Nexus Family Healing

Nexus Family Healing, a national nonprofit based in Plymouth, MN, provides innovative community-based mental health services, foster care and adoption, and residential treatment programs for children and families. Each program offers high-level, specialized services to heal complex trauma and restore well-being.Over the last 50 years, Nexus Family Healing has helped thousands of children find individualized paths to emotional and behavioral health. We create a customized plan for each child and family - and provide the exact combination of support services needed to put that plan into action. Our innovative personalized approach helps heal trauma, break cycles of harm, and restore hope to families when all seems lost.At Nexus Family Healing, we believe every child is worth it - and every family matters. We understand each time we help a child change the course of his or her life, we create the potential for healthier families, stronger communities and a better world. We are committed to helping even the most challenging situations. Simply put, changing one life changes everything.Services and resources include: Nexus-Mille Lacs Family Healing (Onamia, MN): Resources for boys, ages 10-19, with significant mental health and trauma related symptoms with some youth also struggling with unhealthy sexual behaviors that have resulted in family relationship concerns, emotional and behavioral issues and other life challenges. Nexus-Mille Lacs also has Willow Trails Group Home which is a resource for girls, ages 12-18. Willow Trails Group Home is a program that offers a safe, supervised setting and fosters personal growth on many levels for struggling teenage girls. Effective and positive behavior techniques are incorporated to promote healing in addition to addressing underlying trauma and mental health needs. Services include a residential program, group home, vocational services, aftercare support, and on-site, year-round education through Onamia Schools. In addition, youth have the opportunity to participate in community volunteer projects as well as Kids Kare, a work-opportunity program that provides basic vocational skill building by engaging youth in providing snow removal and lawn care for local seniors, disabled veterans and others in need. In 2023, Nexus-Mille Lacs Family Healing served 142 youth. Nexus-Onarga Family Healing (Onarga, IL): Resources for boys ages 11-21 with significant mental health and trauma-related symptoms with some youth also struggling with unhealthy sexual behaviors that have resulted in family relationship concerns, emotional and behavioral issues and other life challenges. Services include residential treatment, treatment foster care homes, a group home and transitional living program, vocational and evaluation services and on-site, year-round education. Nexus-Onarga Family Healing also offers a unique opportunity for youth to develop vocational skills through well-equipped woodworking and automotive shops as well as the Cornerstone Cafe, which provides real-life food service experience for Nexus-Onarga youth. Onarga can provide services to boys starting at age 9 (if in 4th grade) through age 21. Onarga served 92 youths in 2023. Nexus-Indian Oaks Family Healing (Manteno, IL): Resources for boys and girls starting at age 12 ( 6th grade) through 21 with significant mental health issues and trauma-related symptoms with some youth also struggling with sexually problematic behaviors that have resulted in family relationship concerns, emotional and behavioral issues, development delays, and other life challenges. Safe Harbor School is an onsite, non-public school that serves youth grades 7 -12 who receive treatment at Nexus-Indian Oaks, as well as students who have been unsuccessful in achieving their academic potential in their current school district. They also offer their youth opportunities to work in the community or on campus. In 2023, Nexus-Indian Oaks served 117 youth.Additionally, Nexus-Indian Oaks Family Healing supports a resource center for foster families, recruitment efforts for foster care homes, tutoring services for foster children (provided by Olivet Nazarene University students) and helps build community awareness to help abused and neglected children through Starfish Family Homes.Nexus-Gerard Family Healing (Austin, MN): Resources for girls and boys ages 6 to 19, with significant mental, emotional, and behavioral health issues and trauma-based conditions that have resulted in family relationship issues and other life challenges. Services include assessments, residential treatment programs for boys and girls, a bridging program, and on-site, year-round education. Nexus-Gerard Outpatient/Community Mental Health Services supports the mental health needs of youth, families, and adults in Austin, MN, and surrounding areas. Nexus-Gerard Family Healing also partners with local schools to provide assessments and mental health services to youth, providing an important resource in their community. In 2023, Nexus-Gerard Family Healing served 203 residential youth. Nexus-Gerard served 501 outpatient clients, of which 391 were under the age of 18.Aspen House: Starting in 2022, Aspen House is community-based facility for teens aged 11-18 that don't require emergency department services or a locked facility in Dakota and Washington counties who temporarily need a safe place to live. Youth in our care have private bedrooms and access to mental health and educational services during their stay and is staffed 24/7. Aspen House will not only provide temporary housing but also incorporate mental health assessments and services, recreational activities, educational instruction, coordination with outside supports, stabilization services, and on-going connections with family support systems. In 2023, Nexus Aspen House served 78 youth. The Southeast Regional Crisis Center (SERCC) opened in July 2021 it is a 24/7 walk-in mental health facility designed specifically for people experiencing a mental health crisis. SERCC is available for people of all ages and all genders. SERCC offers crisis intervention services through a mobile crisis certification, crisis residential services through CRF (youth) and IRTS (adult) licenses, as well as crisis bridging services with an outpatient license through DHS. In 2023 SERCC had the following service points: crisis assessments total was 1,408 patients with 446 youth and 962 adults. The residential stays had 199 youth and 322 adults. Youth average length of stay 6.4 days. Adult average length of stay was 5.8 days.Nexus-East Bethel provides individualized, trauma-informed psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF) services for all-gender youth ages 10-19 with significant mental and behavioral health issues. At Nexus-East Bethel, youth experience a safe environment that provides on-campus education, individualized programing and therapy and recreational opportunities. The facility opened in November 2023 along with their first program (Owl). Nexus-East Bethel served 6 clients in 2023.Nexus Family Healing's Walden Crossing was in the process of getting their facility ready in 2023. The facility officially opened in 2024 to clients. Walden Crossing provides individualized, trauma-informed Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) services for youth ages 10-17 with mental and developmental disabilities who have become involved in the justice system.This location offers secure placement and clinical services during this pause in the youth's life when the court has ordered it. Our professional, expert staff offer assessments, and a healing environment for the youth while the large legal and justice issues are being sorted through and restorative services are being provided. Youth experience on-campus education, individualized programming and therapy and recreational opportunities.