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
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
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
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.
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
Join our first-ever Creativity Hangout! Get creative with peers with lived experience in the foster care/adoption systems. RSVP by Friday, June 14 via text/call to 612-695-4328 or email to emily@ampersandfamilies.org and we'll mail your creativity kit and send the Zoom link.
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
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.
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
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
Youth-led event open to all Minnesota young people 12-22 who have lived experience in the foster care and/or adoption systems. We'll mail you a winter fun kit, then get creative together during our virtual hangout! Text, call, or email to RSVP and get the Zoom link. 612-695-4328 or myvoice@ampersandfamilies.org.
Come learn about our Buddy Family Program! This will be a casual information session with our Buddy Family Permanency Specialist. Learn about the program and ask any questions that you may have! Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/T59Vmz1RUJ
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