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- EIN 93-0354176
- (503) 258-4200
- 11035 NE Sandy Blvd. Portland OR 97220 USA
- www.morrisonkids.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Community Clinics, Health
Mission: Morrison Child and Family Services provides a comprehensive range of mental health and social services for children from infancy through adolescence, including prevention, outpatient, day treatment, residential, and foster care programs. Each year we touch the lives of more than 5,000 children who have experienced challenges such as abuse, neglect, substance abuse exposure or addiction, learning disabilities, lack of family structure or support, and serious emotional trauma. In its 56-year history, Morrison has established a record of innovative programming, community partnerships, and continuous program evaluation and improvement.
Programs: Outpatient services: morrison child and family services delivers specialized outpatient services to children, ages birth through 21. At the core of our work is a deep respect for the complexity of human nature and human needs. We guide children and their families through difficult issues by creating tailored treatment plans to address individual needs and cultural backgrounds. Our programs recognize and respect cultural differences and support the growth of children and adolescents so that their ability to succeed in school and in life is enhanced. Our clinicians work in many settings such as clinics, schools, and other community locations.
hand-in-hand: hand-in-hand psychiatric day treatment services serves up to 22 children between the ages of 3 and 8 who have been severly abused and neglected. Day treatment services are provided year round, four hours per day for each child. The day treatment milieu is staffed by an interdisciplinary team that provides therapeutic activities integrated with portland public schools darts program educational services. Other ancillary services such as community based skill development, speech and language, and occupational therapy services may be made available based on each child's particular needs. Hand-in-hand therapeutic foster care provides time-limited, transitional, and therapeutic home care for children and youth. Planned crisis respite care provies a safe and supportive home for youth coping with a significant mental health disorder. The program serves youth between ages 2 and 17 who have an oregon health plan (ohp) covered diagnosis.
morrison partners with the division of children's services (dcs), within the office of refugee resettlement (orr), as well as lutheran immigration and refugee services for the following 4 programs: secure (senderos), located in the multnomah county juvenile justice complex, provides the highest level of security and serves adjudicated adolescent boys between the ages of 13-17 with high level behavioral issues; staff secure (paso), located at the mt scott building, provides a medium level of security and serves adjudicated adolescent boys between the ages of 13-17 with medium level behavioral issues; shelter program, located at the mt scott building group home setting, serving adolescent boys between the ages of 13-17 with no adjudications and low level behavioral issues; foster care program (micasa), located at the hand-in-hand site includes foster care homes with classroom setting, serving boys and girls ages 4-14.