FAIRMONT – Faribault and Martin County Health and Human Services (FMCHS) has seen the number of licensed foster homes shrink in recent years and is looking for people to help provide much-needed options for children in need. The shrinkage is bittersweet, according to FMCHS Social Worker Jen Nelson, as the main reason it has occurred is foster homes permanently adopting children whose situations with their birth family could not be resolved. “Wonderful, amazing foster homes taking in children, adopting or gaining a transfer of custody of the children, and then they're unable to ...