
Watercourse Counseling Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
agency established in 1999 to strengthen our community
by supporting people in the journey toward emotional
wellbeing. We strive to improve community wellness by:
creating equitable access to mental health services,
bringing services into the community, building
partnerships to address community issues impacted by
mental health, and by mentoring mental health trainees
in community mental health.
We provide services in eleven primary
locations our two community clinics in south and north
Minneapolis and nine schools in Minneapolis where we
operate fulltime school based mental health clinics in
Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS);
we also
provide outreach to clients in community locations and
through the community garden located at our south
clinic. Because of the diversity of settings in which we
work, we serve a wide range of cultural and ethnic
communities, including African American, Native
American, Caucasian, and Latino and East African
immigrant communities. In 2014, we worked directly with
925 clients, exclusive of parents and family members,
and around 50% of those clients were from immigrant and
refugee communities.
Over the past sixteen years, we have
adapted to changing community
circumstances and adjusted & expanded programs that
address a range of issues and challenges in the
community. We build our current services around
opportunities that are identified through collaboration
and continue to work with multiple partners. Because of
this focus, we have been able
to accomplish many things that would have been impossible for an
organization of our size working
independently. Now
it's time for us to update our infrastructure and
beautify our space, so we are able to maintain our
ability to be a strong, effective partner and community
neighbor. Our Renovation project plan includes three
phases: I) New addition; II) Green roof, Community Patio
and landscaping; III) Remodeling
of the main floor in
the old building. Construction begins this spring and
plans are to finish renovations over the summer so it is
completed before programs gear up in
the fall.
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