MAFO's most current list of known ministries and other orphan care/vulnerable child care organizations in the state of Minnesota.

This is MAFO's most current list of known ministries and other orphan care/vulnerable child care organizations in the state of Minnesota. These ministries serve vulnerable children in many ways, including sponsorships, adoption, foster care, awareness, education, supporting family preservation and giving support and a voice to those who have been adopted and their families.

 

Please check back frequently, as new ministries and organizations are often added. 
Organizations with an asterisk* are members of (CAFO) The Christian Alliance for Orphans.


An organization's inclusion here should in no way be construed as an endorsement of any group or activity.
Please practice due diligence when working with any organization.

180 Degrees--St. Paul

Ace in the City--Minneapolis

AdopSource--Minneapolis

Adopteebridge--Roseville

Adopted Korean Connection--Apple Valley

Adoptee Connect--MN

Adoptee Rights Law Center--Minneapolis

Adoption Is Love--Roseville

Adoption Medicine Clinic--Minneapolis

Adoption Minnesota--Minneapolis

Adoption Option Council of Mn (See Bellis)--Elk River

African Children Today--Edina

Alia Innovations-St. Paul

Alongside Orphans*--Rochester

Ampersand Families--Minneapolis

Angel of Mercy--Oakdale, MN

ATTaCh--Minneapolis

 

Be The Bridge-Rochester Area

Beds for Kids--Owatonna

Bellis--Elk River

Bethany Church--Bloomington (Storehouse Fund)

Bethlehem Baptist*--Minneapolis

Beyond Our Door Global--(Church of the Open Door-Maple Grove-partner)

Big Brothers, Big Sisters--Central Minnesota

Big Brothers, Big Sisters--Southern Minnesota

Brightening Connections--St. Paul

Buffalo Covenant Church*--Buffalo (See Missions, Global, Local)

Calvary E-Free Adoptive Families Support Group--Rochester

Camp of Dreams--New Brighton, Shoreview (See Friends of Fana)

Casey Family Services--Statewide

Child Care Resource & Referral--Rochester

Children of the Promise--Prinsburg

Children Shelter of Cebu--Cambridge (First Baptist Church)

Children's Defense Fund--St. Paul

Children's Opportunity Foundation--Waterville (First Baptist Church)

Chosen Ones Adoption Agency--St. Paul

Christian Adoption Services--West Fargo, ND (Serving Minn.)

Christian Family Solutions--Mankato, Lakeville

City Hill--Eden Prairie (Safe Families, New Mercies 

Compassion Connection Care Closet--Becker

Concordia Language Villages--Minneapolis

Connected Families--Chaska

Connected Kids Mentoring--Northfield

Connected Kids Initiative-St. Paul

Constance Free Church*--Village 127, Andover  

Creating Hope 4 Cambodia--Rochester

Crossroads Adoption Services--Edina (See Evolve Adoption & Family Services)

 

The Dwelling Place--Columbia Heights

 

Eagle Brook Church (6 campuses)

Elijah's Truth--Fergus Falls (See God's Children Adoption Agency)

Evermore Community--Loretto

Every Child, Every Church (Facebook)

Evolve Adoption and Family Services--Edina (See Crossroads Adoption Services)

Faith Church--Minnetonka

Family Alternatives--Minneapolis

Family Attachment & Counseling Center--Deephaven/Wayzata

Fernbrook Family Center--Several locations

First Baptist Church--Waterville (Lifesong Adoption Fund)

First Baptist Church*--Cambridge 

Five Oaks Church*--Woodbury

Food for His Children--Minneapolis

The Forgotten Initiative--Twin Cities (Lifesong's Foster Care)

Foster Art Company

Foster Caring & Sharing--Rochester

The Foster Closet of Sherburne County--Sherburne County

Foster One--Spring Lake Park

Foster the Love Minnesota --St. Paul Park

Fostering Love Project--Oakdale

Friends of Fana--New Brighton (Camp of Dreams)

Free Arts Minnesota--Minneapolis

The Gathering Room--Minneapolis

Gift of Life Adoption Fund--Minnesota Chapter

Global Team for Local Initiatives--Minneapolis

Glory Baptist Church (COOM)--Aitkin

The God's Child Project--Minneapolis

God's Children Adoption Agency--Barnesville

Going Places MN--Minnetonka

Grace Church*--Eden Praire (One Less, Children at Risk)


Hand in Hand International Adoptions--St. Paul

Hands of Freedom--Apple Valley

Hands for Humanity--Rochester

Healing Haiti--Champlin

Heartland Girls' Ranch--Benson

His Kids Orphan Ministry--Alexandria (Lake Community Church)

