Child Foster Care Licensure - CFCL - Minnesota Prairie County Alliance
22 6th Street East, Dept 401, Mantorville, MN 55955
Eligibility
Residents of Dodge, Steele, and Waseca counties
Required documents
Contact agency for documentation requirements
Hours
8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
(888)850-9419
Voice
(507)430-5725
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
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 careTreated as family members, these children, and teens receive full-time, short- or long-term care.- Kinship foster careRelatives, family friends, and those with a significant relationship with the child(ren) may be licensed to provide child foster care. - Respite careThis 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
05/19/2026
Providing organization
Minnesota Prairie County Alliance
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.