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Partners and Providers

Intro

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families partners closely with counties, Tribes, early education providers, families, community and other partners to meet Minnesotans' needs.

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Sections
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Child care services
The department supports child care providers and early learning educators through financial supports, grants, professional development, quality of care and career pathway supports.
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Early learning
The department supports districts, schools, Head Start programs and community partners to implement inclusive and comprehensive early learning systems.
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Grant RFP programs
Learn about grant requests for proposals (RFP) and requests for information (RFI) issued by the department.
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County governments and Tribal Nations
The department partners with 87 local counties and 11 Tribal Nations to provide social supports for Minnesotans.
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Children's Cabinet
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families is a member of the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet, a broad interagency partnership that utilizes a whole family approach to support the healthy development of children and families. The Children’s Cabinet works to bring efficiency and effectiveness to state government efforts to improve child and youth outcomes.