Child Foster Care Licensure - CFCL - Minnesota Prairie County Alliance - Dodge, Steele, and Waseca County
630 Florence Avenue, Owatonna, MN 55060
Eligibility
Required documents
Hours
Voice
Voice
Interpretation services
Interpretation available through Language Line and interpreters available for scheduled appointments
Application process
Call; visit website
Fees
Contact agency for more information
Service area
Dodge County, MN
Description
Foster parents provide a temporary home for children when they cannot remain in their own home. Care is given until the child's parents can resume this responsibility or until a permanent plan is made with relative or adoptive parents. Provides licensing, recruits foster parents, and training. Types of foster care: - Family foster care Treated as family members, these children, and teens receive full-time, short- or long-term care. - Kinship foster care Relatives, family friends, and those with a significant relationship with the child(ren) may be licensed to provide child foster care. - Respite care This program provides birth parents and foster parents with relief care for a few hours and up to a few days at a time.
Last Assured
09/02/2025
Providing organization
Minnesota Prairie County Alliance - Dodge, Steele, and Waseca County
Human service's agency that provides financial assistance, child support services, and a variety of social services to individuals and families in Dodge, Steele, and Waseca counties.