We offer group residential and program services and work as a team.
MABSSCO works with young people in partnership with their Community Treatment Team, a team that is created to provide hope and direction. The Community Treatment Team usually includes parents/guardians and/or other support persons important to the young person, referring agents, therapists, guardian ad litems and community providers. The Team ideally meets frequently to advance the achievement of placement critical goals. Our goal is to be flexible and to meet at times that support the goals of the Community Treatment Team and the needs of young people, their families and other supporters.
Residential Services:
MABSSCO Journey and MABSSCO Step are licensed by the Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) under Minnesota Rule 2960. Each facility is licensed as a Group Residential Setting certified to provide correctional services and to use restrictive procedures. Our residential services are Title IV-E eligible.
Program resources include a program director, case coordinators, and ILS workers, education coordinator, transition coordinator, community involvement coordinator, volunteers, medical, mental health, chemical health and other consultants as needed to effectively respond to a variety of client needs. MABSSCO accesses additional community resources, including local clinics, hospitals, schools, chemical health and mental health resources (including the Mental Health Crisis Program, which offers a mobile crisis team 24/7 days in Carver and Scott Counties.
MABSSCO Journey is located in a five bedroom house on a five acre lot in Shakopee, MN, close to MN 169.
The kitchen at MABSSCO Journey for Girls is a place to cook healthy foods and chat about whatever.
MABSSCO Step is located in Victoria, MN next to Carver Three Rivers Park and Lake Auburn in eastern Carver County.
MABSSCO Step
MABSSCO Step works with a young man leaving a correctional, treatment, foster care or other setting through residential care and program services. Together we find the kind of education, employment, housing and community he needs for a successful transition to life on his own.
Target Profile:
· Young man, aged 16-20;
· Court ordered or voluntary placement;
· He is being released from a correctional or treatment facility or transitioning from a foster home,
· With support he can work, learn and volunteer in the community;
· He needs support for a successful transition to living on his own.
Key results include:
1. Hope and direction through an active Community Treatment Team;
2. Restored health, including mental health through Step and community resources;
3. Safety and support through creation of a tested Safety and Support Network;
4. Healing and justice through restorative practices;
5. Independent living skills through a competency-based approach to learning;
6. Independent living through housing, employment and a sound budget;
7. Interdependent living through experiencing the value of community everyday;
Successful transition through aftercare.
What are some of the placement critical goals we can help young men with?
- Develop independent living skills to prepare for independent living
- Develop a plan and resources for interdependent living including safe and affordable housing, steady employmetn and a budget that works for them
Relax in front of the fireplace at MABSSCO Step.
