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Hennepin County Youth Stabilization Center Set to Open

December 9, 2025

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.

Read the newsHennepin County Youth Stabilization Center Set to Open

Hormel Foundation $5.3m Award Supports New Youth Dormitory at Gerard Campus

December 5, 2025

Nexus Family Healing has been awarded a grant of $5.3 million by The Hormel Foundation toward construction of a new youth dormitory on the Gerard campus in Austin, MN.

Read the newsHormel Foundation $5.3m Award Supports New Youth Dormitory at Gerard Campus

Nexus Family Healing Launches Podcast to Explore the Pivotal Role of Family in Mental Health, Featuring the Stories of Public and Private Figures

October 8, 2025

Nexus Family Healing, a recognized leader in mental and behavioral health for youth and families for over 50 years, has launched its first podcast, In This Family, with new episodes available every Wednesday.

Read the newsNexus Family Healing Launches Podcast to Explore the Pivotal Role of Family in Mental Health, Featuring the Stories of Public and Private Figures

New Executive Director Joins Nexus Family Healing

September 23, 2024

Nexus announced that Melissa Webster, LCPC has joined the agency as Executive Director.

Read the newsNew Executive Director Joins Nexus Family Healing

Nexus Family Healing Expands Mental Health Programming to Oregon

February 13, 2024

Nexus Family Healing is expanding, opening its first mental health treatment program in Oregon next month. Walden Crossing is a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) that will support youth ages 10-17 with mental and developmental disabilities who have become involved in the justice system.

Read the newsNexus Family Healing Expands Mental Health Programming to Oregon

Nexus Names Executive Director, Kate Coughlin

July 31, 2023

Nexus Family Healing, a national nonprofit organization providing emotional, behavioral, and mental health services to children and families, has named Kate Coughlin as Executive Director of North Dakota services.

Read the newsNexus Names Executive Director, Kate Coughlin

Nexus to Open New PRTF, Launches Youth Care Transition Program

June 12, 2023

Dr. Michelle Murray, CEO of Nexus Family Healing, announced that the agency will open its first psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF) later this year in East Bethel, located approximately 35 miles north of Minneapolis. It will be the fifth PRTF in Minnesota.

Read the newsNexus to Open New PRTF, Launches Youth Care Transition Program

Nexus Awarded $500,000 through The Hormel Foundation

November 22, 2022

Nexus Family Healing has been awarded a grant of $500,000 by The Hormel Foundation toward the addition of a new Family Center on their campus, formerly the estate of Jay C. Hormel.

Read the newsNexus Awarded $500,000 through The Hormel Foundation

Bryon Fracchia Named Executive Director, Nexus-Woodbourne

November 11, 2022

Nexus Family Healing names Bryon Fracchia Executive Director of their Baltimore agency, Nexus-Woodbourne Family Healing.

Read the newsBryon Fracchia Named Executive Director, Nexus-Woodbourne

Aspen House Offers Housing, Mental Health Care for Teens in Crisis

October 14, 2022

Dakota County and Nexus Family Healing are celebrating the opening of Aspen House, a short-term residential facility for Dakota and Washington counties to place youth ages 12–18 who temporarily need a safe place to stay. Staff plan to open Aspen House October 2022.

Read the newsAspen House Offers Housing, Mental Health Care for Teens in Crisis

Best You in ’22: Start Small

January 3, 2022

Our President and CEO Dr. Michelle K. Murray joined KSTP’s Minnesota Live to talk about how families can keep it simple in the new year by setting small, specific, and intentional goals.

Read the newsBest You in ’22: Start Small

Mental Health Crisis Center to Open in Rochester on July 28

July 21, 2021

Southeast Minnesota residents experiencing a mental health crisis will soon have another place to go for care.

Read the newsMental Health Crisis Center to Open in Rochester on July 28

News & media inquiries

Leadership and mental health professionals at Nexus Family Healing are available as speakers, interviewees, and presenters, offering expertise on mental health issues related to outpatient therapy, residential treatment, and foster care.

Reporters looking for quotable sources, information, or interviews may contact:

Tera Girardin
Sr. Director of Marketing and Communications
Office: 763-551-8640 ext. 01063
[email protected]

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