South Metro Human Services is a tax exempt, non-profit agency founded in 1986 and opened its first program in 1987, Community Foundations, a 16-bed residential program for men and women diagnosed with a serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI). Community Foundations is still in operation today as an Intensive Residential Treatment Services Center. In 1988, South Metro expanded by opening the Access program which works with mentally ill persons who are experiencing homelessness in Ramsey County. Also in 1988, South Metro became one of the providers of Rule 79 Case Management services in Ramsey County.

Over the next ten years, South Metro Human Services increased the number of programs in Ramsey County by providing Chemical Dependence Case Management, Housing Services Programs, Representative Payee Services, CADI/TBI Case Management and Pre-Petition Screening. South Metro also opened its first program in Hennepin County, Integrated Community Services.

Our largest growth period began in 2003 with the addition of the Adult Foster Care Program and the opening of the Dayton house in St. Paul. Over then next four years, South Metro Human Services opened ten more foster care homes in the metropolitan area.

In 2005, we experienced further expansion with the addition of Assertive Community Treatment teams in Ramsey, Hennepin and Anoka counties as well as the creation of the Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services [ARMHS] program.

Currently, several hundred employees serve clients in Ramsey, Hennepin, Anoka, Washington and Dakota Counties.