1998 Minnesota Code
Chapters 245 - 267 Public Welfare and Related Activities
Chapter 257 Children; Custody, Legitimacy
Section 257.075 Grants for support services.

257.075 Grants for support services.

The commissioner of human services may make grants to authorized child-placing agencies that provide services to minority children in out-of-home placements. Support services may include, but are not limited to:

(1) development of foster and adoptive placement resources, including recruitment, licensing, and support;

(2) advocacy in working with the county and private social service agencies, and activities to help provide access to agency services;

(3) family and community involvement strategies to combat child abuse and chronic neglect of children;

(4) coordinated child welfare and mental health services to minority families;

(5) preadoption, postadoption, and foster care support groups for minority children and prospective adoptive and foster families;

(6) the use of minority foster parents as continuing support for children returned to birth homes;

(7) information, counseling, and support groups to assist minority children approaching age 18 in setting permanent goals for independent living;

(8) minority adolescent support groups for children in long-term foster care, new adoptive placements, and nonminority homes where identity issues threaten the adoptive relationship and adjustment;

(9) services listed at section 256F.07; and

(10) other activities and services approved by the commissioner that further the goals of the Minority Heritage Preservation Act.

HIST: 1988 c 689 art 2 s 217