Community Mental Health
Community Mental Health Resources
Crisis Resources
- Warmline: https://mnwitw.org/mnwarmline
- Children’s Mental Health: Sherburne County offers voluntary services to families who qualify, and who are needing services to support their children’s mental health.
Children’s Mental Health | Sherburne County, MN - Adult Mental Health: Sherburne County provides voluntary mental health case management services to assist adults with serious and persistent mental illness.
Adult Mental Health | Sherburne County, MN - Four County Crisis Response Team: The Sherburne County Crisis Response Team can travel to homes or community locations in the four-county area to help individuals in crisis cope with immediate stressors. The team can do suicide assessment, safety planning, coping skills education and make appropriate referrals.
Crisis Mobile Response Team | Central Minnesota Mental Health Center - Crisis Text Line: Connect with mental health crisis services through a call, text or online chat by calling 988 Lifeline – If you need emotional support, reach out to the national mental health hotline: 988.
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: A national network of local crisis centers that provides emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. The service is free, confidential, and available 24/7.
- The Trevor Project: A crisis service aimed at supporting LGBTQ youth. The service is free, confidential, and available 24/7.
Trevor Project – Suicide Prevention for LGBTQ+ Young People - Fast-Tracker MN – Database of mental health & substance use disorder treatment providers & programs.
Home – FastTrackerMN - Phone APP – “CBT-I” an app to help with sleep related issues using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy- Insomnia
- 988 Lifeline – If you need to talk, the 988 Lifeline is here. Whether you’re facing mental health struggles, emotional distress, alcohol or drug use concerns, or just need someone to talk to, 988 caring counselors are here for you. https://988lifeline.org/
Travis’ Law: Requires 911 call centers to refer calls involving mental health crises to mental health crisis teams, where available, instead of solely to law enforcement. The goal is to ensure an appropriate response is sent to mental health crises and prevent unnecessary criminalization by involving mental health professions who are specially trained to handle these situations.
DHS Announces Youth Behavioral Health Webinar Series For Guardians And Caregivers
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) is excited to announce the posting of our webinar-based trainings for foster parents and caregivers regarding effective care for youth experiencing a behavioral health crisis. DHS partnered with the Training Institute at People Incorporated to provide trainings that address youth behavioral health and managing challenging behaviors throughout 2024 and 2025. Recordings of those trainings are now available on the DHS YouTube channel using the following links.
- Attachment Based Trauma-Informed Care
- Managing Challenging Behavior
- Connecting with Your New (Foster) Child
- Crisis De-escalation
- Cultural and Equity Considerations
- Environmental Assessments
- Pediatric Mental and Behavioral Health Conditions and Presentations
- How to Partner with Other Systems in Child’s Life
- Practical Parenting Strategies
- Building Resiliency
Mental Health Advocacy
Mental Health Education/Advocacy
- The Arc Minnesota
– https://arcminnesota.org/ - Autism Society of Minnesota
– https://ausm.org/ - Behavioral Institute for Children and Adolescents
– https://behavioralinstitute.org/ - Children’s Home Society and Family Services
– https://chlss.org/ - Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota
– https://www.epilepsyfoundationmn.org/ - The Joy Project
– https://www.joyproject.org/ - Learning Disabilities Association of Minnesota
– https://www.ldaminnesota.org/community-programs - Mental Health Minnesota
– https://mentalhealthmn.org/ - Minnesota Association for Children’s Mental Health
– https://macmh.org/ - Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER)
– https://www.pacer.org/ - Tourette Syndrome Association of America, MN Chapter
– https://tourette.org/chapter/mn/ - Tubman – Providing Safety, Hope, and Healing
– https://www.tubman.org/ - MN Mental Health Community Project
– https://www.mnmentalhealth.org/about-us/community-project/ - Synergetic Education Institute
– https://synergeticeducation.com/resources-2/ - Synergetic Play Therapy Institute
– https://synergeticplaytherapy.com/free-resources/ - CommUNITY Adult Mental Health Initiative (CAMHI)
– https://www.mnmentalhealth.org/about-us/community-project/ - CAMHI Adult Mental Health Guides
– https://www.mnmentalhealth.org/resource-and-provider-search/
CAMHI Adult Mental Health Guides
Community Mental Health Resources
Support Groups
- Recovery in the woods
https://mnwitw.org/mnwarmline - Sherburne County Community Support Program (CSP) is a group designed for adults living with a mental health condition residing in Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, and Wright Counties.
https://cmmhc.org/services/csp/ - Minnesota Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Support Groups:
https://mentalhealthmn.org/support/support-groups/ - NAMI Minnesota Support Groups
https://namimn.org/support/ - Virtual Peer Support Network (VPSN)
https://mnwitw.org/vpsn - Suicide Awareness Voices of Education (SAVE), grief support groups for those who have lost a friend or family member to suicide
https://save.org/what-we-do/grief-support/find-a-support-group/ - Pregnancy and Postpartum Support Minnesota is designed for families and practitioners to provide support, advocacy, and awareness during and after a pregnancy. Resources include a helpline, virtual support groups, peer support, and crisis resources.
https://ppsupportmn.org/ - Find a LGBTQ Therapy Support Group in Minnesota:
http://www.lgbttherapists.org/
Community Mental Health Resources
Books
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Children and youth that have a theme of parental mental health:
- Sally Warner
How to be a Real Person in Just One Day - Gretchen Kellbaughm and Coral Nault
Can I Catch a Cold? A Story to Help Children Understand a Parents Depression - Bebe Moore Campbell
Sometimes My Mommy Gets Angry - Steven Keewatin Sanderson and Sean Muir
Just a Story
For Teenagers and Young Adults:
- Tim Bowler
Frozen Fire - Sonya Sones
What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy - Samantha Schutz
I Don’t Want to be Crazy - Sylvia Nasar
A Beautiful Mind - Joanne Greenberg
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Local organizations
Local organizations with MH Resources
Guide
Mental Health Guide
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