Ramsey County Children’s Mental Health Collaborative
Funded Services for 2015
Case Management
Funded through RCCMHC’s integrated fund, community mental health providers - listed below - work in
collaboration with Ramsey County Children’s Mental Health through a case management referral
process to provide culturally sensitive and family oriented case management services.
Ain Dah Yung
Case Management serves families with children who have severe
emotional and behavioral disturbances. In a culturally sensitive
Face To Face Health & Counseling manner, case managers help families:
 Develop a treatment plan and a crisis plan.
 Provide information about and referral to community
Model Cities of Saint Paul, Inc.
resources.
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Create a supportive team of family, professionals, and
Metro Social Services, Inc.
community members.
 Assist parents in advocating for their child’s mental health
Thad Wilderson & Associates
needs.
Case Management / Initial Response
A.H. Wilder Foundation
“Initial Response” services offer assessment and service support in
the first few months following a referral. Should longer services be
needed the child is transitioned to another case manager for
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ongoing case management to help stabilize and improve the
functioning of the child.
Case Management: Technical Assistant
Thad Wilderson & Associates
This position assists Case Managers in:
 Completing and filing, in a timely manner, the required
documentation for the out-of home and inter-state compact
(ICPC) agreement
 Supporting and filing Court reports
 Meeting the requirements for Court Documentation in a
timely manner
 Meeting the requirement for Title IV eligibility in a timely
manner
 Appropriate use of the SSIS system
 Providing orientation and training for new Case Managers
and new Supervisors, and
 Preparing for Case Managers consultation at which time
funding requests take place.
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Ramsey County Children’s Mental Health Collaborative
Funded Services for 2015
Crisis
Ramsey County Children’s Mental Health Collaborative is one of multiple funders that help support the
work of the Children’s Crisis Response program in Ramsey County.
Children’s Crisis Response
Children’s Crisis Response offers 24-hours a day, on-site response
to children in homes, schools or institutions in Ramsey County.
Services include:
 De-escalation and crisis intervention; a thorough mental
health assessment to determine issues; and development
of an initial crisis plan
 Follow-up: short term care up to two weeks following the
crisis, including transition to ongoing treatment, and crisis
recurrence reduction strategies
 Spanish and Hmong language supports
 Services provided by licensed mental health professionals
or mental health practitioners under the supervision of a
mental health professional
Ramsey County partners with St. Paul Youth Service Bureau for
Children’s Crisis Response
Over 90% of home-based crisis calls have been stabilized with the
child remaining at home
Eligibility: All crisis services are available to anyone regardless of
ability to pay or insurance type.
Intensive Therapeutic Services
Funded through RCCMHC’s integrated fund, community mental health providers - listed below - work in
collaboration with Ramsey County Children’s Mental Health through a case management referral
process to provide culturally sensitive and family oriented case intensive therapeutic services.
A.H. Wilder
Intensive therapeutic services are for families where a child’s
problems interfere significantly with school performance and/or
success in the community. The program is to focus on the
Face To Face
strengths and abilities of the family. Intensive therapeutic
services are to present a non-threatening approach to the family,
Metro Social Services
lower stress and family conflict, reduce the chance of out-of-home
placement whenever possible and appropriate, provide skills
Thad Wilderson & Associates
training such as anger control, parenting techniques, conflict
resolution, stress management, communication, education of the
family regarding the child’s mental health issues, and link the
family to community services.
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Ramsey County Children’s Mental Health Collaborative
Funded Services for 2015
Mentoring Plus / Other Youth Services
Funded through RCCMHC’s integrated fund, community mental health providers - listed below - work in
collaboration with Ramsey County Children’s Mental Health through a case management referral
process to provide culturally sensitive and family oriented mentoring and other youth services.
180 Degrees, Inc.
Mentoring Plus and Other Youth Services entail individual
mentoring, group mentoring, and/or support to the RCCMHC
Bolder Options
Family Partnership and Networking Program.
Life Long Mentoring Services
Metro Social Services, Inc.
