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The Village Family Service Center has been working with children and families since 1891 when it was established as the North Dakota Children’s Home Society. Through the mid-’60s, the primary emphasis was providing for homeless children through foster care and adoption. Over the years, services have changed and expanded to keep up with the changing world and the changing needs of our community. Now The Village provides a full range of services including counseling programs, adoption, financial counseling, unplanned pregnancy counseling and mentoring programs like the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program.

The Village has offices throughout North Dakota and Minnesota, and serves people nationwide through The Village Business Institute.

The Village is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children; licensed by the North Dakota Department of Human Services; and is a member of the National Foundation for Consumer Credit, Inc., the Employee Assistance Professionals Association, Inc, the Child Welfare League, and the Alliance for Children and Families.

Thanks to United Way and donor support, The Village services are available at a reduced fee for eligible participants.

To learn more about us, take a look at our Annual Report.

The Village Family Service Center
Board of Directors

Richard Warner—Chairperson

Debra McGinty
University of Mary
Mary Ann Phillips
Video Arts Studios
Matt Leiseth
Hornbacher’s Foods

Paul Laney
Cass County
Sheriff’s Department

Shane Waslaski
Otter Tail Corporation
Michelle Powers
Sweeney Brothers
Mary Locken
State Bank & Trust
Lyman Eds
Frontier Trust Co.
Dan Ulmer
BCBS North Dakota
Dale Mowery
Fargo MEPS

 

Grandmother with Granddaughter

Mission Statement

To improve the quality of life

through services designed to

strengthen individuals, families,

and organizations.

The Home We Shared
History and Memoir of the North Dakota Children’s Home
By Dorothy A. Lund Nelson

The Village Family Service Center began in 1891 as the North Dakota Children’s Home. Learn a piece of The Village history through the writings of Dorothy Lund Nelson, who grew up in the North Dakota Children’s Home as the daughter of the house-parents.

To order, send $20.00 (includes tax and shipping and handling) to:
Dorothy Lund Nelson
2910 22nd St. SE
Rochester, MN 55902

 

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