- Home
- Your Government
- Departments
- Social Services
- Child Welfare & Family Protection
Child Welfare & Family Protection
Child Protection
Child protection provides assessment and ongoing case management services to promote the safety and well-being of children. Reports of neglect, physical and sexual abuse of children are assessed with law enforcement. Social service staff and community service providers offer protective services including individual and family counseling, referrals, parent education, and case management. Out of home placement including foster care is used with a focus of family reunification. Also, services are provided to children under the guardianship of the state.
Suspected Child Abuse / Neglect
Access the Rice County Suspected Child Abuse/Neglect Form (PDF).
Welfare Services
County Child Welfare services are available to parents and children in Rice County to improve relationships between family members and to ensure the safety and well-being of children within families. Services are provided to minor parents, families of children who are truanting from school and running away from home, families experiencing severe parent/child conflict and families in need of assistance as a result of their own or other child's special needs.
Child Foster Care
Social Services provides a temporary and safe nurturing environment for children in need of foster care, for ages 0-18 years. A social worker provides orientation, training, licensing, and re-licensing of foster care homes.
Child Maltreatment Screening Guidelines
View the Minnesota Child Maltreatment Screening Guidelines.
-
Social Services
Physical Address
Government Services Building
320 Third Street NW
Faribault, MN 55021
Phone: 507-332-6115Fax: 507-332-6247
Northfield Phone: 507-645-9576
Lonsdale Phone: 507-744-5185
Toll Free 888-200-4807
Hours
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday
Offices are closed on legal holidays