Member Benefit - Training and Networking

Benefits of Membership

There are numerous reasons why children, youth, and family-serving organizations should consider membership.

TRAINING AND NETWORKING

  • Membership meetings provide opportunities

    • for field leaders to build and deepen relationships

    • to stay abreast of relevant content and field and policy updates

    • to capture required CEUs

  • Leadership and supervisor training, e.g. evidence-based practices training and Dare to Lead certificate training

  • Annual AspireMN Innovation Summit

Building Blocks and Support

TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE

  • Staff triage member questions and concerns and connect members with practical solutions

  • Members are delivered timely and relevant information regarding policy and practice

  • A unique Peer Review process offers members much-appreciated insight, counsel, and practical advice

CORE (Children’s Outcome Reporting and Evaluation)

  • The Children’s Outcome Reporting and Evaluation (CORE) system is designed by and for members, is unique in the country, and produces valuable outcomes data for organizations and the broader field

Public Policy and Added Benefits

PUBLIC POLICY AND ADVOCACY

  • AspireMN engages the administration and state agencies to represent concerns and collaborate around field and provider needs

  • Association committees and workgroups develop policy proposals and support practice implementation

  • Legislative advocacy includes:

    • designing new services to meet unique or emerging needs

    • improving and innovating within current service delivery models

    • assuring financial and practical sustainability for services

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS

  • AspireMN conducts a semi-annual Salary Survey, the results of which are made available to all participating member organizations

  • Members receive a 25% discount on membership with the Council on Accreditation

Priorities and Activities

ASSOCIATION PRIORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

Sustain

  • Secured ongoing funding for Minnesota’s children’s residential treatment providers

  • Collaborating with stakeholders to launch the redesign of community-based mental health rates

  • Assuring provider sustainability during the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) transition, including financial support for background studies and negotiation around legislative language for implementation

Grow

  • Welcoming new partners to support and continue the innovation of Quality Parenting Initiative-Minnesota (QPI-MN) for foster care and the broader field

  • Hosting CEO Roundtable discussions to explore value-based purchasing and other timely matters of member interest

Develop

  • Engaging with DHS and the legislature to develop the Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF) level of care in MN

  • Convened partners and successfully advocated for a new shelter-linked mental health model in the state

  • Articulating and sharing the provider's perspective on the opportunity for transformation afforded to MN through the FFPSA

AspireMN Looking Forward

LOOKING FORWARD

  • AspireMN will demonstrate our commitment to Anti-Racism by fully acknowledging that the foundation of our field is built on ideals, practices and values of a dominant culture and will integrate our commitment to antiracism in our internal and external actions

  • Prioritize the urgent need to redesign community-based mental health rates

  • Provide leadership for implementation of FFPSA that assures positive transformation and honors all contributors, including providers

  • Develop solutions for gaps in the children’s service continuum, including:

    • work to serve Minnesota youth in Minnesota with a new design to prevent out of state mental health placement

    • develop an intensive in-home model similar to Intensive Treatment in Foster