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Adoption/Guardianship and TPLPC

The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) partners with county social service agencies, tribal and private agencies, county attorneys, guardians ad litem, courts and others to provide services to children and youth whose permanency plans are adoption or transfer of custody (TPLPC), as well as to prospective and current adoption and kinship families.

How to Contact us

  • Adoption, kinship, and permanency assistance and training requests: Northstar.benefits@state.mn.us
  • Families receiving Northstar adoption assistance or Northstar kinship assistance: adoption.assistance@state.mn.us
  • Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children: mn.icpc@state.mn.us
  • Minnesota Assessment of Parenting for Children and Youth (MAPCY) mapcy.dhs@state.mn.us
  • Permanency Policy, AND/DNR orders: catrina.ankarlo@state.mn.us
  • Public Private Permanency Collaboration (PPPC) and adoption listserv: Michelle Frazier, michelle,frazier@state.mn.us
  • State Adoption Exchange, recruitment and permanency support contracts: Crystal Graves, crystal.graves@state.mn.us

    • Policy

    Policy on Allow Natural Death/Do Not Resuscitate (AND/DNR) or other end-of-life care orders for children under guardianship of the commissioner (HTML) (PDF)

    Minnesota Statutes

    Helpful Tools and Resources

    Recruitment

    Adoptive placements

  • Policy on Full Disclosure to Prospective Adoptive Parents of Children under Guardianship of the Commissioner
  • Sibling Placement, Separation and Visitation
  • Completing an Adoption in Minnesota

    • Helpful tools for adoption and TPLPC process

  • Northstar Benefit Agreement Desk Aid
  • Adoption Process Checklist
  • SSIS Adoption Process Workflow
  • TPLPC Process Checklist
  • SSIS Northstar Kinship Workflow
  • SSIS Northstar Kinship Eligibility Determination Navigation Guide
  • SSIS Permanency Folder Outline
  • Legally and Financially Responsible Agency Roles under Northstar Care for Children
  • Declination of Northstar Kinship Assistance

    • Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC)

  • Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
  • Guide to the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children
  • Regulation Number 7 – Expedited Placement Decision
  • Recommended Time Lines for Placements
  • Placement Type Checklist

    • Moving from kinship to adoption

  • Policy on establishing Northstar Adoption assistance eligibility for children receiving Northstar kinship assistance
  • Title IV-E Northstar adoption assistance eligibility for children receiving Northstar kinship assistance

    • Post finalization

  • The Benefits Information Portal (BIP) includes helpful information on benefits, access to information about your child’s benefit, and reimbursement information.
  • At-Risk adoption assistance conversion – families can request to have a child’s At-Risk Northstar adoption assistance benefits converted to include a monthly payment if the child now has developed a disability. Contact northstar.benefits@state.mn.us.
  • Post permanency reassessment – after finalization of an adoption or Transfer of Physical and Legal Permanent Custody (TPLPC), adoptive families and relative custodians may request a reassessment of their child’s needs and the parenting they provide. Contact adoption.assistance@state.mn.us.
  • Permanency Hub MN – resources and support services for the kinship, foster and adoption communities across Minnesota.

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