Mental Health Collective

TO IMPROVE THE EMOTIONAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY. WE PROVIDE CLINICAL SERVICES AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CLINIC AND SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES AT 12 SCHOOL LOCATIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS. SERVICES INCLUDE BILINGUAL CLINICAL SERVICES TO LATINO AND SOMALI IMMIGRANT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.

OUR CLINICAL SERVICES NUMBERS STARTED OUT STRONG IN EARLY 2020 BUT WERE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY THE SCHOOL CLOSURES THAT OCCURRED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. DESPITE THE CHALLENGES OF PIVOTING FROM IN-PERSON SERVICES TO A MOSTLY REMOTE DELIVERY OF SERVICES VIA TELEMEDICINE, WE PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING SERVICES IN 2020: 158 CLIENTS SEEN THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY CLINIC FOR A TOTAL OF 1,420 SERVICES 322 CLIENTS SEEN THROUGH OUR SCHOOL BASED PROGRAM FOR A TOTAL OF 5,369 BILLABLE SERVICES AT 12 SCHOOLS. ANOTHER 1,500 NON-BILLABLE SERVICES SUCH AS CONSULTATIONS WITH SCHOOL STAFF AND PARENTS WERE PROVIDED THAT DIRECTLY BENEFITED SCHOOL CHILDREN. APPROXIMATELY 1,000 NON-BILLABLE SERVICES BENEFITED SCHOOLS OR THE GENERAL COMMUNITY BY PROVIDING SUPPORT OR DEVELOPING SUPPORT TEAMS. PROVIDED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR 4 GRADUATE STUDENTS AND 10 CLINICAL PRACTITIONERS IN THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTHOUR SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMS ARE SUPPORTED BY LONG TERM CONTRACTS FROM MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, WITH SUPPORT FOR UNINSURED CLIENTS COMING FROM HENNEPIN COUNTY. IN OUR SCHOOL BASED PROGRAMS, STAFF HELP STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES DEAL WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT INTERFERE WITH LEARNING ATTACHMENT ISSUES, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION, ADJUSTMENT TO STRESSFUL SITUATIONS, EXPOSURE TO TRAUMATIC EVENTS, ETC. IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY SERVICES, STAFF PROVIDE GROUPS TO STUDENTS AND CONSULTATION TO SCHOOL STAFF.OUR COMMUNITY CLINIC ATTRACTS ADULTS, COUPLES AND SOME CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WITH MANY CLIENTS COMING FROM THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING OUR OFFICE AT 3548 BRYANT AVENUE SOUTH. WE ALSO PROVIDE OUTREACH TO IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITIES AND HAVE PARTNERS WITH THE REFUGEE TRAUMA AND RESILIENCE CENTER AT BOSTON CHILDREN'S/HARVARD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS TO IMPLEMENT A MODEL DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS POPULATION.IN ADDITION, WATERCOURSE ADDED SERVICES WITH CONTRACTS FROM THE MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PANDEMIC, FROM APRIL THROUGH JUNE, WE STAFFED A COVID HOTLINE FOR MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOL PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND REFER FAMILIES TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND STARTING IN AUGUST OF 2020, WE CONTRACTED WITH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA, THROUGH FUNDING FROM FEMA AND THE GOVERNMENT AGENCY, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH ,SERVICES ADMINISTRATION, "SAMHSA", TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PANDEMIC SUPPORT TO OUR MINNEAPOLIS COMMUNITY. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARENT EDUCATION AND SUPPORT, PROVIDE SUPPORT GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND PROVIDE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND REFERRAL.