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Training Requirements & Resources

Foster parents are required to each complete 12 hours of training a year to meet ongoing licensing requirements.Below are the mandatory training topics required once licensed. For any online training- if you do not receive a certificate or complete a post test, be sure to document on your training log the name and date you completed the training.

Contact Us

Big Stone County Family Service Center
340 2nd St NW
P.O. Box 338 (mailing)
Ortonville, MN 56278
(320) 839-2555 (No English)
(320) 839-3966 (Fax)

Hours

Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Emergency: 911
Farm & Rural Hotline: (833) 600-2670
Crisis Text Line: Text MN to 741741

*Family Services has a locked dropbox available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week which is located outside our building near the front door if you need to drop off paperwork.

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