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Monthly support groups for those who have lost family members through adoption and other interested persons. - Advocacy for humane adoption laws and policies - Monthly national newsletter - Pen pal service to members Monthly support group meetings held at the Saint Louis Park Community Center at 3700 Monterey Drive, Saint Louis Park. Meetings are free and open to anyone in the adoption triad. Held on the first Wednesday of the month. Meetings begin at 7 pm, and run until 9 pm

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Birth Parents
Pen Pals
Newsletters
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Adoption Information/Referrals
Adopted Children
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

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International Adoption
Parenting Skills Classes
Adoptive Families
Adoption Evaluation/Placement
Adopted Children
Adoptive Parents
Adoption Counseling and Support
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Adoptive Home Studies
Adoption Information/Referrals
- 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

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Special Needs Adoption
Foster Children
International Adoption
Birth Parents
Adoption Information/Referrals
Adoptive Families
Adoption Counseling and Support
Adoption Evaluation/Placement
Adopted Children
Adoptive Parents
Provides medical and mental health services including: - Adoption Medicine - Allergy and Asthma - Center for Pediatric Vascular Lesions - Clinical Nutrition Services - Cystic Fibrosis (Minnesota Cystic Fibrosis Center) - Dermatology - Diabetes - Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders - Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition - Heart Center - Infectious Disease - Inflammatory Bowel Disease - Kidney Care (Nephrology) - Lung Care (Pulmonology) - Medication Therapy Management - Metabolism - Neurology - Pediatric Weight Management - Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) Lab - Radiology and Imaging - Solid Organ Transplant - Surgery (General and Thoracic) - Transplant, Solid Organ (Liver, Kidney, and Intestine) - Urology

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Pediatrics
Asthma Clinics
Child Health and Disability Prevention Exams
Young Adults
Hospital Based Outpatient Services
Cystic Fibrosis
Specialized Pediatric Evaluation
Diabetes Management Clinics
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
General Physical Examinations
Adopted Children
Internal Medicine
Allergy Specialty
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Dermatology
Medication Information/Management
Diagnostic Imaging/Radiology
Weight Management
Youth
Pulmonary Function Screening
- 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

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Adoption Counseling and Support
Special Needs Adoption
Adopted Children
Adoption Information/Referrals
Adoption Evaluation/Placement
Families
Adoptive Parents
Native American Community
Advice and search assistance to persons searching for family members (siblings, parents, and children) who have been lost to them through the adoption process.

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Adopted Children
Birth Parents
Adoptive Parent/Child Search
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

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Adoption Counseling and Support
Adoptive Parent/Child Search
Birth Parents
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Adopted Children
Adult/Child Mentoring Programs
Adoptive Parents
Adoption Information/Referrals
Adoptive Families

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