Restoring Hope. Reshaping Futures.
Illinois • Maryland • Minnesota • North Dakota • Oregon
Nexus Family Healing helps youth and families heal from trauma and complex mental health challenges.
How can we help you today?
Choose the path that fits your needs. We’ll guide you from there.
I’m a professional making a referral
Quick access to program information and referral pathways across our services.
I want to foster or adopt
Learn how you can provide a safe, stable home for a child or youth.
I’m looking for tools and information for my family
Mental and behavioral health resources for children, families and adults.
I’m looking for a career with purpose
Join a team dedicated to strengthening families and communities.
I want to support Nexus Family Healing
Help children and families overcome extraordinary mental health challenges.
Strong families. Safe homes. Healthy futures.
At Nexus Family Healing, we believe every child deserves safety, stability and the opportunity to thrive. Through services in community mental health, crisis and stabilization, foster care and adoption, and residential treatment we partner with families, professionals, and communities to create lasting change.
We serve children and families in Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Oregon, meeting each community’s unique needs with compassion and expertise.
The difference we make together
Behind every number is a child who feels safe. A family that feels supported. A future that feels possible.
clients served annually
foster & adoptive youth and families supported
crisis & stabilization clients received services
years of strengthening families and communities
In This Family podcast
Real stories. Honest conversations. Voices that matter.
In This Family podcast explores foster care, adoption, mental health and the lived experiences of children, parents, professionals and caregivers. Hosted by Dr. Michelle K. Murray, President/CEO of Nexus Family Healing and licensed marriage and family therapist, learn about the impact of mental health within families through honest, candid conversations.
What sets us apart
No matter where you receive Nexus services, you’ll experience the same high-quality care and resources for your individual needs. Our approach to healing is founded in these 10 Service Delivery Practice Principles.
“After three increasingly desperate years, we have our kid back.” — Nexus Parent
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Latest News
Hennepin County Youth Stabilization Center Set to Open
Nexus Family Healing is pleased to announce that the new Hennepin County Youth Stabilization Center, located at the Hennepin County Behavioral Health Center in Minneapolis’ Ventura Village neighborhood, is set to open mid-December, when the facility will welcome its first residents.
Stories of Hope/Impact
Realizing Extraordinary Possibilities
Freedom Day is what Larry calls October 3rd, the day in 1966 when he first arrived on Nexus-Woodbourne Family Healing’s campus, looking for a path forward. Nearly sixty years later, on that same date, he walked through those familiar doors once again.
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