OVERVIEW

Ampersand Families is a Minnesota Department of Human Services Licensed Rule 4 child-placing agency. The agency is proud to be a provider of permanency services to youth and families through the Minnesota Department of Human Services Public-Private Adoption Initiative (PPAI). With funding from both public and private sources, the agency relies on foundation grants, individual donors and corporate contributions to fund our non-time-limited support to our families.

Ampersand Families opened its doors in October 2008 and provides direct services and national leadership to champion practices in adoption and permanency that restore belonging, dignity and hope.  Ampersand Families is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit, nonsectarian organization.  Contributions made to Ampersand Families are tax deductible, as permitted by law.

The mission of Ampersand Families is to recruit and support permanent families for older youth, and to champion practices in adoption and permanency that restore belonging, dignity and hope.

Ampersand Families is a resource for youth, families, and professionals seeking to promote permanent relationships between teens and significant caring adults.

Services provided by Ampersand Families are carefully designed to integrate family and youth participation, community education, child welfare systems change, and opportunities to contribute to pioneering practice in the field of adolescent permanency. Each programming function provided at Ampersand Families promotes further understanding between youth, community and families.