Adolescents

Teresa Schumacher, LSW, is a Permanency Social Worker and Foster Care Licensor with Minnesota Prairie County Alliance. She provides case management for children awaiting adoption while under guardianship of the State or Minnesota as well as licensing child foster care programs.

Address:
Minnesota Prairie County Alliance
1000 W. Elm Avenue
Waseca, MN 56093

Julie is the executive director of Main Street Family Services, a social service agency whose focus is to support parents and their children with resources, solutions, and practical strategies they need to thrive. Julie is a social worker who has spent 20 years of her career supporting adoptive & foster care parents, and the biological parents of children who are in out-of-home placement. Julie is also a parent, adoptive parent, and grandparent.

Licensing Supervisor for child foster care agency.

Address:
Family Alternatives
1089 10th Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414

I have worked in child protection (county agency) since 2006. My practice runs from the assignment of a child protection case, fresh from assessment/investigation, through to permanency. In 2024, I became Child Protection Team Lead for the ongoing case managers, which shifts the focus of my work to half-time leadership. This includes case assignment, frequent consultation, case audit, and court report/case plan reviews. The other half of my time, I am out doing a job I love just as much (case management), gathering stories and creating relationships.

I have been in the field of child welfare since 2008, many years prior spent working in groups homes and shelters. A majority of my county experience, short of 10 years, was in on-going case management, many of these as a Lead in the on-going unit. I then spent a few years doing FAR/Investigations before transitioning into adoptions. I am currently a Child Welfare Supervisor.

Address:
Sherburne County Health and Human Services
13880 Business Center Drive NW
Elk River, MN 55330

Pediatric Occupational Therapist: Providing occupational therapy and autism consultation/support for children and families.

We support children, teens, and families to learn, play, and thrive– building foundational skills to successfully navigate daily life!

Post Adopt is a program that provides support to families who have adopted from foster care, families who have adopted infants or children internationally or domestically, and to families who provide guardianship to a child in their home. We are a support system that offers a wide array of services at no charge to families. We offer a supportive network that families gain and continue to build as their child develops.

Joy works with children, teens, and adults at Heart to Heart, focusing on trauma, adoption, and attachment. She practices individual, group, and family therapy. Joy graduated with a Master of Arts from Bethel University in May 2022. She is pursuing an LPCC and is working towards becoming a Registered Play Therapist.

Address:
Heart to Heart Child and Family Counseling
127 County Road C
Suite 6
Little Canada, MN 55117

I have been providing services to children, families, & communities for over 40 years, in child welfare, foster care, domestic abuse, tribal social services, recreational therapy, children's residential services, adolescent chemical dependency, & education. Currently, an Assistant Professor-BASW Practicum Director with the College of St Scholastica's Social Work Department, trainer with University of Minnesota in Permanency & Adoption Certificate Program (PACC) & as a QI (qualified individual) & trainer of new QI's.