Michelle Ackermann is the Associate Director of Community Based Services for KVC Missouri’s Southwestern Region. Michelle manages the Ozarks Family Resource Center, an emergency shelter for youth who are in foster care, homeless or during times of family crisis. The shelter provides safe, stable housing for youth for up to 30 days while long-term placement is found or until the family crisis has abated. She also manages the southwest region’s Intensive In-Home Services program, which serves families who are at imminent risk of their children entering foster care due to child abuse or neglect.

Michelle earned her Master’s in Social Work from Our Lady of the Lake University and her Bachelor’s in Social Work from Missouri State University.

Michelle has worked in mental health and child welfare for more than 20 years. She has experience in multiple settings including, Children’s Division, schools, acute mental health, residential treatment and community-based services. She has experience interacting with systems and processes at all levels of care including, prevention, investigation and foster care. She specializes in working with youth who need behavioral healthcare and helping families access services to stabilize children in the home. Prior to her current position, Michelle was an Ozarks Family Resource Center therapist.

“I work with children and families because I enjoy helping them be successful. It is very rewarding for me to be able to assist a family in meeting the needs of their children.” -Michelle Ackermann