Support Groups & Resources

Adoptees ages 5-13 are invited to engage in age-appropriate discussions and activities about diversity and culture, friendship, race, school issues, adoption, and birth families to help build connections among adoptees. Parents/caregivers are invited to attend a corresponding parent support group that takes place concurrently.

• Meets monthly, September through May (excluding December)
• Takes place on the third Saturday of the month, from 9:00-10:30 a.m. (CT), in St. Paul, Minnesota.
• The eight-session series is $225 per child and includes the cost of the corresponding parent session that meets at the same time as each adoptee support group. Families can register additional children for support groups at a cost of $100 per additional child.
• Questions? Contact [email protected].

Group participants must be 18 years and older, and may have been adopted through any type of adoption (infant, international, or foster care adoption), and through any agency/county.

• Meets monthly. Alternates every other month between in-person and online.
• Takes place on the second Thursday of the month from 6:00-7:30 p.m. (CT).
• Questions? Contact the group’s primary facilitator, Kelli Hanson, at [email protected].

Join us for a monthly group for birth parents who made voluntary adoption plans in Minnesota. This group intends to build meaningful connections, share resources, and strengthen your support system.

• Meets monthly, online.
• Takes place on the second Tuesday of the month from 6:00-7:30 p.m. (CT).
• Questions? Contact the group’s facilitator, Dianne Delaney, at [email protected]

Open to families working with CH/LSS for their foster care/adoption process while they wait for placement, have placement, or after they have finalized an adoption.

• Meets monthly, online.
• Takes place on the second Tuesday of the month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. (CT).
• Questions? Contact the group’s primary facilitator, Becca Underhill, at [email protected].

Open to all foster, adoptive, or kinship families residing in greater Minnesota.

• Meets monthly, online.
• Takes place on the third Wednesday of the month from noon to 1:30 p.m. (CT).
• Questions? Contact the group’s primary facilitator, Rebecca Underhill, at [email protected].

This Education and support group is open to families working with the LSS Infant Adoption program while they wait for placement. Each meeting will have a topic in which education is offered or provided by agency staff. There will be time in each meeting for parents to connect with other families.

• Meets quarterly (January, April, July, and October), with virtual and in-person meeting options.
• Takes place at varying times and dates.
• Questions? Contact the Infant Adoption program supervisor, Karlee Wagner, [email protected].

Open to any foster and adoptive caregivers who identify as part of the LGBTQ community.

• Meets monthly. Alternates every other month between in-person and online. Childcare will be offered for in-person groups.
• Takes place on the second Monday of the month from 6:00-7:30 p.m. (CT)
• Questions? Contact the group’s primary facilitator, Leesa Kimberly, [email protected].

A support group for parents who have adult children (age 18+) who were adopted through any type of adoption (infant, international, or foster care adoption), and through any agency/county.

• Meets monthly online.
• Takes place on the fourth Tuesday of the month.
• Questions? Contact the group’s primary facilitator, Marlowe, at [email protected].

Group participants must be 18 years and older, may not be related to one another, and must be considering, or active in, search and reunion. Participants may have been adopted or placed a child through any type of adoption (infant, international, or foster care adoption) and through any agency/county.

• Meets monthly. Alternates between in-person and online meetings.
• Takes place on the third Wednesday of the month from 6:00-8:00 p.m. (CT).
• Questions? Contact the group’s primary facilitator, Betsy Trondson, [email protected]