Pinehaven Youth and Family Services

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Phone: 218-828-2027
Fax: 218-829-1473

"Pinehaven was the best choice we made! There were not only for the kids but they made sure we as foster parents had every resource available to us. It’s truly wonderful to have them with us throughout the whole process of adopting our 3 wonderful children. We cannot say enough good things about this group of people. I tell anyone interested in becoming a foster or adoptive family about Pinehaven."
Foster Parents

"An excellent job of communicating with me as needed."
Probation Agent

"Very professional, helpful, caring and competent."
Social Worker

"You are my go to agency, you care and are responsive."
Social Worker

"Excellent, Stable, Open to creativity and thinking outside the box."
Social Worker

"Pinehaven has been more than helpful with transportation, placements, staffings and individual planning."
Social Worker

"Case manager is very involved with the youth and the homes that they supervise and does an excellent job advocating for youth and providing support for foster parents. Very professional."
Probation Agent

"I always enjoy working with this agency."
Guardian Ad Litem

"Very calm, caring and sensitive to the needs of the young people in foster care."
Guardian Ad Litem

"Wonderful to work with."
Social Worker

"You guys do an excellent job."
Probation Agent

"Pinehaven did an excellent job with a very complicated case."
Social Worker

"Pinehaven is a very good organization."
Social Worker

"Excellent support services to foster parents."
Social Worker

"Knowledgeable and goes the extra mile."
Social Worker

"Truly enjoyed working with Pinehaven and would look to their homes for future placements."
ICWA Worker

"Your program is wonderful and fills a need that we are feeling more and more with the transition of youth."
Social Worker

"Thanks for the great work in difficult situations."
Social Worker

"This was my first placement at Pinehaven and my experience was EXCELLENT!!"
Social Worker

"Our current experience with Pinehaven has been wonderful! Our worker has been very competent, compassionate and supportive. She’s easy to work with and makes herself available to us, whenever we need her. I know she cares about our entire family, not only our foster child. Our adoption will be final soon and we will miss her!"
Foster Parent

"Working with Pinehaven has been a wonderful experience. From the very beginning, the licensing process was organized and timely, with assistance as needed along the way. My husband and I found that working with the case manager was a pleasure, it was very easy to ask questions, get outside ideas and/or assistance, and we always felt supported. Overall, our first experience getting licensed and being a foster family was extremely positive, thanks to Pinehaven and the resources and staff they have available."
Foster Parent

"Our family’s heart is in foster care. We have found a great partner in Pinehaven Youth & Family Services, Inc. to be a support to families and kids through difficult times in their lives."
Foster Parent

"I licensed with Pinehaven through a mutual friend and finding out that my life philosophy and experiences were conducive with Pinehaven. The real world is where we all need to live in and get prepared for. Many of the adolescents that reside in my home have a disillusioned view of life and the world…. This needs to be addressed realistically. The support that Pinehaven offers to me is the reason I stay with the agency. The case manager offers services that allow me to work with the adolescents in a constructive and realistic way. I am able to access the staff when needed. They are there for meetings and support. Pinehaven is person centered in all areas; and live that belief. I am proud to say that my licensing agency is Pinehaven Youth and Family Services, Inc."
Foster Parent

Foster Children:
Youth in care through Pinehaven Youth and Family Services, Inc. are all individuals who have experiences in their young lives that they may need support and consistency to manage. They are children who may have struggles with expressing themselves and need assistance with gaining the skills to assist themselves and become happy, healthy and successful members of the community. Youth benefit by identifying and developing coping strategies, along with necessary skills to build and maintain self-regulating behaviors. The foster care team assists each individual placed in care in positive growth and development that can lead to life-long success emotionally, intellectually and spiritually.

Pinehaven Youth and Family Services, Inc. understands that children in out of home placement may have experienced abuse, neglect, abandonment, or multiple traumas and will consider all children for placement consistent with the individual child's or sibling group's best interest.

Foster Families:
Pinehaven Youth and Family Services, Inc. is licensed through the MN Department of Human Services to license, supervise and support families throughout the state of MN who have a desire to help youth and families through fostering. Foster families through Pinehaven Youth and Family Services, Inc. provide children a nurturing,safe, structured and consistent family environment to assist in meeting their needs.

Foster families are expected to:

Communicate regularly with their Case Manager
Be strong team members and work together for the needs of the youth
Follow all court orders, treatment plans and other recommendations
Support biological family

To become a foster parent you should:

Possess strong characteristics to care for the special needs of children entering foster care.
Be at least 21 years of age
Successfully complete the Adam Walsh background study
Complete required training
Complete all initial and ongoing licensing requirements
Transport children in care to all appointments and court
Be committed to the child's social,emotional,physical,educational and cultural needs
Be willing and able to parent children with challenging behaviors in a positive manner, providing structure, stability, and consistency appropriate to the child's developmental needs.

Description of Services:
We have licensed foster homes throughout the state of MN. Case Managers work closely with foster families providing support and assistance as needed.

Pinehaven Youth and Family Services, Inc. Case Management provides:

Weekly contact and support to all foster families
Minimum of twice monthly visits with the family and once a month visits with the child will occur
24 hour on call crisis management
Assistance with accessing trainings specific to the needs of the child and licensing requirements
Development of treatment plans and identifying overall goals
Assist in accessing resources in the community to meet the needs of the child placed
Assist with all school needs and issues

Pinehaven Youth and Family Services, Inc. Case Managers and Administration will always strive to lead a strong team to effectively work together with personnel from the placing agency, the court system, biological families and all other individuals involved to support the placement goals.