• Foster Care and Adoption Education Classes – In-Person

    Foster Care and Adoption Education Classes – In-Person
    Children’s Home – St. Paul Office, 1605 Eustis Street, Saint Paul, MN, 55108, United States
    - Pre-Adoption Classes & Orientation

    The in-person track 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…

  • TBRI Caregiver Training: Introduction & Overview

    Pioneer Grill 4403 Pioneer Rd SE, Alexandria
    - Ongoing Learning

    Presenter: Ben Nesbitt, TBRI Practitioner Date: November 16th, 2024 Time: 9 AM – 4 PM Location: Pioneer Grill by Knute Nelson, 4403 Pioneer Road SE, Alexandria, MN 56308 Lunch will…

  • FALL FORUM: Girls on the Brink: Raising Emotionally Healthy Girls

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

    In this lecture for parents and professionals,  science journalist and author Donna Jackson Nakazawa will explore the causes of the mental health epidemic facing girls today and revelatory new strategies…

  • FALL FORUM: Attachment and Recovery

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

    This workshop will introduce tools that support families to have important conversations with their children and young people. Richard will introduce approaches for understanding and communicating attachment schemas. He will…

  • FALL FORUM: Empowered Healing: A Strengths-Based Approach to Trauma and Well-Being

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

    Discover how cutting-edge neurobiology redefines the trauma response—not as a sign of weakness or disorder, but as the body’s natural, functional response to threat. In this transformative training, you’ll learn…

  • Debunking Myths and Engaging Community About Foster Care & Adoption

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

    There are more than 6,000 children at any given time in Minnesota in foster care, over 500 of whom are waiting to be adopted. A panel of adoptive and foster…

  • 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,…

  • Search & Reunion Support Group

    Search & Reunion Support Group
    - Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States

    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…

  • Caregiver Roundtable

    Caregiver Roundtable
    Ampersand Families Office 1751 County Rd B West Suite 300, Roseville
    - Support Groups

    For all Ampersand-affiliated adoptive, pre-adoptive, and kinship caregivers. Caregivers are invited to share their experiences and get support from other caregivers while youth participate in an activity supervised by Ampersand Families staff. Dinner is provided for all.…

    Free