Hope Adoption--Edina (See Evolve Adoption & Family Services)

Hope Blooms*--Clear Lake

Hope Connections--Zimmerman (Stacy Manning)

Hope for Orphans--Shakopee (not the national organization)

Hope Realized--Metro, Pine City

Hope Station--Minnetonka

Hosanna Lutheran Church*--Lakeville, Shakopee  

Humanitarian Services for Children of Vietnam--Prior Lake

Immanuel Lutheran--Crosby

International Adoption Clinic-UMN--Minneapolis

International Adoption Services--Edina


Jeremiah Program--Twin Cities, Moorhead, Rochester

Josiah's Hope--St. Michael

Jubilee Community Church--Minneapolis

 

Kids Home International--Minneapolis

Kindred Family Focus--Monticello (and other cities)

Korean Adoptees Ministry Center--Roseville

Korean Culture Camp--Minneapolis

Korean Institute of Minnesota--Brooklyn Center

Lake Community Church (See His Kids Orphan Ministry)

Lakeview Covenant Church--Duluth (Hope for the Children, Foster Care Back Packs of Hope)

La Semana--Lakeville

Lee Carlson Center--Fridley

Legacy Network--Twin Cities

Legacy of Adoption--Apple Valley

Lil Farm Children's Home--Cambridge

Love Basket--Sandstone

Lydia Fund--Circle Pines

MN ASAP Parent Support Network

Maestral International--Minneapolis

Mentor Minnesota--Minneapolis

The Micah Fund--Minneapolis

Milestones--Waite Park

Minneapolis Angels--Minneapolis

Minnesota Association of Korean Americans--Edina

Minnesota Care Partner--Minneapolis

Minnesota Foster Care Closet (Facebook group)--Olmsted County

Minnesota Heart Gallery--St. Paul

Minnesota North Grain Train--Morris

Minnesota South Grain Train--Rochester (warehouse)

Minnesota North District of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod

Minnesota State Public School (Orphanage Museum)--Owatonna

Missing Grace--Maple Grove (pregnancy loss, adoption challenges)

MnAdopt--Minneapolis (training, adoption, Helpline, etc)

New Day Covenant Church--Rochester (Children's Hope Chest-Ethiopia)

New Horizons Adoption Agency--Blue Earth

New Mercies Ministries--Eden Prairie (City Hill Fellowship)

Nexus Treatment Programs--Multiple Sites

NPH USA--St. Paul

North American Council on Adoptable Children--St. Paul

North Haven Church Orphan Care Ministry--St. Paul

North Homes--Grand Rapids, Bemidji, Duluth

Northfield Mentoring Coalition--Northfiel d

Northwood Children's Services--Duluth

Olmsted County Foster Care Closet--Rochester

Olmsted Outreach--Rochester

Orphan's Joy--Minneapolis

Patiently Waiting--Twin Cities

Peris Housing--Minneapolis

Pine Haven Youth and Family Services--Baxter, Brainerd

Plymouth Covenant Church--Plymouth (Global Missions)

Pockets of Hope-Sartell 

Project Friendship--Northfield (Carleton, St. Olaf Colleges)

Project Legacy--Rochester

Project Linus--Rochester

Project Zawadi--St. Paul

Promise 14:18--(Duluth area)

Red Thread Charities--Edina

The Reel Hope Project

Refuge Ranch Ministries --Byron

Safe Families-- Twin Cities , Duluth

Safe Haven Foster Shoppe--Isanti

St. Bernard's/St. Bridget's Adoption Ministry--Rochester

St. David's Center--Minnetonka

St George Greek Orthodox Church--St. Paul

St. John Neumann Catholic--Eagan

The Sheridan Story--Minneapolis

South Shore Trinity Lutheran--(Grain Train)White Bear Lake

Sovereign Grace Church--Bloomington (Safe Families, Covenant Mercies, Etc)

Threads for Teens--Shakopee

Together For Good--Rochester, St. Paul

TreeHouse--Minneapolis

True Hope Ukraine--St. Michael (Living Waters Church)

Trinity Evangelical Free--Lakeville  

200 Orphanages Worldwide--Sartell

University of Minnesota China Care Club--Minneapolis

Village Ranch--Cokato

Volunteers of America--Minneapolis

 

Washburn Center--Minneapolis

Washburn Memorial Orphan Asylum--Minneapolis 

Wellshare International--Minneapolis

Whispers of Hope--Northfield

Woodbury Community Church--Woodbury (Together For Good, Kozefo, human trafficking, angel tree)

 

Young Life--Minneapolis and other MN locations

YouthlinkMN--Minneapolis=