Please submit the information requested below by 4:30pm on November 8, 2024
St. Louis County needs your help in raising youth with compounding life experiences paired with challenging diagnosis by developing a four-bed corporate foster care home. These youth demand an integrated, community focused, team approach to foster care. The provider(s) selected to fill this community need will accept youth meeting criteria regardless of age, race, sexual orientation, religious/cultural beliefs, gender identification and practices. This could include supporting someone with diagnoses such as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, Personality Disorders, Developmental Delays, Autism and other behavioral or emotional needs. The provider and their staff will need to be prepared to commit to supporting youth with histories of property damage and/or destruction, verbal and physical aggression towards staff or other people being served, elopement, and self-injurious behaviors (SIB) The ideal location would be near Duluth, Hermantown, or Proctor and accessible to services. The layout of the home would need to have 4 bedrooms and at least 2 bathrooms. In addition, an accessible bathroom, dining, common area, and space for individual activities that are separate from bedrooms.
Seeking Solutions Grounded In:
- Compliance with requirements necessary to maintain DHS active license status.
- Cooperation and on-going communication with case managers, families, and other individual team members prior to and during placement.
- Responsiveness to individualized needs of the children residing in the home.
- Providers and staff must be prepared to support family connection and educational continuity as directed by case managers.