Nexus Treatment Programs for Foster Care, Adoption, Treatment Foster Care, and Home-Based
Counseling Services
Nexus and Family Focus offer a continuum of services for foster
care, adoption, treatment foster care, and home-based counseling services. Click
on a program below for detailed information.
Greater Minnesota
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Specialized foster care services for youth who require out-of-home professional
care in the least restrictive environment
- Licensed through DHS Rule 4
- Assistance for youth in transition from residential treatment
- For youth with special needs such as emotional, behavioral, correctional, or developmental
issues
- Intensive involvement of biological parents
- Individualized treatment plans
- Transition youth to independent living
- Whole family placements
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Greater Minnesota
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Licensed by the Department of Human Services to provide Minnesota families with
adoption servcies
- Recruitment and preparation of adoptive families and adoptable children and youth
- Counseling and special training for the adoptive family
- Preparation of the child for adoptive placement
- Case management and supervision of the child’s adoptive placement
- Referral services
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Greater Minnesota
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Family-centered home-based therapy through CTSS that provides skill building and
mentoring services
- Prevents unnecessary placement of youth outside of home
- Support and skill training for foster care placements
- Diagnostic assessment services
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Greater Minnesota
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Help for chemically dependent, seriously and emotionally disturbed youth, or any
other youth needing an intensive treatment model
- An alternative to residential placement or as an aftercare program
- Experienced social workers provide weekly case management
- Increased supervision in a structured living environment with experienced foster
parents
- Independent living skills training
- Foster care parents with specific areas of expertise receive additional respite
and allowance
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