Hello MYVoice Community! Senior Youth Program Coordinator, Emily Lindell here, and I’m writing to let you know some big news: I’m moving on from Ampersand Families! After 5 AMAZING years of working with you, the time has come for me to use my skills in a new role elsewhere. It has been the JOY of my life to get to know each of you and to support your well being, creativity, advocacy, community, and growth! You have inspired me daily and I know the next chapter of Continue Reading
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Personal Belongings: What to Know for Minnesota Adoptees & their Descendants
Did you know that Minnesota’s Department of Children Youth and Families is storing adoptees personal belongings? Items date back 100 years! Personal belongings in adoption files may have been contributed by birth parents, adoptive parents, adoptees, or case workers. Items can still be submitted at any time. Between the 1940s and 1960s, the department began removing and safekeeping personal belongings, logging and storing them separately with references in Continue Reading
Childhood trauma impacts brain development. Here’s how we’re helping.
Patricia Leach is a Permanency Specialist with Ampersand Families. Continue Reading
