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At KVC, we want every child and adult to be safe & connected to a strong family and a healthy community. We’re proud to be a leader in innovative, effective and compassionate care.
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We also provide consultation and training through the KVC Institute. Learn more about our software and technology.
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The Heart of Our Work
KVC helps health and human service agencies excel at caring for families with the most complex needs through a proven model that improves people’s health, their experience of care, and costs.
Focus Areas
- Overview of KVC’s Expertise
- Keeping Children Safe
- Keeping Families Safely Together
- Right-Sizing Congregate Care in Foster Care
- Preventing & Treating Childhood Trauma
- Suicide Prevention Expertise
- KVC’s Partnership with Sesame Street
- KVC Institute Overview
- Free Parenting Tips & Mental Health eBooks
- Consulting for Managed Care & Primary Health
- Consulting on Child Welfare & Behavioral Health
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Children & Families Need You
Through KVC, you can strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help create a bright future where every person is safe and connected to a strong family and a healthy community. Please join us today!
- About Us
About KVC
KVC Health Systems is a national leader in mental health and child welfare. Our network of local nonprofits are driven by a common mission, vision and values to strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and help children and adults achieve mental wellness.
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Suzanne Lohrbach, PhD
Suzanne Lohrbach, PhD, is the Executive Director of the KVC Institute for Practice Improvements and Innovations in Child and Family Services. In this role, she leads a broad team working to transform the experience of childhood and improve the wellbeing of children, families and communities. The KVC Institute focuses on developing creative solutions to complex social problems, and translating research into practice by developing practical learning tools for direct service providers, educators and families. By accelerating research and the adoption of evidence-informed practices, the KVC Institute plays a key role in strengthening families, healing children who have experienced trauma, improving the health of those with mental health needs, and creating a brighter future for people across the country and beyond.
Sue Lohrbach has a combined 30 years of experience working and supervising practice in public child protective services and child, adolescent, and adult mental health. She consults and presents nationally and internationally on differential response systems in child welfare, intervention in high-risk child protective service delivery, domestic violence, family involvement, youth development, research-to-practice initiatives, and group supervision in child welfare systems.
Sue received her BA from Luther College, Decorah, Iowa; her MS in Community Counseling from Winona State University in Minnesota; and is currently a PhD candidate in Social Work at the University of Minnesota. She is licensed in the State of Minnesota as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker.