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Affirming a Youth’s Whole Identity Training
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Ongoing LearningThis is a new training that Ampersand Families is offering to our families. It will focus on how to support and affirm a youth who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, or another identity in the LGBTQ+ community in an adoptive, pre-adoptive, or relative/kinship home. This training will also include strategies to implement…
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Support Group: Central MN Lunch Bunch
Central Minnesota Details and pre-register here using the link.- Foster ParentsJoin us for a monthly meetup to connect with other foster, adoptive, and kinship parents to talk over lunch for emotional and parent resource support. We will meet monthly at…
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Support Group: Sunday Night Owl Group
- Foster ParentsWeekly 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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Rewiring the Mind: Healing Trauma Through Transformative Practices
Virtual Conference conference@wearefamiliesrising.org- Foster ParentsPLEASE NOTE: To receive a certificate of attendance for the live webinar, attendees must register individually, attend the entire training, and watch from their own device to ensure proper tracking…
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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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Support Group: General Parenting Support
- Foster ParentsVirtual 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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Helping Kids Cope: Tips for Supporting Good Family Mental Health
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Ongoing LearningWednesday, July 16 Noon - 1 p.m. on Zoom This one-hour webinar covers the developmental responses youth may have to stress. We will also discuss mental health tips for families and…
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Greater Minnesota Parent Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Support GroupsOpen 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,…
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Search & Reunion Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United States- Birth/First ParentsThis 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…
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Support Group: Metro Lunch Bunch
Metro Lunch Bunch Use the link to pre-register.- Foster ParentsJoin us for a monthly meetup to connect with other foster, adoptive, and kinship parents to talk over lunch for emotional and parent resource support. We will meet monthly at…
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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 & OrientationThe 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…
