"Building Strong Communities Through Adoption and Foster Care"
Project Summary
A five year diligent recruitment demonstration project in collaboration with the Children’s Bureau and Ramsey County Human Services.
Purpose
To increase the number of foster, adoptive and concurrent permanency planning homes including relative and kin families.
Goals
- A permanent family for every Ramsey County Waiting child To increase the pool of racial/ethnic homes which reflect the race and ethnicity of our waiting children
- Increase number of permanent homes for older youth
- To review/revise department practices and policies which create barriers to foster care/adoption home licensure
- Reduce the length of time children wait to be adopted
Who Are Ramsey County's Waiting Children
- 58% African American
- 24% Caucasian
- 4% American Indian
- 6% Asian
- 6% Other
- 58% boys and 42% girls
- 40% are ages 16 and older
- Entered foster care as a result of abuse, neglect and/or abandonment through no fault of their own
- From diverse cultural backgrounds
- Some require special accommodations
- Many are brothers and sisters and need to stay together
They all deserve and need a loving family who will make a life-long commitment to them
How Can you Help
- Attend an informational meeting to learn how to become a foster or adoptive parent
- Arrange for a Ramsey County representative to speak at your organization, work place or church
Our Children Need Families NOW!!!!
Call us today at 651-266-KIDS
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Newsletter: A Child's Journey Home (Spring-2011)
“Making a Difference: Helping People Survive and Thrive”
We make a difference to people in our community by providing public human service programs with compassion and professionalism.
National Adoption Day Articles
Ramsey County 2010 National Adoption Day Event Photo Slideshow l Article
Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (pdf)
Minn-Post (pdf)
