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Children's Mental Health Services - Ramsey County Social Services

Crisis Services: Ramsey County's mobile crisis team provides stabilization services, de-escalation, crisis intervention, mental health assessments, and initial crisis plans. Crisis services are available to all children in homes, schools, or institutions in Ramsey County, regardless of the family's ability to pay or type of insurance. Case Management: for families with children who have serious and long-lasting mental health needs. Designed to help them and their families navigate the mental health system, services are provided in a culturally sensitive manner. Case managers develop a treatment plan with the family, provide referrals to community resources, create a supportive team of professionals, and assist parents in advocating for their child's mental health needs. Project Enhance: staff work with small caseloads of children with Severe Emotional Disturbance challenges in Ramsey County school districts of Mounds View, Roseville, White Bear Lake, North St. Paul or Oakdale. They develop a treatment plan with the family, provide referrals to community resources, create a supportive team of professionals, and assist parents in advocating for their child's mental health needs. Project Assist: provides early intervention though in-home, culturally competent, comprehensive mental health assessments and brief case management to infants, toddlers and school-aged children. Works with the family to ensure child receives appropriate mental health services. Youth Engagement Program (YEP): works with families of children, youth and teens who regularly skip school or have a history of running away. YEP helps assess and resolve family or mental health issues that contribute to this behavior through case management and referrals to mental health programs and professionals.

Last assured

06/26/2024

Physical Address

121 Seventh Place East, Saint Paul, MN 55101

Hours

- Office: 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday - Crisis Services: 24 hours/7 days a week

Voice

(651)266-7878

Intake Crisis Services

Voice

(651)266-4486

Intake Case Management

Fax

(651)266-7874

Voice

(651)298-4014

Application process

Call For case management, a mental health professional must complete a referral form based on an assessment from the last six months. For Project Enhance, contact the child's school social worker or a psychologist. A mental health worker must complete an application. For Project Assist, referrals are accepted from child protection, juvenile justice, schools, and other community agencies that work with children.

Fee

No fees, but insurance information is collected when available.

Required documents

Referral form from child protection, juvenile justice, schools, or other community agencies that work with children

Eligibility

- Children, youth, and their families dealing with mental illness. Serves Ramsey County. - Case management and Project Enhance clients must qualify for and obtain MA based on income or through TEFRA.

Languages

Somali

Spanish

Oromo

Karen

Hmong

American Sign Language

Service area

Ramsey County, MN

Agency info

Ramsey County Social Services

Provides services to meet basic human needs, assuring protection for children and people who are vulnerable, and assists in achieving self-sufficiency in a cost-effective manner.

Financial assistance programs such as MFIP and General Assistance are administered by the Ramsey County Financial Assistance Services Division.

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