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Serious & Persistent Mental Illness
Social workers and mental health professionals work directly with adults with a serious and persistent mental illness, providing and arranging for services such as case management, community support, crisis intervention, therapy, in-home therapy, and/or placement for treatment.
Need help?
South Central Mobile Crisis Team
877-399-3040
The South Central Mobile Crisis Team is available 24/7 and is able to respond to all counties within the region, which includes Rice County. The team is able to meet with people that are experiencing a mental health or emotional crisis that includes
- Feelings of stress or feeling overwhelmed
- Plans or thoughts of hurting yourself or others
- Suddenly finding it difficult to complete normal daily activities due to stress or other symptoms
- Increase or change in symptoms such as mood, anxiety or panic attacks, hallucinations, or delusions
The team offers
- Problem solving and coping strategies
- Referrals to other local services to provide ongoing support
- Family education and support
- Brief ongoing support
Copeland Center for Wellness and Recovery
Wellness Recovery Action Plan is a personalized wellness and recovery system born out of and rooted in the principle of self-determination.
WRAP® is a wellness and recovery approach that helps people to: 1) decrease and prevent intrusive or troubling feelings and behaviors; 2) increase personal empowerment; 3) improve quality of life; and 4) achieve their own life goals and dreams.
Mental health resources
- Boosting Your Mental Health
- Bridge the Gap
- Conversation tips
- How to have the conversation
- How to support your friends and family
- Mental Health Minnesota
- Mental Health Resources in Rice County
- Mobile Crisis Team brochure
- Recursos de salud mental en el Conadado Rice/Mental Health Resources in Rice County (Spanish)
- Rice County Chemical and Mental Health Resource Directory
- Websites apps
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Megan Thomas
Adult Services Manager
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Rick Gieseke
Deputy Administrator-Community Services
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Social Services
Physical Address
Rice County Government Services Building
320 Third St. NW
Faribault, MN 55021
Phone: 507-332-6115Fax: 507-332-6247
Northfield: 507-645-4723
Lonsdale: 507-744-5185
Toll Free: 888-200-4807
24-hour crisis line: 800-422-1286Northfield office
Northfield Community Resource Center
1651 Jefferson Parkway, #110, Door 17, Northfield
Hours by appointment onlyEmail the Financial Assistance office