Child & Youth

Support to help ensure the safety and well-being of children and youth in Olmsted County.

Please call before you come for information. Some services are by appointment only.

Services and programs for parents and children

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Services and programs for parents and children

Learn about Family Home Visiting, Follow Along Program, Women Infant and Children's (WIC) nutrition program, Child and Teen Checkups, child car seats and more.

Child Protection & Welfare Services

Child Protection & Welfare Services

Information about reporting concerns about the safety of a child

Child Support

Child Support

Child support services exist to help benefit children by establishing paternity, establishing and modifying support orders, collecting support, and promoting the means to do so.

Childcare Assistance

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Childcare Assistance

Child Care Assistance Program provides financial assistance to help families with low incomes pay for child care.

Child Foster Care

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Child Foster Care

Services related to licensing individuals and/or families within Olmsted County to become a child foster care provider in order to provide foster care or adopt a child through the foster care system.

Youth Behavioral Health

Youth Behavioral Health

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

Adoption Services

Adoption Services

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.

Parenting resources

Parenting resources

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.