Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS)
Children's Mental Health Programs
540 Cedar St, St. Paul, MN 55155
Eligibility
If you have questions about eligibility, contact your child's local county or tribal human services agency or the Minnesota Health Care Programs Member Help Desk, at (800) 657-3739. If your child is enrolled in a health plan and you have questions about coverage for services, call that health plan's member services.
Email[email protected]
Application process
A directory of children's mental health crisis phone numbers is available online.
For non-crisis situations, a pediatrician or family practice provider is often the first stop for families seeking help because of a child's behavior, mood or other symptoms. They may refer the child to programs or services.
Site Service Area
Statewide
Ensures that programs and services are available throughout Minnesota, and works with counties, providers and tribes to deliver services.
Programs and services include:
- Behavioral health home services
- Case management services
- Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics
- Children's Intensive Behavioral Health Services
- Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health Services
- Children's Residential Treatment
- Children's Therapeutic Services and Supports
- Community Mental Health Centers
- Day treatment
- Early childhood mental health services
- First episode psychosis
- Mental health and addiction treatment
- Mental Health Behavioral Aide
- Minnesota Intensive Therapeutic Homes
- Outpatient mental health services
- Partial hospitalization
- Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities
- Psychiatric units
- Respite care
- School-linked mental health services
- School mental health services in special education
- System of Care
- Traditional Healing For Native Communities
- Transition services
- Trauma-informed care
Last Update
03/27/2026
Providing organization
Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS)
Organization URLhttps://mn.gov/dhs