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  • MYVoice Virtual Hangout

    Online

    Open to all youth ages 12-22 with lived experience with foster care/adoption. RSVP via text/call to 612-695-4328 or email to emily@ampersandfamilies.org and we'll send the Zoom link.

  • Roseville Rotary Presentation

    Cedarholm Community Buillding & Golf Course 2323 Hamline Ave. N, Roseville

    Ampersand Families' staff will share information on our work with youth and families impacted by Minnesota's child welfare system with members of the Roseville Rotary.

  • MYVoice Virtual Hangout

    Online

    Youth-led event open to Minnesota young people ages 12-22 who have lived experience in the foster care and/or adoption systems! Text, call, or email to RSVP and receive the Zoom link: emily@ampersandfamilies.org or 612-695-4328

  • Caregiver Roundtable

    For all Ampersand-affiliated adoptive, pre-adoptive, and kinship caregivers. Caregivers are invited to share their experiences and get support from other caregivers while youth participate in an activity supervised by Ampersand Families staff. Dinner is provided for all. Invites go out approximately 2 weeks before the event. Please RSVP to mina@ampersandfamilies.org. Virtual link is available uponContinue Reading

  • MYVoice Virtual Hangout

    Online

    Youth-led event open to Minnesota young people ages 12-22 who have lived experience in the foster care and/or adoption systems! Text, call, or email to RSVP and receive the Zoom link: emily@ampersandfamilies.org or 612-695-4328

  • Caregiver Roundtable

    For all Ampersand-affiliated adoptive, pre-adoptive, and kinship caregivers. Caregivers are invited to share their experiences and get support from other caregivers while youth participate in an activity supervised by Ampersand Families staff. Dinner is provided for all. Invites go out approximately 2 weeks before the event. Please RSVP to mina@ampersandfamilies.org. Virtual link is available uponContinue Reading

  • Affirming a Youth’s Whole Identity Training

    Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ+ Youth Training
    Ampersand Families +1 more

    This required training will focus on how to support and affirm a youth who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, or another identity in the LGBTQ+ community in an adoptive, pre-adoptive, or relative/kinship home. This training will also include strategies to implement in your home to create a welcoming and inclusive space regardlessContinue Reading

  • Parenting in Racially and Culturally Diverse Families Training

    Parenting in Racially and Culturally Diverse Families Training
    Ampersand Families +1 more

    This training helps participants understand the impact of parenting children from different racial/ethnic/cultural backgrounds and to know how to honor and incorporate child’s race/ethnicity/culture into their existing family system. Strategies are identified to help children develop positive and proud identities and to help children and families prepare for and handle racism in all forms. OpennessContinue Reading

  • Ampersand Families Fall Social

    2555 Dale St. N., Roseville 55113 2555 Dale Street North, Roseville, MN, United States

    Join families, donors, volunteers, board members and staff at our first-ever Fall Social! Enjoy lawn games and creative activities, fall-themed treats, music and more. All are welcome at this intergenerational event! The FOR Parks Shelter at 2555 Dale Street North in Roseville is a short stroll from the Harriet Alexander Nature Center and the Muriel SahlinContinue Reading

  • MYVoice Virtual Hangout

    Online

    Youth-led event open to Minnesota young people ages 12-22 who have lived experience in the foster care and/or adoption systems! Text, call, or email to RSVP and receive the Zoom link: emily@ampersandfamilies.org or 612-695-4328

  • Fall Family Retreat

    The Fall Family Retreat is for any Ampersand-affiliated family with at least 1 foster or adoptive youth in their home (though all youth in the home are welcome)! This event will take place from September 27-29 at Bug Bee Hive in Paynesville, MN. Check back later for more details and an RSVP form!

  • Relative/Kin Legal Clinic

    Free virtual legal clinic for relative & kin families hoping to be a permanency resource for a child in foster care. What to expect during the clinic: A brief "Know Your Rights" presentation A 1:1 consultation with an attorney Connection, support, and resource sharing Space is limited! Please RSVP at this link, or the linkContinue Reading

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