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We Find Family for Youth in Foster Care.

We prioritize relatives, kin, community and culture as we identify caring adults who promise to be there, forever.

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We work with youth and families across Minnesota

We have helped over 500 youth join or rejoin safe, loving, permanent families

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Learn more about our Kin Link work.

The Kin Link team at Ampersand Families works hard to keep kids connected to family, community, and culture through our intensive family search efforts. Meet our amazing team!

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Events

We host a variety of engaging, inclusive events for youth, caregivers, kinship families, pre-adoptive families, child welfare professionals, volunteers and the general public. Please join us!

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October 24

MYVoice Virtual Hangout

3:45 pm – 5:15 pm

Online

Youth-led event open to Minnesota young people ages 12-22 who have lived experience in the foster care and/or adoption systems! More information, including how to RSVP, can be found on

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November 1

Circus of the Heart

1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

North End Event Center

 Join us for the kick-off of Minnesota’s Adoption Awareness Month, honoring families who have grown through adoption and kinship care. This is a free celebration and recruitment event. Fun for

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Latest News from Ampersand Families

Personal Belongings:  What to Know for Minnesota Adoptees & their Descendants 

Renee Banas

Did you know that Minnesota’s Department of Children Youth and Families is storing adoptees personal belongings?  Items date back 100…

Continue Reading Personal Belongings:  What to Know for Minnesota Adoptees & their Descendants 

Childhood trauma impacts brain development. Here’s how we’re helping.

Patricia Leach

Ampersand Families is on the cutting edge of trauma support by providing NMT™ assessments to young people who have experienced foster care.

Continue Reading Childhood trauma impacts brain development. Here’s how we’re helping.

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