Foster Adopt Minnesota

Helpline - HELP Program

Telephone support service that provides information about a particular topic to those who call.

Description

Staff or volunteers answer questions or talk confidentially with callers. Program can provide information, a sympathetic listener, advice and/or referrals to other resources.

Additional Information

The Foster Adopt Minnesota HELP program offers free phone support and information and referral to Minnesota adoptive families.

The HELP Program offers the following to Minnesota adoptive families:

• Phone support from clinical specialists who specialize in adoption
• Individualized referrals to therapeutic services, resources and practitioners across the state specific to the caller's situation and needs
• Access to information regarding educational offerings & training specific to the caller's situation and needs
• Potential financial assistance for adoptive families to access eligible adoption-competent therapeutic services when financial barriers to receiving needed services are present

Resources and support are available to adoptive parents of children who have special needs and to professionals who serve adoptive families.

Features

• 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

• Client Conveniences
  • Assistance with community resources

• Payment
  • Free / no cost to eligible clients

• Specialization
  • Family

Eligibility

Any Minnesota family who adopted a child who was under state or tribal guardianship; internationally; or through private domestic infant adoption, kinship adoption or guardianship; and foster care families.

Application Instructions

For questions about adopting in Minnesota, resources after finalization, or support in your area, call Foster Adopt Minnesota.

Fee

There is no fee for this service.