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  • Foster Care and Adoption Education Classes – In-Person

    Pioneer Grill 4403 Pioneer Rd SE, Alexandria
    - Pre-Adoption Classes & Orientation

    This education option is best suited for individuals who need or desire to complete their education quickly, prefer in-person learning, and/or those who have previously completed education and want a…

  • Connect2Connect: Community Gathering

    Sky Zone 7625 Cahill Road, Edina, MN, United States
    - Activities

    Join Us for Community & Connection Connect2Connect provides opportunities for foster and adoptive families to connect with one another and build relationships in an in-person, interactive, and fun way. Connect2Connect is…

  • Strengthening Your Resilience as a Caregiver

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    - Ongoing Learning

    Explore sources of stress inherent to kinship caregiving, understand the important role of kinship caregiving, identify your protective factors, and identify what you can do to address stress in helpful…

  • [Part 3] The Intersection of Transracial Adoption & Racial (in)Justice

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    - Ongoing Learning

    Please join Angela Tucker for a three-part webinar series designed for adoption agencies (staff and families), child-welfare organizations and conferences. Transracial caregiving is a multifaceted journey for the entire family,…

    Free
  • Greater Minnesota Parent Support Group

    Greater Minnesota Parent Support Group

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    - Support Groups

    Open to pre-adoptive, adoptive, foster, relative and/or kinship caregivers living in Greater Minnesota (outside the Twin Cities Metro Area). This online group is facilitated by CH/LSS staff and offers connection, positive parenting strategies, support, and more! After registration, you will receive a link to join the next Zoom session. This service is provided by funding made…

  • Search & Reunion Support Group

    Search & Reunion Support Group

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    - Birth/First Parents

    This group is for adult adoptees and birth parents who are not related to one another and who are considering, or active in, search and reunion or have searched and the other party is not open to contact. This group is facilitated by CH/LSS staff. Members are supportive of one another and willing to share…

  • [Part 2] Consent Toolbox Through a Cultural Lens – Age 10 to 18

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    - Ongoing Learning

    The last of two sessions will focus on youth ages 10-18.  Please note: Part one of this series (on April 3) addresses ages 0-9. Consent is complex and this workshop…

    Free

  • [IN-PERSON] Tracking the Body to Interpret and Respond in Foster & Adoptive Relationships

    2117 Campus Drive SE Rochester, MN 55904 2117 Campus Drive SE Rochester, MN 55904, Rochester
    - Ongoing Learning

    This in-person event will be held at Olmsted County Community Services 2117 Campus Drive SE Rochester, MN 55904 If capacity limit is reached, please email edu@fosteradoptmn.org to join the waitlist. This workshop…

    $15.00

  • Foster & Adoptee Youth Retreat

    Camp Knutson 11148 Manhattan Point Blvd, Cross Lake
    - Activities

    Lutheran Social Service (LSS) is excited to offer a special opportunity for foster and foster adopted youth (ages 13-17) to spend a weekend among peers who have shared life experiences…

    Free

  • Relative/Kin Caregiver Retreat

    - Activities

    All Ampersand-affiliated relative/kin families are invited to attend the family retreat at Cedar Valley Resort from April 19-21! RSVP here and ask questions by emailing mina@ampersandfamilies.org.

    Free

  • Parenting When Trauma Derails Development

    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States
    - Kinship/Adoptive/Foster Parents

    Parenting when Trauma derails child development: Let's talk about parenting strategies to get back on track. Often times, foster and adopted children have experienced some trauma during their young lives.…

    Free