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Ramsey County Children’s Mental Health Collaborative
Funded Services for 2015
Local Collaborative Time Study (LCTS) Funds
The Local Collaborative Time Study is a federal funding source intended to support the services provided
by your local collaborative. It is a random moment time study administered by the MN Department of
Human Services (DHS). It generates new federal dollars for Family Services and Children’s Mental Health
Collaboratives.
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The LCTS accesses federal entitlement funds through two sections of the Social Security Act
–Medical Assistance through Title XIX and Foster Care & Adoption Assistance through Title IV-E.
Only Public Health, County or Community Corrections and School Districts who are members of
an approved Family Services or Children’s Mental Health Collaborative can participate and earn
federal dollars for a collaborative.
Federal funds received from LCTS activities must be used to expand early intervention and
prevention services for children and families.
The goals of the services are:
o Prevention of out-of-home placement
o Enhancement of family support and children’s physical and mental health services
o Development of a seamless system of services
o Strengthening of local community–based collaborative efforts
2015 LCTS Programs
180 Degrees, Inc.
Resiliency Mentoring
Offering spring, summer and fall mentoring group sessions for a
girls group and a boys group for the purpose of providing an
opportunity for youth 1) to interact and bond with a peer group
who have had similar experiences in a positive, mediated
environment, and 2) to connect youth with positive community
resources to assist them in gaining independence and identifying
their strengths.
Model Cities of Saint Paul, Inc.
Families First Coaching Program
To monitor, support, and link families in the Frogtown and SummitUniversity neighborhoods of Saint Paul to culturally specific
community-based services, mental health services and activities
that help them prevent crisis and learn how to successfully navigate
challenging life situations that impact the child’s ability to learn.
Coaching services will be tailored to meet the immediate needs of
the family and are intended to reduce the impact that mental
health issues have on children’s absences from school, while also
increasing family stability.
Northeast Youth & Family Services
Northeast Therapeutic Services
To help defray the costs of transportation services for NYFS day
treatment program which is designed for youth ages 10-18 who
need intensive mental health services delivered through separate
middle school and high school programming. Youth receive three
hours of therapeutic services daily and three hours of academic
instruction at NYFS.
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Ramsey County Children’s Mental Health Collaborative
Funded Services for 2015
2015 LCTS Programs
Progressive Individual Resources
Building Connections – Holistic Approach
To expand the “Building Communities” program which provides a
holistic approach to mental health difficulties of students of the
African Immigrant and Refugee Students Charter School in Saint
Paul. Services include: assessment of students identified as
showing signs of PTSD, emotional and behavioral issues, peer
relationship anxiety, and other generalized behavior problems;
small group sessions for children; individual counseling; teacher
training; and parental psycho-education information about their
children.
Su Familia Multicultural Counseling
Prevention & Intervention of School Truancy
To provide 12 Parent/Child groups a year (1x month) for
Latino youths within Ramsey County who have been
identified either through the schools or community
corrections of being truant and needing improvement in
school performance. Su Familia clinicians will also have
available to them 100 hours to be used as either individual or
family therapy with families needing additional support and
mental health services.
2014 – 2016 LCTS Programs
Canvas Health Services
Therapeutic Assistance
To attach an In-Home Skills Practitioner/Therapist to the
Therapeutic Assistance Program/School based team in order to
provide in-home skills and therapy to underinsured students
and their families in the east metro area school districts, so as
to improve outcomes, and maintain the gains made in the
intensive school setting. This expands the mental health
services provided in a partnership between Canvas Health and
Intermediate School District 916 during the school day.
Metro Social Services, Inc.
Youth & Family Initiative
To provide culturally-sensitive mental health education and support
services to different immigrant groups through one-on-one assistance
for the parents of youth with emotional and behavioral issues. It will
also provide youth from immigrant families with culturally sensitive
mentoring to help close any acculturalization gaps, acquire skills
necessary to succeed academically, as well as socially while building
healthy, positive relationships.
Wilderson & Associates (2014-2015)
River East Project
To continue providing outreach and case management services
to the River East students and families that are not accessing
official targeted case management services from Ramsey
County. These families are either not in county case
management or prefer not to engage in county case
management services. Through this families are offered the
opportunity and time to develop trusting relationships with the
school-based case manager. There are psycho educational
opportunities through individual or group meetings.
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