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Child Safety and Permanency

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The Child Safety and Permanency Administration supports Minnesota’s county and Tribal child welfare agencies and community-based partners to strengthen families, prevent child maltreatment, and secure permanent homes for children and youth.

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Child Welfare and Family Preservation
Find information about programs and services to support families, prevent out-of-home placement from occurring, and keep more families together. This work includes implementation of the Minnesota African American Family Preservation and Child Welfare Disproportionality Act.
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Child Protection
Minnesota's child protection system responds to allegations of abuse and neglect, and helps support families to safely care for their children.
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Foster Care
Minnesota's county and tribal child welfare caseworkers help children in out-of-home care find safe, permanent homes.
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Foster Youth Transitions
Minnesota's county and tribal child welfare caseworkers help current and former foster youth prepare for successful adulthood.
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Adoption and Kinship
Adoption or transfer of permanency legal and physical custody to a relative or kin are available as permanency options for children in foster care who cannot be safely or timely reunified with their parents.
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African American Child Well-Being
The African-American Child and Family Well-Being Unit develops and implements culturally relevant and affirming child welfare practices focused on the unique experiential and cultural needs of African-American and African heritage children and families.
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American Indian Well-Being
Information about how counties and tribes work to improve the safety, well-being and permanency of American Indian children.