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12.09.2011New Consumer Satisfaction Results
Available

Current customer satisfaction on Treatment Foster Care Programming at Anu is now available in this report
2011 Consumer Satisfaction

 

6.22.2011Anu wins Innovative Practices Award Honorable Mention from COA read more

 

4.29.20112011 Spring Newsletter

 

2.28.2011Feedback about the agency from foster parents
2011 Feedback from treatment foster parents

 

1.21.2011

 

2010 Annual Report Now Available

 



07.01.2010Feedback about the agency from foster parents
2010 Feedback from foster parents

 


October 30, 2009Family Search & Engagement Implementation Study Executive Summary
Submitted by Annette Semanchin Jones, Research Asistant, University of MinnesotaLink to it.

 

 

RESEARCH

Agency Project Published in Children's Bureau Express


January 15, 2008Preventing Placement Disruptions in Foster CareSubmitted by Annette Semanchin Jones, M.S.W. , Research Assistant &
Susan J. Wells, Ph.D. Gamble-Skogmo Professor in Child Welfare and Youth Policy
Link to it.

Just See Executive Summary

 

July 16, 2008Compare Your Practice to The ResearchFFTA Conference Handout - Treatment Foster Care Agency Worksheet by Annette Semanchin Jones, M.S.W. , Research Assistant &
Robert Edwards Quality & Medicaid Coordinator, Anu Family Services
Link to it.

 

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Referrals & Outcomes

We connect children to permanency in innovative ways that keep 95% of children with the same treatment foster family throughout their placement.

We are committed to delivering positive outcomes, with more than 60% of our youth being discharged to permanent, loving families.

Now offering AdultTreatment Family Care & Child Welfare Training.
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Our Treatment Model

Our treatment model is guided by our belief that...

  • children develop best when connected to loving and stable families.

  • Adults with special needs are best served in family environments.

  • We accomplish excellence in treatment through:
- low caseloads,

-high treatment family involvement,

-extraordinary foster parent and staff education and

-frequent contacts with each child, adult and treatment home.

 

 

04.14.2010Spring 2010 Edition of CW360': Promoting Placement Stability

Publication of the Center For Advanced Studies in Child Welfare at the University of Minnesota (CASCW)
Article: From Mission to Action: A Journey to Increase Rates
of Child Permanen
ce

 

 

What they're saying...

“We’re very satisfied. In a
crisis situation Anu foster parents and social workers
have always been responsive.
I like their comprehensive services and the positive interventions.”

~Marathon County Social Worker


See our Annual Report

Locations

Hudson

Madison

Eau Claire

Minnesota

 

 


Now offering Training in the following areas

* Six Steps to Find a Family:
A practice Guide to Family Search and Engagement (FSE).
citation

* 3-5-7 Model: Preparing Children for Permanency. citation

Contact Erin Wall,
Family Connections Specialist
for more information

Access the FSE and 3-5-7 Resources

 

 

 

 

Anu Family Services Continuum of Care

 

Treatment Foster Care

Each child’s needs are carefully assessed to establish individualized programming and matching to a treatment foster home qualified to meet his or her emotional, developmental, behavioral and/or medical needs.

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Adult Treatment Family Care

Family care placement in certified adult treatment family homes receive treatment consultation and support from experienced social workers. Sponsors are assisted in providing individualized treatment to meet the resident’s emotional, behavioral, developmental and/or medical needs.

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Medically Fragile Specialized Care

Treatment foster care and respite are available to children, youth and adults with complex medical conditions that might otherwise require hospitalization or institutional care.

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Children’s Waiver Treatment Foster Care

Treatment foster care which meets all Children’s Waiver standards.
Respite Foster Care Short-term care provided by treatment foster
families designed to provide relief care to families caring for children or adults with emotional, behavioral, developmental and/or medical needs.

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Respite Foster Care

Short-term care provided by treatment foster families designed to provide relief care to families caring for children or adults with emotional, behavioral, developmental and/or medical needs.

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Family-to-Family Mentoring

Mentor families are licensed foster homes that provide family skills activities, crisis intervention, and relief care to families in need of support. BROCHURE

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Bridge Builders/Independent Living Skills

Helps youth who are 15 and older prepare for life after foster care, teaching them the skills necessary for self-sufficiency and independence.

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Supportive Community Independence Program (SCIP)

Services for adults with long-term disabilities

We strive to increase the independence and self-sufficiency of adults with disabilities through providing supported opportunities and access to communication and environmental information, life skill development, mobility, social integration with peers
and the larger community with a strength-based approach in a philosophy of self-determination.

SCIP Program Brochure | Roommate Wanted Announcement


 

Adoption Services

Completion of home studies for families seeking to adopt.

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In-Home Mental Health Services

Strengthening families through individual and family therapy, permanency mediation and/or family reunification.

 


 

Parent Support Services

Providing support, intervention and skill building to families in behavior management, child safety, nutrition, emotional health and physical health.

 


 

Parent Visitation Monitoring

Supervised family visitation in a safe and structured environment to facilitate healthy family interaction.

 


 

Child-At-Risk Monitoring

In-person safety checks provided for children and families who are involved in the child welfare system.

 

 

 

  • Six Steps to Find a Family: A Practice Guide to Family
    Search and Engagement


    Louisell, M.J. (2008). Six Steps to Find a Family: A Practice Guide to Family Search and Engagement (FSE). National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning; Hunter College & California Permanency for Youth Project. Retrieved online on June 17, 2009 from http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/
    downloads/SixSteps.pdf

  • the 3-5-7 Model by Darla Henry


    Henry, D. (2005). The 3-5-7 Model: Preparing children for permanency. Children and Youth Services Review, 27 (2), 197– 212.

 

 

 


 

 

 


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