Associated Press
GRAND FORKS, North Dakota — A North Dakota mental health treatment center has received a national award for community-based facilities serving young people.
The Performance-based Standards Learning Institute presented an award to the state Department of Human Services’ Ruth Meiers Adolescent Treatment Center on Monday. It was recognized for using data and performance-based standards to improve outcomes for mental illness patients, families and staff.
The institute says the residential treatment center in Grand Forks was selected for its work to improve fairness around discipline issues, and for its sensitivity to the impact of trauma on many of its young clients.
The center became a PbS pilot project in 2012 with support from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. It aimed to keep young people out of the juvenile correction system by providing better services.