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Olmsted County Social Services provides adoption services to children in the Minnesota Waiting Children’s Program and the families who seek to adopt them.

Before you are eligible to adopt, you will need to go through the same licensing process as one does to become a foster parent.

After your home study is completed and you are licensed for foster care, we will register you on the Minnesota Adoption Exchange and work with them to match you to waiting children.

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For more detailed information see the Olmsted County Adoption Services webpage.
(www.olmstedcounty.gov and search on keyword youth)

You can also use your phone to scan the QR Code located in the upper right of this screen.

See the Olmsted County website 

Before you qualify to adopt, you must qualify as a foster parent. Information about of the entire process as well as resources is available on the Olmsted County website's Adoption Services page.

You can find this page at:

  1. www.olmstedcounty.gov
  2. Section - Residents,
  3. Left Menu Item - Services for Individuals & Families, Child & Youth

You can also call 507-328-6456 or 507-328-6432

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