Hennepin CountyHuman Services Program Manager-Child Welfare and Children's Mental Health
Mar. 2016 - Aug. 2022Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul AreaHennepin County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,152,425. It is the most populous county in Minnesota and the 32nd-most populous county in the United States; more than one in five Minnesotans live in Hennepin County. Its county seat is Minneapolis, the state's most populous city. I've served as a senior manager on the leadership team of Behavioral Health for the Children's Area. Areas and my responsibilities are with the Treatment Placement Screening teams for youth with complex mental health needs, contract and vendor relationships for Children's Mental Health contracts and critical incident review and continuous quality improvement. I've worked to managed the implementation and management of the Systems of Care grant. which has moved forward the values of family and youth driven services, cultural competence and equity in children's mental health and providing services to youth in their communities and homes, rather than seeking out of home placement.