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
System Change
Ampersand Families joins the Quality Parenting Initiative
Ampersand Families has joined the Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI) as a fully trained Minnesota site! What this means for Ampersand Families is that we’ve dedicated our efforts to ensuring that quality parenting and lasting relationships are practiced within every part of our agency. This will help us ensure that the voices of our families, relatives, and youth we serve are at the center of our practice, advocacy, and drive for policy change. What is QPI? QPI is Continue Reading
