Minnesota Adoption Services
Adopting a child into your home is a lifelong commitment. As a licensed adoption agency, we work hard to help bring youth and parents together in permanent family settings.
Our services are available across Minnesota and are provided free of charge:
- Adoption home studies and home study updates
- Parent training and education
- Child-specific recruitment services
- Child placement services
- Relative adoption services
- Post-permanency services
We serve youth up to age 21 who are under state or tribal guardianship.
Become an adoptive parent
Completing an adoption home study is the first step to becoming a licensed adoptive parent. Below are the necessary steps your family needs to complete for the home study process.
Steps to complete home study process
- Attend the Foster Care & Adoption Education class, completed by Children’s Home & LSS, LLC, Foster Care & Adoption Training – CHLSS Foster Care Adoption Training. Certificate of completion is provided to Nexus by the family.
- Start the inquiry process by filling out the Prospective Foster/Adoption Family Inquiry Form: https://family.binti.com/users/signup/kindred-family-focus-rfa
- After you complete the Prospective Foster/Adoption Family Inquiry form, a Nexus licensor will contact you to set up a meet and greet meeting either virtually or in-person to discuss the home study process and answer questions.
- The home study worker will begin to schedule home study meetings with you. A minimum of three meetings will be scheduled; more may be necessary to complete the assessment. Once it is determined that Nexus is a good fit for your family, you will be given access to the online licensing platform to begin the paperwork
- Complete a 4-hour Agency Specific Training. This training can occur prior to 16-hour pre-adoption training or after it.
- Complete remaining licensing paperwork over the course of the licensing process.
- Complete a Home Safety Checklist on your house.
- Complete state and agency required trainings throughout the licensing process.
- Attend a Family Support Meeting with your support system.
- Your Home Study Assessment document is completed and approved.
- You are licensed!
Our locations
Minnesota foster care, adoption, and relative and kinship services are offered in the following locations.
Administrative Office
505 Highway 169 North
Suite 500
Plymouth, MN 55441
612-331-4429
Bemidji/Fergus Falls Office
220 W Washington Ave. #B3
Fergus Falls, MN 56537
218-739-3074
Cloquet Office
1302 Cloquet Ave.
Cloquet, MN 55720
218-722-6106
St. Cloud Office
412 Great Oak Dr.
Waite Park, MN 56387
320-529-0862
Minnesota waiting child
Myra is a creative and adventurous 14-year-old who enjoys reading, drawing, spending time outdoors, and learning new skills. Whether she’s teaching herself how to skateboard, trying out new activities, or getting lost in a good horror novel, Myra approaches life with curiosity and determination. She hopes for a loving and supportive family where she feels accepted and included. Myra would enjoy having siblings and would be especially excited to join a family with pets, particularly dogs. More than anything, she is looking for caring adults who will provide encouragement, stability, and a strong sense of belonging as she continues to grow and thrive.
“Thank you for matching my parents with us. It changed my life.” – Adopted Youth
Learn, connect, and get involved
From the Blog
Adoption Necessities
Through the journey of knowledge, bravery, and strength, the child and adoptive family make a significant and meaningful impact on one another. The child and adoptive family allow for vulnerability in getting to know each other and open their hearts to begin a new chapter together.
Stories of Hope/Impact
From Complex Needs to Extraordinary Futures
Joe and Anne always dreamed of having a big family. A friend introduced Joe and Anne to Nexus Family Healing’s foster care and adoption services where they received comprehensive training and guidance that prepared them for the realities of fostering.
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Our accreditations
- Accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA)
- Licensed by the State of Minnesota
- Member of Foster Family-based Treatment Association
- Aspire member
Nexus Family Healing is grateful to the State of Minnesota – Department of Children, Youth, and Families. Our Adoption services are supported by the Public Private Permanency Collaboration program (PPPC); Michelle Frazier (DCYF) [email protected]. Nexus organization contacts for the PPPC grant: Gretchen Welch, [email protected] and Nicole Mucheck, [email protected].