FALL FORUM: Empowered Healing: A Strengths-Based Approach to Trauma and Well-Being
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesDiscover 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 how to reframe trauma from an empowered, strengths-based perspective, and learn how to harness inherent resilience. This training provides practical tools you can immediately integrate…
Debunking Myths and Engaging Community About Foster Care & Adoption
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesThere 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 parents, along with foster care and adoption professionals from Big Stone County will share their stories and answer your questions about foster care and adoption…
Greater Minnesota Parent Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesOpen 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
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesThis 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 Voices of Lived Expertise Virtual Training Series
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesJoin us for a four-part virtual training series that delves deep into the difficult truths of adoption and the foster care system. Designed to equip professionals and caregivers with essential knowledge and tools, each session is thoughtfully delivered by subject matter experts with lived experience as adoptees or individuals who spent time in foster or kinship care. Families Rising…
Caregiver Roundtable
Ampersand Families Office 1751 County Rd B West Suite 300, RosevilleFor 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. Invites go out approximately 2 weeks before the event. Hybrid option available. Please RSVP to mina@ampersandfamilies.org.
Children’s Home and LSS Foster Care & Adoption Orientation
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesChildren’s Home and LSS welcome you to attend this free meeting to learn about fostering and adopting children from within the Minnesota foster care system. This orientation will provide an overview of the process and address details such as children served, timelines, fees (spoiler: there are practically none!), licensing requirements, and more. Additional Information: Along…
Connect2Connect: LGBTQ+ Community Gathering
Color Me Mine 12155 Elm Creek Blvd N, Maple Grove, United StatesColor Me Mine Saturday, November 23, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Join us for an artsy day at Color Me Mine in Maple Grove, Minnesota! We will be…
Foster Care and Education Classes – Online
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesThe 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 it separately. Either way, each participant must attend the entirety of their chosen track. In this track, you will complete your education over a four-week…
Parents of Adopted Adults Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesA support group for individuals who have an adult (18+) child adopted through any type of adoption (infant, international, foster care adoption). Sessions will be held online. Parents from any placing agency/county are welcome to attend. While each story is unique, we recognize that there are many core similarities that adoption weaves into life experiences.…
Caregivers Parenting Circle
Caregivers Parenting Group is a group that brings together individuals and families caring for children through kinship or foster care placement. Borrowing from the teachings of "Gifts Of the Sacred…
Share and Support Group
- Online Webinar/Training, Support Group, or Meeting MN, United StatesSupport 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…
