vulnerable adult - Recruits and trains foster homes, and monitors foster care for the safety of the individual

- Provides guidance through the foster parent licensing process, as well as training and support for foster parents. There are several options for short-and long-term fostering of a child in transition. - Provides foster care for children who are most often removed from their homes due to parental abuse, neglect or substance abuse. The goal is to reunify children to their family and community whenever possible.

Provides general information and licensing for individuals interested in becoming a foster parent. Foster parents may also provide respite care to children which is a very short-term foster care arrangement.

- Provides general information and licensing for persons interested in becoming foster care providers - Training and support for foster care providers on emergency, short-term, and long-term placement

Provides the licensing for adult foster care homes and child foster care. Services include: - Information about licensing requirements and standards - Inspections and investigations on certifications for adult foster care and child foster care licensing - Orientation, licensing, re-licensing of adult foster care and child foster care certification - Foster care services for emergency, short-term, and long-term placement

- Provides general information and licensing for persons interested in becoming foster care providers - Training and support for foster care providers on emergency, short-term, and long-term placement

Child Protection Services: Conducts child protection investigations on all neglect and abuse complaints within the Band's jurisdiction. The program provides ongoing child welfare case management and prevention services to Band members, first-generation descendants, and American Indians within the Band's designated service area. The Indian Child Welfare program monitors the welfare of all Band children and first-generation descendants outside the Band's designated service area under the Indian Child Welfare Act. Foster Care: Licenses and trains foster care providers within the Band's designated service area. Any American Indian or community member with strong ties to the Mille Lacs Band may apply to become a licensed foster care provider. Independent Living and Life Skills program: Provides child welfare support services to Band members, first-generation descendants, and American Indians who are 14 - 21 years old and live within the designated service area of the Band. It also provides independent living assistance to Band members, first-generation descendants, and American Indians who are 16 - 21 years old and live within the Band's designated service area. Additional support services offered: ?- Benefits assistant: Assists families who need to enroll in Medicaid and Medicare ?- Crisis stabilizer: One-on-one crisis support ?- Homemaker: Assists with general and light homemaking needs ?- Independent life skills coach: One-on-one formal assistance in developing independent life skills ?- Job coach: One-on-one formal employment assistance ?- Mentor: One-on-one positive role model for youth ?- Parent assistant: One-on-one parenting assistance using the Positive Indian Parent Model ?- Transporter: Assists with transportation requests ?- Tutor: One-on-one educational assistance

Foster homes for youth

Adult Foster Care: licenses, monitors, and supports foster homes for vulnerable adults who cannot live independently due to physical, emotional, developmental, or mental health concerns. Home providers can provide up to 24-hour supervision for one to four residents (five if caring for elderly residents). Residents receive meals, support, supervision, and some assistance with personal care and living skills as needed. Child Foster Care: The goal of foster care is to keep children safe while supporting families' efforts to come back together. Most children who enter foster care in Ramsey County do return to their families. When families are not able to reunite, foster parents provide a safe, stable and nurturing home until a relative is found to care for the children. In some cases, foster families may be asked to provide a permanent home. Ramsey County recruits and trains foster homes and monitors foster care for the safety of the individual