MN Foster Youth and Adoptees Support Fund

Connections Independence

TO PROVIDE UNIQUE PROGRAMMING AND ADVOCACY FOR FOSTER CARE YOUTH, AGES 14- 24, TO PROMOTE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO LIVING INDEPENDENTLY AS THEY REACH ADULTHOOD.

Mn Adopt

To find and strengthen Minnesota adoptive, foster care and kinship families.We do this by:Raising AWARENESS about the need for families for Minnesota children.Providing INFORMATION AND REFERRAL to those interested in becoming adoptive, foster care, and kinship care families.Offering EDUCATION relevant to adoptive, foster and kinship families and the professionals that work with them.Providing individualized SUPPORT, GUIDANCE and RESOURCES to foster, adoptive and kinship families. Foster Adopt Minnesota is contracted by the Department of Human Services. Foster Adopt Minnesota is dedicated to supporting and sustaining families who adopt Minnesota Waiting Children by providing online resources and referrals to therapeutic and crisis services, support groups, adoption information a

Childrens Law Center Of Minnesota

Children’s Law Center of Minnesota promotes the legal rights and well-being of children and youth. CLC’s staff and volunteers provide direct representation of children and youth, primarily in the child welfare system, and advocate for changes in the systems that affect their lives.

The Reel Hope Project

A forever family for every child. To complete our mission of a forever family for every child, our goal is to make a reel for every child in our focus states awaiting adoption.The Reel Hope Project provides each video reel to the county and adoption agency free of charge as a resource in their adoptionrecruitment efforts. Our team also presents the reels to faith communities and events everyweek, introducing as many people as possible to waiting children within their local community.

Casa Minnesota

“To support and promote court-appointed volunteer advocates to ensure every abused and neglected child in Minnesota has a safe, stable and permanent family.”

Power of Story

Power of Story's vision is that young people who have experienced out of home placement have equal, consistent person-centered access to their history, stories, photos, and medical information. Understanding and having access to your personal life history is key to building a healthy identity, accessing appropriate interventions, feeling accepted and processing a complex past, but is often not available to young people who have experienced foster care, adoption or kinship care. We engage young people, care-takers and professionals in the research and curation of life histories, provide training rooted in youth-centered best practices, and advocate for increased awareness and quality implementation of life histories.

Adopteebridge

To support transnational and transracial adoptees as they explore their identity, birthland, and adoption stories.