FAMILY CALENDAR
Events
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Support Group: Sunday Night Owl Group
Weekly late-night virtual support for adoptive, foster, and kinship caregivers. Click on the Support Group Link to join. Facilitated by Nitara Frost Senior Parent Support Specialist
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Pride Family Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States +1 more- Support GroupsThe group was created to provide foster and adoptive caregivers who are part of the LGBTQ+ community an opportunity to connect about their experiences as foster and adoptive parents. This…
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Foster Care and Education Classes – Online
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Pre-Adoption Classes & OrientationThe online track is best suited for individuals who want flexibility, have limited business hour availability, and/or those who prefer virtual learning. Couples may complete their education together or pursue…
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[Fall Forum] [Foster] Home for the Holidays: Helping Birth Kids Find Predictability in a Season of Change
The holidays often present unique challenges for foster and adoptive families. With the addition of new children to the family, family members’ expectations for the holidays may change. This presentation will examine potential challenges that the family may face related to the holidays, ways to create stability and predictability for children already in the home,…
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[Fall Forum] Understanding Your Adoptee’s Adoption Story: The Seven Core Issues
Every adoption story carries layers of complex emotions that adoptees may not always have the words to express at any age. This workshop is designed to help parents understand the seven core issues of adoption—loss, rejection, shame, guilt, grief, identity, and control—and how these experiences shape a child’s inner world over time.
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[Fall Forum] COLORISM: The Politics of Skin Tone and How We Get Free
Colorism is a social hierarchy that favors people with lighter skin tones and stigmatizes people with darker skin tones. Colorism frays the fabric of our homes and communities and jeopardizes the lives and livelihoods of individuals most impacted. Dr. Sarah L. Webb’s Colorism arrives as a fresh perspective on how we move toward a world free…
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Support Group: General Parenting Support
Virtual weekly support for adoptive, foster, and kinship caregivers. Click on the Support Group Link to join. Facilitated by Julie Peterson Parent Support Specialist
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Share and Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Support GroupsSupport Groups are an excellent tool where families are able to share experiences and encourage each other in a confidential, non-judgmental setting. Support Groups are facilitated by North Homes case…
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Support Group: Kinship Caregivers Support
Zoom LinkJoin us for a monthly virtual support group for kinship caregivers. Click on the Support Group Link to join. Facilitated by Katie Neuman Parent Support Specialist
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[Fall Forum] Woven Identities: Supporting LGBTQIA2S+ Children, Youth & Young Adults Across Adoption, Foster Care & Kinship Care
Two identities. One kid. Are you ready to hold both? This isn't your average refresher. We're going deep on where LGBTQIA2S+ identity and child welfare systems collide: the double disclosures, the compounded losses, the Minnesota/North Dakota legal patchwork your families are actually navigating. Expect real talk, real data, and a hands-on tool you can use.…
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[Fall Forum] Transracial Adoption Placement Assessment: A Hierarchy of Racial and Cultural Identity Needs in Adoptees
Maintaining the racial and cultural identity of adoptees of color in transracial placements is crucial to supporting their lifelong mental health, but it can be difficult to determine how those needs will be met by caregivers who do not share their background. Learn a framework for understanding and defining the best ways to assess prospective…
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[Fall Forum] How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequity in America
Inequality in America manifests in many ways, but perhaps nowhere more than in how we eat. From her years of field research, sociologist and ethnographer Priya Fielding-Singh brings us into…

