Program Details
Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS)
Adoption Services
Support for families who provide permanent homes for children through adoption and kinship arrangements
Description
Families who provide permanent homes for children through adoption and kinship arrangements can get support through the Department of Human Services.
Financial support, training and referrals to counseling services are some of the services available. If you meet specific criteria, there also are opportunities to locate birth parents.
Adoption and kinship are similar. Adoption places a child permanently in the home of a loving family. A kin member can be a relative, tribe or clan member, godparent, grandparent, stepparent or other adult with a close relationship to the child. Kinship care places a child permanently in the home of a kin member.
Features
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Area Served by County
- Aitkin County
- Anoka County
- Becker County
- Beltrami County
- Benton County
- Big Stone County
- Blue Earth County
- Brown County
- Carlton County
- Carver County
- Cass County
- Chippewa County
- Chisago County
- Clay County
- Clearwater County
- Cook County
- Cottonwood County
- Crow Wing County
- Dakota County
- Dodge County
- Douglas County
- Faribault County
- Fillmore County
- Freeborn County
- Goodhue County
- Grant County
- Hennepin County
- Houston County
- Hubbard County
- Isanti County
- Itasca County
- Jackson County
- Kanabec County
- Kandiyohi County
- Kittson County
- Koochiching County
- Lac qui Parle County
- Lake County
- Lake of the Woods County
- Le Sueur County
- Lincoln County
- Lyon County
- Mahnomen County
- Marshall County
- Martin County
- McLeod County
- Meeker County
- Mille Lacs County
- Morrison County
- Mower County
- Murray County
- Nicollet County
- Nobles County
- Norman County
- Olmsted County
- Otter Tail County
- Pennington County
- Pine County
- Pipestone County
- Polk County
- Pope County
- Ramsey County
- Red Lake County
- Redwood County
- Renville County
- Rice County
- Rock County
- Roseau County
- Scott County
- Sherburne County
- Sibley County
- St. Louis County
- Statewide
- Stearns County
- Steele County
- Stevens County
- Swift County
- Todd County
- Traverse County
- Wabasha County
- Wadena County
- Waseca County
- Washington County
- Watonwan County
- Wilkin County
- Winona County
- Wright County
- Yellow Medicine County
Application Instructions
Information about adoption and kinship, or to begin the adoption process, you can contact:
- Your county social service agency
- MN ADOPT at (612) 861-7115 or (866) 303-6276
- Licensed adoption and child placement agencies
Location
444 Lafayette Rd N, St. Paul, MN, 55155
Area Served
Statewide
Phone Numbers
- Primary Contact for this program: 651-431-4660
- DHS Information Desk: 651-431-2000
- TTY: 800-627-3529
- Speech-to-Speech relay: 877-627-3848
Websites
Other Services at this Location
- Refugee Resettlement Programs Support for programs that help in the resettlement of refugees in Minnesota
Last Update
6/11/2024