
Youth, Family, and Community Engagement
RCCMHC supports youth, family and community
engagement in the following areas:
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Caregiver and Youth Leadership
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Family Education & Whole Family Support
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Community Outreach and Trainings
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Family Wellbeing & Respite Events
For more information, contact our Director of Family & Community Engagement, Holly Brabeck holly@rccmhc.org
(800) 565-2575
Activites are open to ALL Ramsey County families with a child who is experiencing emotional/behavioral challenges. Some activites with limited space are offered with a first-come first-served registration.
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Providers can refer a familiy or families can self-refer. REFERAL FORM
Our Approach
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Our approach to youth, family and community engagement was developed by local families/community.
It is grounded in 7 foundational ideas developed by the Center for the Study of Social Policy: 1) the two-generation approach, 2) consideration of culture, 3) the strengths-based perspective, 4) the biology of stress, 5) resilience theory, 6) a focus on well-being, and 7) the nature of risk and protective factors. Strengthening Families Framework
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It also builds on the concept of empowering families and communities to recognize their own ability to make change and create spaces for healing, belonging, and hope.
Self Healing Communities Model
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The concept is simple.
LISTEN. UNDERSTAND. RESPOND.
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Our Family and Community Engagement has grown from approx. 5 parents in 2013 to 700+ families in 2019.