Healing Foundations Therapeutic Shelter provides shelter, crisis and rehabilitative services, to children ages 4-17, who are experiencing significant mental, emotional, and/or behavioral health symptoms. We are set on a 33 acre hobby farm, in Northern Itasca County, and have a 6000 square foot farm house that can house up to 16 children. We are a non-locked facility and provide an inviting, nurturing, home-like setting. We have a variety of animals – horses, goats, cats, ducks, chickens, reptiles, and our house dog “Monte”. The animals are an innovative and experiential approach to management of mental health in children. The animals and used as a unique approach to teaching coping skills, along with a variety of other skills. Healing Foundations strives to work with the children’s team, as a whole, to provide them with the best support possible, and to ensure they are well wrapped in resources and supports when they leave our facility.
We Provide:
- Daily education on various coping techniques and skills, communication skills and emotion identification
- Transportation to and from local appointments as well as provide transport to and from schools within 20 mile radius of our facility
- Set up with diagnostic assessments if they do not already have one (DA services go through insurance)
- Equine Assisted Activities
- Nutritious Meals
- Parent Education and Support Groups
Some Other Service Options (through insurance):
We can connect them to other services if we desired/necessary;
- Medication Management ( also Genesite Testing)
- Children’s Day Treatment
- Individual Therapy
- Family Therapy
- Group Therapies
- Rule 25 and/or CD Outpatient Services
- CTSS (Children’s Therapeutic Support Services)
- 24/7 Mobile Crisis Services
- Crisis Assessments
- Crisis Stabilization
Healing Foundations is the only facility of it’s kind in Minnesota. We are able to provide kids with the suppport and resources they need when they are not safe, or too mentally unstable to return home due to to not meeting criteria for hospitalization. We work with all current service providers that children have (even those out of county) to ensure they have resources and support when returning home.
Our Rate:
To stay at our facility, the per diem rate is charged to the county of origin. Healing Foundations has a host county contract with Itasca County, and works with various other counties in Minnesota on an as needed basis, for payment agreements when that county has a child in need of a crisis stay. Our per diem rate is $257/day and we are Title 4E certified (this provides reimbursement for the county paying the per diem rate). Our license allows us to have kids for up to 90 days if deemed necessary. An initial stay, is approximately 10 days, to assess, stabilize, and connect them to services and resources they may need in the quickest amount of time possible.
How to Make a Referral:
If you, or anyone else, knows of a child that may benefit from our services, please feel free to call us at 218-999-0221, to begin the screening process with our staff. Once the prescreening has been completed, it will be reviewed for placement approval. If the placement is approved, intake paperwork must be completed by the legal guardian before, or at the time of intake. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to call us directly.
For more information:
Bri Howard, HFTS House Manager at 218-999-0221 or bhoward@northlandcounseling.org
Angie Baratto, MS, LPCC, Co-Clinical Director/HFTS Program Director at 218-313-1124 or abaratto@northlandcounseling.org
