Join MYVoice for a two-day virtual Dungeons and Dragons event! We will meet on Zoom Thursday, December 28, 1:00-4:00pm and Friday, December 29, 1:00-4:00pm. Our expert storytellers (dungeon masters) will be there to guide both new and experienced players on an exciting quest! Space is limited and attendance at both sessions is required. Join us!!Continue Reading
Join MYVoice for a two-day virtual Dungeons and Dragons event! We will meet on Zoom Thursday, December 28, 1:00-4:00pm and Friday, December 29, 1:00-4:00pm. Our expert storytellers (dungeon masters) will be there to guide both new and experienced players on an exciting quest! Space is limited and attendance at both sessions is required. Join us!!Continue Reading
This training acknowledges the complexities associated with Relative/Kinship caregiving through fostering and adoption. Topics will include divided loyalties, redefining roles and relationships, setting boundaries with parents and other relatives, the range of emotions caregivers can feel and how children who have experienced trauma, separation, or loss can impact a caregiver’s own well-being. Strategies for howContinue Reading
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.
RSVPs are due by Friday, January 19. MYVoice will mail valentine-making supplies to youth before the hangout, so everyone can make stuff together during the Zoom! Finished valentines can be given to youth's friends and families. Plus, if participants want some of their valentines to be sent out to other youth currently in foster care,Continue Reading
Fun-filled day for Ampersand-related families and youth to build connections and community with each other! RSVPs are closed
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
Youth-led event open to Minnesota young people ages 12-22 with lived experience in the foster care and/or adoption systems. Text, call, or email to receive RSVP and receive a Zoom link: emily@ampersandfamilies.org or (612) 695-4328.
Learn about your rights as family members, hear from knowledgeable professionals on foster care licensing process, and get an opportunity to consult with attorneys experienced in child welfare cases. This clinic will be held virtually. Click on the title of this event to access the registration link.
Join Ampersand Families youth and staff to advocate for changes to the Minnesota foster care system. Register to attend via their website, https://www.fosterchildandyouthday.com/or, for youth interested in going with MYVoice, email us ASAP at myvoice@ampersandfamilies.org.
Come listen to a panel talk about what you need to prepare for a youth moving into your home! Ampersand-affiliated families only (families who had their home study done by Ampersand or who are matching with a youth who has a Child Specific Recruiter/worker through Ampersand) Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/sPfMXuJZNM
Monthly youth-led event open to Minnesota young people ages 12-22 with lived experience in the foster care/adoption systems. Text, call or email to RSVP and receive the Zoom link. (612) 695-4328 or emily@ampersandfamilies.org
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