Family Services Collabrative

Family Services Collaborative
of Faribault & Martin Counties
115 West First Street, Fairmont MN 56031
Ph: 507-238-4757 Fax: 507-238-1574
Warren A. Knudson, Collaborative Manager

Communities Partnering to Provide Services to Children and Their Families

Fairmont Area Schools, ISD #2752 - - Blue Earth Area Schools, ISD #2860
Granada-Huntley-East Chain Schools, ISD #2436 - - Truman School, ISD #458
Martin County West Schools, ISD #2448 - - United South Central Schools, ISD #2134
Southern Plains Education Cooperative, ISD #915
Minnesota Department of Corrections in Faribault County and Martin County
Human Services of Faribault & Martin Counties (Public Health, Social Services, Mental Health)

Family Services Collaborative of Faribault & Martin Counties (which includes the Children's Mental Health Collaborative) was designed through interagency partnerships to address the development, educational, health, and family-related needs of children and youth. The Collaborative entity allows multiple agencies/organizations to work more efficiently and effectively together with families to coordinate resources and efforts; allows expansion of programs which improve family functioning by promoting healthy child development, positive parent/child interaction, positive parenting, and by assuring families have identified medical resources; and improves children's developmental and educational achievements through prevention of and early intervention in child and parent problems that negatively impact the child in school.

For further information about the Collaborative, please contact the Collaborative Manager, Warren Knudson, at 115 West First Street, Fairmont MN 56031, by phone at 507-238-4757, fax at 507-238-1574, or email Warren Knudson. ( warren.knudson@state.mn.us )

Collaborative Management Team members include:
♦ Warren Knudson, Collaborative Manager
♦ Stephen Bohling, Citizen Member of Human Services Board
♦ Martha Potter, Citizen Member of Human Services Board
♦ Dale Brandsoy, Superintendent, Blue Earth Area Schools
♦ Randy Grupe, Superintendent, Martin County West Schools and Granada-Huntley-East Chain Schools
♦ Butch Hanson, Superintendent, Fairmont Area Schools
♦ John Larson, Superintendent, Truman Schools
♦ Bob Stuerman, Superintendent, United South Central Schools
♦ James Sop, District Supervisor, Department of Corrections
♦ Michael Downey, District Supervisor, Department of Corrections
♦ Carmen Reckard, Community Health
♦ Maurice Shoen, Mental Health
♦ Kathy DeNeui, Income Maintenance
♦ Vickie Savick, Social Services
♦ Kathy Werner, Business Manager, Collaborative Coordinator
♦ Chris Ziegler, Collaborative Fiscal Agent

For Collaborative Partners, attached are forms for requesting funding for the Discretionary Fund and the Electronic In-Home Monitoring Discretionary Fund. Please print these forms and mail or fax to Warren Knudson for action. Please do not send forms electronically as they need to be signed.

Collaborative Discretionary Fund Request FSC-1
Collaborative In Home Monitoring request FSC-2