Child Foster Care Training Log

Children's Mental Health (CMH) Training

Children's Mental Health Training must be completed before you can be licensed. Please Complete the following:

• Watch these Children's Mental Health for Resource Families Videos
  • Children’s Mental Health video
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder- OCD
  • Autism
  • Anxiety
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder- ADHD

 Minnesota Statute § 245A.175. requires this training.
 Also, one hour of the annual 12 hour training requirement must be on children’s mental health issues and treatment

Normalcy and Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard Training

You must complete this training before you can be licensed. Please Complete the following:

• Watch the Normalcy and Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard Training video.

 Minnesota Statues, section 260C.212, subd.14 requires this training.

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Training

You must complete this training within a year of receiving your license.  Please Complete the following:

• Watch this video  Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) - YouTube
• Read FASD Power Point: Presented by Jeanne Ketola

The training requirements for child foster care licensing in Minnesota Statutes, section 245A.175 were amended to add an annual requirement of one hour of training on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders within the first 12 months of licensure. After the first 12 months of licensure, training on fetal alcohol spectrum disorders may be part of the 12 hours of the required in-service training per year.

Smoke Free Foster Care

If there is an identified smoker residing in the home, you are required to view the following 20 minute video produced by the MN Department of Human Services

• Watch the Smoke Free Foster Care Video.
• Complete the Self Study Questionnaire for Smoke Free Foster Care and submit it to the Grant County Licensor.

In MN all child foster homes must be smoke free and prevent second hand exposure to children per MN 260C.215, Subd. 4, 6 & 9. this includes inside the home as well as any space connected to the home, including a garage, porch, deck or similar space; all outdoor areas on the premises of the home when a foster child is present; and in a motor vehicle in which a foster child is transported. 

If a foster parent fails to provide a smoke-free environment for a foster child, the child-placing agency must ask the foster parent to comply with a plan that includes training on the health risks of exposure to secondhand smoke.

Training Required if Providing Care for Children 8 or Under

Car Seat Training

Car Seat Training must be completed before you can be licensed to care for a child age 8 or under.

• If you are providing interim family foster care or concurrent/permanency foster care, please visit Minnesota Child Passenger Safety Training for more information about registering for a class.
• After training is completed, please submit the certificate of completion to the Grant County  Licensor.
• Simple Steps to Child Passenger Safety 

Car Seat Training is required by Minnesota Statute § 245A.18.
**Training must be completed once every five years when caring for children under 9 years of age.

Training Required if Providing Care to Children 5 or Under 

Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Syndrome (SUID) & Abusive Head Trauma (AHT)

You must complete this training before you can be licensed. Please Complete the following:

The Department of Human Services has approved the following series of videos to meet the SUID component when individuals are not receiving face-to-face, classroom, or online SUID training. All videos must be viewed to meet the SUID training requirement.

• Watch these approved SUID online videos.
  • Safe Sleep (Produced by Hennepin County (4:17))
  • Safe Sleep Practices (Produced by Eastern Virginia Medical School (5:50))
  • Sleep On It- Preventing unsafe sleep practices (Produced by Dakota County (6:28))
  • Safe Sleep- PSA with CareTakers (3:51)

The Department of Human Services has approved the following series of videos to meet the AHT component when license holders are not receiving face-to-face, classroom, or online AHT training. All videos must be viewed to meet the AHT training requirement.

• Watch these approved AHT online videos
  • Never Shake (7:48)
  • Shaken Baby Syndrome- The Doctors  (1:48)
  • Forever Shaken (33.17)

Under Minnesota Statute § 245A.1444, child foster care providers caring for infants or children through 5 years of age must be instructed and receive training on SUID/AHT at least once every 5 years.

Under Minnesota Statute § 245A.1445, there is an option to watch a video training to meet the requirements for SUID/AHT training.

How do I become licensed?

1.  Applicant Letter
2.  MN Adoption and Child Foster Care Open doc in Internet Explorer 
3. Background Study
      *Required for all persons in the household over the age 13 and all substitute care providers, Finger prints are required ($9.10 fee for fingerprinting)
4.  Individual Fact Sheet  (Individual Fact Sheet must be opened using internet explorer) 
5.  Home Study Questionnaire
6.  Policy Forms
   6a- Complaint and Grievance Procedures
   6b- Discipline Policy
   6c- Alcohol & Drug Use Policy
7. Foster Care Agreement
8.  Statement of intended use
9.  Floor Escape Plan
10.  Home Safety Checklist
11.  Mandatory Trainings  (see next tab)
12.  Water test
13. 6 Hours of orientation meetings with licensor
14. Turn in a copy of animal vaccinations
15. Fire Marshal Request form
    *($50/Money order or certified to Fire Marshal)
16.  Child Foster Care Training Log
17. CFC Orientation Manuel

Re-licensing

Re-Licensing Cover Letter

1. Application Open doc in Internet Explorer.

2. Pet Records (if applicable)

3. Individual Fact Sheet

4. Foster Care Agreement

5. Statement of Intended Use

6. Well Water Testing (if applicable)

7.Re-licensing Evaluation

8. Caregiver Training Records

9. FADS Video (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder)

10. Home Safety Check List