DCYF Fact Sheets

Adoption and foster care

Adoption: Finding families for Minnesota's waiting children (PDF) (November 2023)
Adoption support: Working together to help families (PDF) (October 2023)
Family First Prevention Services Act (PDF) (April 2022)
Foster care: Temporary out-of-home care for children (PDF) (May 2025)
Northstar Care for Children: Encouraging safe, permanent homes for children (PDF) (June 2022)
Relative Permanency Services: Reducing time in foster care (PDF) (October 2023)

Child care

Child care assistance: State Fiscal Year 2023 facts and figures (PDF) (December 2023)
Family child care licensing trends (PDF) (July 2020)
Monitoring licensed child care (PDF) (February 2021)

Child protection

Preventing child maltreatment by promoting health and well-being for Minnesota families (PDF) (June 2024)
Child protection in Minnesota: Keeping children safe (PDF) (August 2022)
Foster care: Temporary out-of-home care for children (PDF) (May 2024)
Minnesota Citizen Review Panels: Reaching out to protect children (PDF) (April 2023)
Parent Support Outreach Program (PDF) (June 2024) 
Safe Harbor: A path to empowerment for sexually exploited and trafficked youth (PDF) (September 2022)
Safe Place for Newborns law keeps infants safe (PDF) (May 2023)
Licensing human services providers protects health, safety and rights of children and vulnerable adults (February 2023)

Child support

Child support in Minnesota: Facts and figures (PDF) (July 2023)

Economic supports

• Diversionary Work Program: Emphasizing employment (PDF) (September 2023)
• Electronic Benefit Transfer (PDF) (March 2024)
• Facts about Minnesota Family Investment Program (PDF) (March 2024)
• Family Assets for Independence in Minnesota (PDF) (August 2022)
• General Assistance (PDF) (August 2023)
• History of the Minnesota Family Investment Program (PDF) (March 2024)
• Minnesota Food Shelf Program (PDF) (July 2023)
• Minnesota's resettlement programs (PDF) (November 2023)
• Minnesota Supplemental Aid (PDF) (March 2023)
• Safety-net supports: Basic questions and answers (PDF) (October 2022)
• The Emergency Food Assistance Program (PDF) (September 2023)

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)  

• Federal Nutrition funding priorities for DCYF (April 2025)
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training program (PDF) (March 2024)
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education (PDF) (September 2023)
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program helps people with low incomes buy food (PDF) (October 2023)