Welcome to AspireMN

Mission: AspireMN improves the lives of children, youth and families served by member organizations through support for quality service delivery, leadership development and policy advocacy.

Register now for the 2018 Youth Worker Conference by clicking on the graphic below!

PLEASE NOTE: The conference registration form is two pages. You will be prompted to the second page once you have completed the first page. Hotel reservations must be booked separately - you can do this by clicking on the purple link titled "Lodging Information".

 

• Next Member Meeting: November 8-9 in St. Paul

 

Member and Community Resources:

• Minnesota Children’s Residential Mental Health Treatment (AspireMN)

• New Children's Psychiatric Treatment Center Opens in Duluth (Star Tribune)

• Info about ALICE drills from the ALICE Training Institute

• County Juvenile Residential Programming, Michelle Finstad (Ramsey County)
• Implementation of New York's Close to Home Initiative: a New Model for Youth Justice
• Foster Sibling Bill of Rights get unanimous support from House.

• Minn. children's mental health facilities forced to adapt or cut back to stay open (MPR news story)

• Children's Residential ACTION ALERT and Star Tribune article

• Working Together to Find Long-term Solutions for Funding Children's Mental Health (DHS)

• As of April 1, 2018, Minnesota’s suicide prevention and mental health crisis texting services are now available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

• Children's Residential Mental Health Services: IMD Status and Funding (DHS)

• Medicaid Matters: The impact of Minnesota's Medicaid Program (DHS)

• Families First Act Summary provided by Casey Family Programs

• Quality Parenting Initiative in Minnesota