Recommended Service: Group Home

Group Homes are residential facilities where individuals, often children or adults with special needs, live in a group setting with support and supervision provided by trained staff.

C8SM8SP-F12-7502

Child presented to Children’s after becoming dysregulated and aggressive towards other while at a funeral. Family was in town from up north. 911 was called when child began becoming physically aggressive towards foster mother. She has a history of aggressive behavior; history of foster placements.

C8SM8SP-F14-7499

Child presented to Children’s ED due to concerns about where she has been living for approximately 3 weeks since running away from home. Child is currently followed by BCA sex trafficking unit. Now waiting for placement with Hennepin county.

CH8SCH-M16-7447

Patient presented to the ER from group home after engaging in extreme aggression/property destruction. Group home moved to immediately terminate services. Patient has a recent history of boarding in ERs (5/29/26-6/29/26) and brief placements in group homes. Notably, patient was admitted to group home on 9/29 and presented to the ER within 12 hours due to extreme aggression and dysregulated behavior.

C8SM8SP-M12-7425

Child presented to Children’s ED due to altercation at group home. Child was requested by mother (guardian) to be brought to ED for MHCA. Child was no longer allowed to return to group home due to the altercation. Pt has a long history of presenting to the ED due to behaviors and is recommended to discharge home. Mother does not feel safe with pt discharging home in her care.

C8SM8SP-F17-7421

Child was brought to Children’s ED due to medical care concerns from group home. Group home reported they did not feel like they were well-equipped to attend to child’s medical needs; most recently she was choking or coughing when eating foods. Patient’s mother is currently undergoing her own medical care and is undergoing an amputation next week; mother will not be able to care for child while she is recovering. County worker is looking for respite placements and housing.

MCR-F16-7399

16 year old female who has multiple in state and out of state residential placements, and currently on the waitlist for CABS. Family is unable to meet her needs, and she is boarding in the ED. She is in need of residential placement until she is accepted to CABS.

C8SM8SP-M14-7394

Child presented to Children’s ED after becoming dysregulated at group home; he wanted to leave, became upset and began throwing staff’s badges across the room. GH called EMS and child was transported to ED-Saint Paul. He is no longer able to return to GH after this incident. Child has a long history of foster care since he was three years old.

C8SM8SP-F12-7384

Child came to the emergency department after getting into an altercation with grandmother at home. Child had gotten physical with grandmother due to phone usage. Child’s legal guardian is grandmother and does not have contact with bio parents. Child has a long history of trauma. Child’s aggression is only toward grandmother; they have also presented to the ED on 5/7, 6/29, 7/8, and 7/28 for similar situation (physically aggressive towards grandmother). Grandmother is refusing to discharge child back into her care.

CH8SCH-F15-6993

Patient is well known to our ER/Hospital. She previously boarded in the ER 3/12/25-5/9/25 when she was transitioned to the Adolescent inpatient unit and boarded until 10/2/25. Patient moved into a group home built for her.

Patient returned to our ER on 6/28/26 and the group home suspended services effective 6/29/26 due to the level of aggression patient has displayed and injuries to staff. Sherburne County and patient’s guardian (adoptive mom) are not appealing.