About Us
UNDER CONSTRUCTION!
HISTORY:
PHILOSOPHY:
Permanent Family Resource Center (PFRC) believes that there is at least one parent for every child, there is no such thing as an unadoptable child, and that adoption does not end at finalization. Permanent Family Resource Center recognizes that families do not have to be perfect to be successful adoptive parents. With trust and support, parents can meet the needs of their children. In terms of permanency, PFRC acknowledges that children thrive best with stability, that children deserve certainty in their future and knowledge of their past, and that multiple moves are detrimental to healthy child development and adult functioning.
Permanent Family Resource Center believes in the philosophy of openness in adoption, and that children who grow up with knowledge of their birth parents are more secure in their identity. PFRC recognizes that children thrive best in an atmosphere of respect for former family and caregivers, and that all adoptions can have some level of openness, from photos in a life book to frequent visits. However, PFRC also recognizes that open adoption is not co-parenting and that adoptive parents have full legal rights and responsibilities for their child(ren).
PERMANENT FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER COMPLIES WITH:
1. The Indian Child Welfare Act, Public Law 95-608
2. The Minnesota Indian family preservation act, Minnesota Statutes, section 260.751 to 260.835
3. The Heritage act, Minnesota Statutes, sections 259.29, 260C.193, subd. 3, and 260C.212 to 260C.215; and
4. The interstate compact on the placement of children, Minnesota Statutes, section 260.851.
POLICIES FOR FOSTER/ADOPTIVE PARENTS:
Please click here to review Policies and Requirements for Foster and Adoptive Parents
STATISTICS:
In 2009:
Permanent Family Resource Center placed 33 children. We finalized 46 adoptions into 21 families. Of the 21 families, 12 of them took a sibling group, meaning that of the 46 children that were finalized, 37 were members of a sibling group. Of the 46 children, 17 were African American, 12 were Caucasian, 12 were Hispanic, 4 were Asian, 1 was Native American/African American. Of the 46 children, 35 were from Texas, 1 was from Ohio, 1 was from Idaho, 5 were from Oklahoma, 2 were from Minnesota, 1 was from Washington, and 1 was from Delaware.
GOALS: