Kristin is a licensed clinical therapist trained in Child Parent Psychotherapy. She has been a foster and adoptive momma for 20 years and is intimately familiar with the ins and outs of transracial adoption.
Address:
Washburn Center for Children
1100 Glenwood Ave
Minneapolis, MN 55101
I have 15 years of child welfare experience working as an Independent Living Skills Counselor with youth in long-term foster care, a child protection social worker, a child crisis social worker and a therapist. I am currently a Human Service Program Consultant at the MN Department of Human Services where I provide foster care policy technical assistance to MN County and tribal child welfare agencies.
Address:
Minnesota Department of Human Services
444 Lafayette Rd. N
Saint Paul, MN 55155
I work alongside Public Defenders to advocate for clients impacted by systems of injustice.
Address:
Adult Representation Services
525 Portland Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Meagan Galbari, MA, LPCC has been working with children and families for over 25 years in a variety of settings including psychiatric hospitals, day-treatment programs, domestic violence refuges, residential treatment centers and in private adoption agencies. Meagan’s passion is in adoption and foster care and supporting children and families through their journey. Meagan is committed to assisting parents through the lifelong process of adoption and empowering them with the tools to help children heal while maintaining healthy families.
Amelia is the Founder and Executive Officer of the national non-profit, Alia. Amelia and Team Alia are UnSysteming the child welfare system and shifting mindsets and practice to keep children safely with, not from, their families. Alia employs a community co-design approach, working alongside parents with lived expertise and innovative systems leaders as partners to co-create new solutions to longstanding problems, while supporting the wellbeing of leaders, teams, and caregivers.
I am a senior child protection worker that investigates abuse and neglect for Ramsey County, the second largest county in MN. I have been doing this since January of 2018 and love to be able to connect with professionals for other counties and entities to better our work for the youth and children in Minnesota.
I work in a private agency providing case management to foster and pre-adoptive youth.
Address:
Nexus Kindred Family Healing
5985 Rice Creek Parkway
Shoreview, MN 55126
ob is a seasoned leader in the Non-Profit Human Services sector, with over 25 years of experience in program development and leadership spanning mental health, child welfare, disability services, and family support. He holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Minnesota, where he was recognized as both a Child Welfare Scholar and a Minnesota DHS Fellow.
Home study assessments, foster care and child foster residence setting licensing, placement and support for licensed programs, foster and adoptive parent support.
Address:
Hennepin County
300 South 6th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55487
Hennepin County Child Protection Social Worker