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Child & Family Services

Child & Family Services is a public child welfare agency with the responsibility of responding to community concerns about child safety, child well-being, and family stability. We are very interested in engaging families in a partnership to ensure the safety & well-being of their children.

Olmsted County has a diversified child welfare system that combines public & private services into a network of options for best addressing the individualized needs of a respective family. The county offers access to targeted early intervention services in an effort to respond to risk factors early by increasing family capacity to meet the developmental needs of their children. Specialized responses are available for families with troubling teens, children & youth struggling with emotional disturbance, and youth that are truant from school.

Learn about resources available for children and families.

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  • Parenting resources
    Parenting resources

    Parenting resources

    Parenting resources

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    Family Support Team services offer long term child welfare for parents and their children, designed to empower families and provide a new pathway to achieving economic self-sufficiency.

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  • Youth Behavioral Health
    Youth Behavioral Health

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    Youth Behavioral Health

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    Serves youth and their families struggling with mental health or behavioral concerns, parent-child conflicts, truancy, or substance abuse

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  • Child Protection & Welfare Services
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    Information about reporting concerns about the safety of a child 

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  • Adoption Services
    Adoption Services

    Adoption Services

    Adoption Services

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    Olmsted County Health, Housing, & Human Services provides adoption services to children in the Minnesota Waiting Children’s Program and the families who seek to adopt them.

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    Family child care is a rewarding and demanding profession. A family child care provider may be the most important influence in the lives of children, after their parents and/or guardians.

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