Minnesota Foster Voice

Welcome! The Department of Children, Youth, and Families created this site to hear directly from young people with foster care experience.

Your experiences and ideas matter. We want to hear what you think and what could make a difference for young people in foster care.

You can:

• Provide feedback on the services and resources the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families offers for foster youth
• Access resources and documents
• Suggest topics we should address.

How do I share my thoughts?

We will offer surveys, discussion posts, polls, Q&As and other ways for you to give us feedback and suggestions for improvement.

This site does not provide individual case management, crisis response or direct services. Bring any urgent concerns about foster care to your caseworkers.

Tell us what you think

We are looking for feedback on these projects:

• We created the resource document “Understanding foster care guide for youth,” and we want to hear from you. Let us know:
  1. What feedback do you have?
  2. Did we miss anything?
  3. What questions do you have about foster care?
• Adjusting to foster care can be tough, and we want you to thrive. Let us know:
  1. What is something that would help you in your foster care journey?
  2. Are there any programs you would like more information on?
• What is a topic that you would like to see information on? (Poll)
  1. Visitation
  2. Documents that should be given to you
  3. Extended Foster Care
  4. How do I access my records?