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American Indian Family and Children's Services (AIFACS) was the first organization in the State of Minnesota to address this need. The American Indian Family and Children's Services (AIFACS) ensures that ICWA is followed, when out-of-home placement is necessary, by licensing family members and tribal members for foster care. The St. Paul American Indian Center organized AIFACS in the 1985. In 1993 AIFACS became an independent, self-governing organization, separating from the St. Paul American Indian Center. Today we have AIFACS licensed homes spread across the state of Minnesota, such as Bemidji, Deer Wood, Milaca, Tamarack. AIFACS provides foster care services to American Indian children from birth to eighteen years of age who are involved in the child protection system and the corrections system through the counties in Minnesota. AIFACS recruits American adults over the age of 21 who would like to share their lives, culture and homes with American Indian children in need of out-of-home placement. AIFACS provides training and support services to those families that decide to become part of our agency. Foster homes licensed through AIFACS are licensed as Special Services homes. This category of houses, as defined by Minnesota DHS, are homes that are able to provide extraordinary care or services by virtue of experience, training, special skills and understanding. The fact that AIFACS foster parents are American Indian who are successful in their own lives, have the...

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