An outpatient clinic serving families with children adopted domestically, internationally, and in foster care. Services include: - Child development and mental health - Medical records and billing insurance - Preadoption medical review - Preadoption consultations Clinic visits; Appointments are scheduled through the M Health Fairview Pediatric Specialty Clinic. See separate program record for The Discovery Pediatric Specialty Clinic.

- 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

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 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

- Parent Coaching ?- Parenting classes: Circle of Security and Restorative Parenting ?- Restorative family mediation ?- Supervised visitation ?- Provides outpatient, telehealth, and in-home therapy upon availability. Offers a range of services, some of which include: ?- Diagnostic assessments ?- Family Psychotherapy ?- Individual Psychotherapy ?- Psychoeducation - Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

- 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

- Home studies - Individual counseling - Network training - Support groups for adoptive parents

Provides awareness, information, and referrals to connect Minnesota's waiting children to foster and adoptive families. Includes the State Adoption Exchange, an online photo listing of Minnesota children in need of families. Also provides workshops and education on attachment, trauma, transracial adoption, parenting, and other topics relevant to foster, adoptive, and kinship families.

Licensed adoption agency which provides help with legal adoptions. Social service and related assistance: - Adoption support groups - Birth parent counseling and guidance - Bridge care for babies and children in transition - Compliance with Minnesota and Wisconsin laws governing termination of parental rights - Coordination and support services for United States and international adoptions - Legal adoption (finalization) assistance - Post adoption counseling and support - Post placement services and reports - Pre-adoption education and training - Recruitment of families for child adoption

- Annual conference (usually in July or August) - Information services including information clearinghouse (on special needs adoption and foster care) - Legal assistance modalities including group advocacy (on adoption foster care system change) - Newsletter, "Adoptalk" devoted to current issues in adoption - Technical assistance with the development of adoptive parent support groups

Special needs adoptions are services provided to place children who have special needs in permanent adoptive for children whos are over the age of infancy and has physical, emotional or developmental disabilities or challenges. Could be in a sibling group and wished to be placed together and are children of color or may have been victims of neglect or abuse.

- Offers adoption training to American Indians - Facilitates placement of American Indian children into adoption - Works with American Indian families, tribes, and other resources to comply with adoption regulations - Provides adoption services to families based on special needs

Adoption services for special needs: - Adoption home studies - Adoption searches - Adoptive placements - Step-parent adoptions

- 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 & India) - Home Study/Post Placement Services - Post Adoption Support Services