Washburn Center for Children

Community Based ServicesCase Management services provide Hennepin County families with children experiencing severe emotional disturbances access to a variety of social services, including mental health, educational, interpersonal, vocational, medical, dental, insurance and recreational services. Case Managers serve children, ages three through 18, advocate on behalf of the children's needs and coordinate care across multiple providers. In 2022, 488 children received Case Management services.(Continued on Schedule O)Crisis Stabilization provides intensive in-home therapy, skills building and caregiver support to increase stability and help children with severe emotional and behavioral difficulties avoid hospitalization or out-of-home placement as well as support them as the transition back into their homes. In 2022, 383 children, ages three to 18, received crisis services.Early Childhood Outreach provides observational assessment of children in Hennepin County childcare and preschool settings. The program offers consultation and collaboration with teachers and guardians to identify and address social, emotional, behavioral and/or developmental concerns. Training to teachers is available on request. This program served 51 children in 2022, from birth to kindergarten.Intensive In-Home therapy is available for families whose children, ages five to 17, are at risk of being removed from their homes or receiving a higher level of care due to social and emotional difficulties and conflict within the family system. Therapists collaborate with caregivers in the home setting to improve family functioning and help children develop life skills to increase stability across settings. In 2022, 245 children were served in this program.Family Focused provides intensive in-home family therapy and a therapeutic preschool to strengthen the parent/child relationship and support the healthy functioning and development of children who are having social, emotional or behavioral difficulties and/or experiencing environmental stressors. This program served 213 children, from birth to kindergarten in 2022, 41 of those clients were also served in the milieu component of this program.

Intensive Therapeutic GroupsDay Treatment services provide a half-day therapeutic classroom to help young children with severe emotional and/or behavioral challenges gain the skills needed to be successful with their families, at school and in the community. Family therapy and school collaboration with the child's teachers is also provided. Approximately 77 children, ages three to nine, received Day Treatment services in 2022.

Outpatient Individual & Family TherapyThe Outpatient Therapy program provides mental health assessment and treatment for a wide range of mental health concerns for children from birth to age 18. Located at clinics in Minneapolis, Brooklyn Park and Edina, the Outpatient Therapy program served 1,221 children in 2022. (Continued on Schedule O)School-based mental health services offer families convenient on-site access to assessment, treatment and school consultation. Washburn Center clinicians are located at several schools in Minneapolis, Eden Prairie and Bloomington public school districts along with a few charter schools. The age of the clients varies by school but the program as a whole serves kindergarten through 12th grade. This program served 750 children in 2022.

A commitment to treatment and trainingWashburn Center for Children (Washburn Center) is a critical community resource providing compassionate therapeutic care to children and families, as well as training clinical professionals who work with children nationally. Founded in 1883, families in the community have come to Washburn Center for over 140 years to help children thrive at home, in school and in the community. Washburn Center nurtures every child and family's well-being and full potential through transformative children's mental health care. Washburn Center leads Minnesota in child-centered care with the broadest and deepest spectrum of outpatient children's mental health services in the state. Nearly 4,000 children, birth through age 18, are served alongside more than 11,000 family members by Washburn Center each year. Clients live in the Twin Cities and surrounding counties, and 73% of families served qualify for some form of financial support. Children and their families are served in three office locations Brooklyn Park, Edina and Minneapolis as well as in-home, in over 40 partner schools, in more than 16 hospitals and clinics, and in our communities.Comprehensive and evidence-based children's mental health services include assessment, evaluation, individual and family therapy, psychological evaluations, psychiatry, and care coordination. Services are designed to develop skills, navigate social, emotional and behavioral development as well as connect families with resources to help children reach their full potential. In addition to comprehensive therapeutic services, Washburn Center's Training Institute is a national leader in training mental health professionals in trauma-informed, evidence-based practices. In-house and online training is offered to clinicians, interns, and allied professionals to ensure children receive the best quality care. Since its inception, the Training Institute has provided 112,339 hours of training and consultation to 7,623 professionals nationally and internationally so that children can receive high quality mental health care. Additionally, the agency trains about 50 undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate students annually. Washburn Center's doctoral internship program is accredited by the American Psychological Association.