Children's Home Society of Minnesota
Mission
Founded in 1889, Children's Home Society of Minnesota knows that a child in a safe, nurturing home is a child who thrives. We work to give every child security, opportunity and a loving family.
Ruling year
1942
CEO
Ms. Jodi Harpstead
Main address
1605 Eustis Street
St. Paul, MN 55108 USA
EIN
41-0693906
NTEE code
Children's and Youth Services (P30)
Family Services (P40)
Foster Care (P32)
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
In Minnesota, there are 9,900 children in foster care on any given day, and 820 children eligible for adoption from Minnesota foster care. These children wait for loving, safe, and dedicated families. Internationally, there are thousands of children, living with identified needs, or as part of sibling groups who are waiting for loving, adoptive homes.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Child & Family Support Programs
Foster Care & Adoption Services - Children's Home serves as the vital link to find families for children and is committed to helping those touched by adoption throughout their lives. Our programs consist of:
Minnesota Foster Care - We educate, license and prepare foster families to be a resource through foster care, relative/kinship services, concurrent planning, respite and emergency shelter care. These families open their caring, safe homes to some of the 9,900 children in Minnesota's foster care system on an average day.
Minnesota Foster Care Adoption - We help children under state guardianship who have experienced the trauma of neglect and abuse join families committed to love and care for them forever. We provide education to families across the state to aid them in meeting these children's needs and helping them feel the security of a permanent family.
International Adoption - We are a recognized leader in providing international adoption services. We provide complete adoption services for children from six countries in Asia and Latin America.
Post Adoption Services - Our commitment to children and families doesn't end with the adoption process. Children's Home was the first agency in the nation to develop a post adoption services program. It offers adopted persons, birth parents and adoptive parents a wide range of services tailored to the individual needs of each person and family and recognizes adoption as a lifelong experience.
Global Family Support - Through our international adoption programs and other outreach efforts, we are reminded daily of the need to support vulnerable children throughout the world. Donors to our global family support projects help provide medical equipment, food, school supplies, support for facilities where children live, and resources for family preservation groups.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of adoptions completed annually by program.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Child & Family Support Programs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
In 2018, 120 children were adopted from foster care and 69 children were adopted internationally.
Number of children waiting in Minnesota foster care who receive child-specific recruitment services annually.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of individuals who attend pre-adoption education classes.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
The number of families who have attended international pre-adoption education classes in recent years has decreased, mirroring national trends, while foster care attendance has increased.
Number of individuals helped through our post adoption services.
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Providing safety and permanency to children through foster care and adoption, as well as access to post adoption services to adoptees, birth families, and adoptive families throughout their lifetime.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Recruit, train and educate families so they are prepared to responsibly open their homes for children waiting for foster and adoptive homes. Complete this work in an ethical and transparent way, with the needs of the child at the center of what we do. Provide lifelong support to adoptees, birth parents and adoptive parents as they process and grow throughout the years.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
In 2019, we have 130 years of experience building families in Minnesota and across the United States.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Over 26,000 children have joined adoptive families through our services. Over the past three years, our post adoption services have served more and more adoptees, birth families and adoptive families with accessing documents, search and reunion, birthland tours, and other services.
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Operations
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Children's Home Society of Minnesota
Board of directorsas of 02/24/2020
Patricia Krueger
Steve Zenz
Todd Hysjulien
Janet Romsaas
Denise Dewhurst
Andrew Baese
Marcia Ballinger
Todd Sylvester
Kate Whittington
Lance Novak
Cheryl Heley
Robert O'Connor
Phyllis Norrie
Lisa Latterell
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CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
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