Adult Protection Services - Carlton County Public Health and Human Services
14 North 11th Street, Cloquet, MN 55720
- To report maltreatment of a vulnerable adult, call the Minnesota Adult Abuse Reporting Center - No application process, client may remain anonymous
Carlton County, MN
Description
Provides assistance, investigates, and/or intervenes on behalf of vulnerable adults who are unable to act on their own behalf, manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger due to physical or emotional abuse, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, neglect, or abandonment. Services may include: - Authorization for medical treatment - Consultation to individuals who suspect abuse - Removal of the individual to safer surroundings - Services necessary to remove the conditions which have created a threat to life ?NOTE: Complaints, questions, or concerns involving incidents in facilities licensed by the Health Department - such as hospitals, nursing homes, boarding care homes, supervised living facilities, and assisted living and home health agencies - can be referred to the MN Office of Health Facility Complaints at (651)201-4201 or toll-free at (800)369-7994.
Providing organization
Carlton County Public Health and Human Services
Serves those needing health insurance coverage and financial or food benefit assistance. It also educates and promotes healthy families through health outreach and education.