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Strategies to Support Foster and Adoptive Families with Gender Expansive and LGBTQIA+ Youth

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

There are amazing aspects to caring for a child or teen who is either questioning- or clear- that they are a member of the LGBTQIA+ community.    At the same time, there are also thought provoking and stressful elements to this experience.   This presentation will debunk common myths and answer questions like:  How can…

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 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…

Deeper Dive Webinar: Navigating the Transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood

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

As adoptive and foster parents, we know that our youth may need additional supports as they enter adulthood, but these supports are often hard to find and difficult to understand. Parents often “Don’t know what they don’t know” and learn about options after the fact.  Join adoptive parents Martha Johnson and Katie Neumann as they…

The Role of Technology in Anxiety Among Kids

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

Technology plays an important role in all our lives and children are increasingly more digitally literate than their parents. While technology—and social media in particular—can bring people together, it also presents risks. These risks include but are not limited to bullying, doxxing, and social isolation. Dr. Abigail Gewirtz’s interactive presentation will focus on the relationship…

Foster Care and Education Classes – Online

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

The 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…

Virtual Kinship Support & Education Group

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

1st & 3rd Fridays of the Month 9:30-10:45 am on Zoom Facilitator:  Janet Salo, Kinship Navigator Providing education, information and mutual support for kinship caregivers-those caring for a relative's or friend's child. Thoughtful topics that help you in your role as a kinship caregiver such as child development, relationships with adult children, understanding trauma, mental…

[For Professionals] Exploring Complicated Relationships in Foster and Adoptive Families

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

Foster families claim and then relinquish children they love. Children who are adopted change the families who claim them in permanent ways. Blended families often have foster children, adopted children and birth children. These children all have different experiences of what being part of a family means. Loyalty, loss, anger, trauma and fear create an…

Foster Care and Education Classes – Online

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

The 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…

Families Rising’s 50th Annual Adoption and Foster Care Conference

Virtual Conference conference@wearefamiliesrising.org

We are thrilled to offer scholarships for Minnesota parents and professionals to attend Families Rising’s 50th annual adoption and foster care conference! This year’s conference will be held online July 17 and July 18, 2024. Thanks to the Minnesota Department of Human Services, a limited number of scholarships are available for: Minnesota adoptive, foster, and kinship parents Minnesota…

$25

Supporting Your Teen Through the College Years and Early Adulthood: The Seven Core Struggles in Adoption

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

Adoption is a lifelong journey, and adopted individuals face different challenges during each stage of life. The late adolescent and early adult years offer unique opportunities for growth, independence, and identity formation, but also create new obstacles as life experiences expand beyond the shelter of the familiar. Build your knowledge of the common developmental struggles…

Live Webinar: Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) and Early Learning Scholarships (ELS)

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

Minnesota has two programs that may be helpful to kinship caregivers who may need assistance paying for childcare. The Early Learning Scholarship Program awards scholarships to families with the highest needs who meet eligibility requirements. Minnesota’s Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) can help make quality child care affordable for families with low incomes. Learn more…

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 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…

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