Training Calendar for Foster Adopt Minnesota

Foster Adopt Minnesota's Education Program delivers accessible, relevant, engaging, and innovative training for foster, adoptive, and kinship families, along with the professionals who serve them. Nearly all trainings are virtual, free of charge, and hosted by a Foster Adopt Minnesota education team member, and participants receive a certificate of attendance upon completion. Trainings address sensitive topics including grief, trauma, abuse, neglect, and sexual behaviors. We recognize that these subjects may be difficult or distressing. Please be mindful of your own boundaries and needs.

Foster Family Support & Educational Events from Families Rising Minnesota

Families Rising Minnesota (FRMN) provides a statewide network of support services for adoptive, foster, and kinship care families. Support services are free and include 1:1 parenting support and education, online and in-person support groups, online peer-to-peer support, education support, and youth programming.

Youth Voice Group

About the group: The Youth Voices participants range in age from 13-26 years old, are diverse in culture (BIPOC, LGBTQ+/Two-Spirit) and their fostering experience (relative, non-relative, adopted, aged-out and parenting youth). This group has identified their goal as making changes so the foster care system becomes a safer, healthier, and a more loving experience for youth and families. Our goal is to equip Fosters or youth currently in the foster care system with the support, leadership skills and the access to the right practice and policy platforms to make their identified changes a reality.