JOANNE GRANDBOIS
Indian Child Welfare Specialist
The REACH ProjectJoanne Grandbois is with the
REACH Project as an Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Specialist.
Joanne will help REACH with recruitment, education and support to
increase the number of Native adoptive and foster families in
Minnesota. Her goal is to help raise awareness of the need for
more Native families to provide homes for the Native children
waiting in foster care.
With 15 years of social work experience, Joanne brings a
background in child welfare to her REACH position. She has a
master's degree at the University of Minnesota.
She is a member of the Ojibwe nation. Her family is from and are
members of the North Dakota's Turtle Mountain community.
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