Adults

Meagan Galbari, MA, LPCC

Biography

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.

Meagan Galbari

Nicole Frank

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Biography

County work in CP, permanency, licensing and relative work. Always learning and changing to do what is most helpful for the children in our communities.

Address:
Stevens County Human Services
400 Colorado Ave
Suite 104
Morris, MN 56267

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Amelia Franck Meyer, LISW

She/Her/Hers
Biography

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.

Amelia Franck Meyer

Laura Filzen, MSW

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Biography

Adoption and Permanency Social worker for a MN county.

Address:
Brown County Human Services
1117 Center Street
New Ulm, MN 56073

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Kathryn Fiega

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Biography

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.

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Jill Esser, MSW

Biography

I practice social work and provide case management services to children and families involved with the child protection system in Becker County. I work predominantly with families with young children. I work with birth families to address safety and well-being of children and provide referral for services and service assessment to achieve family stabilization and safety. Part of my practice also includes locating and assessing appropriate relatives or non-relatives for placement of children in foster care or for the purposes of permanent placement.

Jill Esser

Robert Edwards, MSW, LGSW

Biography

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.

Robert Edwards

Bernice Dubec

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Biography

Leech Lake Foster Care and Adoption Program mission statement : To protect a child's sense of belonging to family and Tribe by promoting family preservation through the use of the seven traditional Anishinaabe values and by providing services that ensure the health, safety, and welfare of Leech Lake children. I have been working as the Guardian/Adoption Specialist for more than one year, and previously worked as a Lead Case Manager and Case Manager for Leech Lake Child Welfare for nine and half years.

Bernice Dubec

Karen Dolan, MSW, LICSW

Biography

Perinatal Mental Health

Address:
The Journey Center
230 West Lyon Street
Suite 109
Marshall, MN, 56258

Karen Dolan

Nicole Deters

Biography

Nicole has over 27 years’ experience in the nonprofit and public sector. She has served as Executive Director of several Minnesota and Colorado based nonprofits that promote healthy communities, including No Barriers USA, Vinland National Center, and FamilyWise. She currently serves on the Foster Care Task Force through National Council for Adoption. In addition, she is involved in bringing Quality Parenting Initiative to Minnesota, a part of the Supervised Visitation Leadership Institute, and several policy making committees.

Nicole Deters