Village Ranch Child And Family Services Inc

PROVIDE FAMILY BASED COUNSELING AND SKILLS TRAINING TO FAMILY AND TROUBLED YOUTH WITH BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

IN 2021 VILLAGE RANCH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES INCREASED UTILIZATION OF SKILLS SERVICES ACROSS THE CONTINUUM WITH THE ADDITION OF FAMILY FOCUS, ANNANDALE SCHOOLS AND FOSTER CARE. EXPERIENCED A TURNOVER IN SKILLS STAFF FOR COKATO WITH MOVEMENT OF EXPERIENCED SKILLS WORKERS TO OTHER EMPLOYMENT. ANNANDALE SCHOOLS WERE SUPPORTED WITH THERAPY SERVICES IN EACH SCHOOL. OVERALL PRODUCTIVITY FOR THERAPISTS INCREASED IN 2021 FROM 2022. -BETWEEN JANUARY 1, 2021, AND DECEMBER 31, 2021, VILLAGE RANCH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES PROVIDED SERVICES TO 260 CLIENTS WITHIN CTSS AND 326 FOR OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH. THIS WAS DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM 2020'S 267 CTSS AND 372 OUTPATIENT CLIENTS. -CTSS SERVICES EXPANDED SKILLS TO ROCHESTER GROUP HOME (PSYCHOTHERAPY AND SKILLS), ANNANDALE SCHOOLS (SKILLS) OUR FOSTER CARE HOMES (SKILLS) AND OUR FAMILY FOCUS PROGRAM (FAMILY SKILLS) THIS PAST YEAR. "VILLAGE RANCH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES FUNDED SUPERVISION CLASSES FOR MIKE KIEKE, MSW, LICSW TO BECOME A MINNESOTA BOARD OF SOCIAL WORK CERTIFIED SUPERVISOR. -ANNANDALE GIRLS GROUP HOME SAW 36 CLIENTS THIS PAST YEAR. -COKATO GROUP HOME SERVICED 171 CLIENTS. -HUTCHINSON GROUP HOME SERVICED 27 CLIENTS. -ROCHESTER GROUP HOME SERVICED 26 CLIENTS. -15 CLIENTS WERE SEEN FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES IN ANNANDALE. -51 CLIENTS WERE SEEN FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES IN COKATO. -THERE WERE 5 FULL-TIME AND 3 PART-TIME MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS (LICENSED) PROVIDING CTSS, AFTERCARE, AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES FOR CLIENTS. -THERE WERE 6 FULL-TIME AND 6 PART-TIME MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS (SKILLS WORKERS) PROVIDING CTSS FOR GROUP HOME, SCHOOL, FOSTER CARE, FAMILY FOCUS AND ANOKA AREA CLIENTS. -THE FAMILY FOCUS PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES SUPPORT TO FAMILIES' WHOSE CHILD WILL RETURN HOME HAD ONE PART-TIME SKILLS WORKER DOING FAMILY SKILLS IN THOSE HOMES. -FOSTER CARE HAD TWO PART-TIME SKILLS WORKERS PROVIDING SKILLS TO FOSTER PARENTS AND THEIR FOSTER CHILDREN. -ONE FULL-TIME SKILLS WORKER IN THE ANOKA AREA TO PROVIDE SKILLS TO CLIENTS PREVIOUSLY SERVED BY AN AGENCY THAT CLOSED THIS PAST YEAR. -VILLAGE RANCH CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES, LIKE MANY AGENCIES IN RURAL MINNESOTA, HAS STRUGGLED WITH HIRING AND MAINTAINING BOTH MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND MENTAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS IN PART, BECAUSE OF COVID- RELATED ISSUES. ANOTHER COMPLICATING FACTOR IS THAT OUR GROUP HOMES ARE LICENSED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. THIS REQUIRES ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FOR THOSE STAFF THAT MAY VIEW MENTAL HEALTH VERY DIFFERENTLY. WE VALUE FACE-TO-FACE RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND CONNECTING WITH OUR POPULATION WHICH WAS GREATLY HINDERED BY NECESSARY SAFETY PROTOCOLS. OUR ATTEMPTS TO RECRUIT AND MAINTAIN STAFF HAVE INCLUDED THE FORMATION OF A WELLNESS PROGRAM, WAGE INCREASES AND INCREASED TRAINING.