Every child deserves a safe, loving, permanent home.
Children's Services works in partnership with tribes, counties, communities and service providers to support families based on their cultural and individual needs and strengths. We work with these partners to ensure they have the tools, skills, support and oversight they need to help children and families in Minnesota. By doing so, we ensure that children and families in crisis receive the services they need quickly and close to home to enable them to lead safe, healthy lives and achieve their highest potential. Serving Minnesotans in need We oversee adolescent services, adoption, child protection, children's mental health, foster care, Indian Child Welfare and other child welfare services in Minnesota. We are accountable not only to the children and families we serve, but our partners and the public who places trust in us to spend the state's money wisely and provide the services necessary to help Minnesotans in need.