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Assists the community by preparing for, responding to, and recovering from natural and man-made disasters. Services include coordination with agencies to deliver critical support, such as emergency response and hazard mitigation, ensuring recovery and resilience, planning, public education, and training.

Greater Twin Cities United Way 211

Offers a wide range of services and resources including books, eBooks, audiobooks, government documents, and digital magazines, as well as internet access, computer classes, and notary services. Specialized services include homebound delivery, a Deaf and Hard of Hearing collection, GED and ESL classes, and adaptive technology for individuals with disabilities. Also provides online databases, downloadable music, and a mobile Bookmobile service with scheduled stops throughout the community.

Greater Twin Cities United Way 211

Resources are provided through a website offering:

• Expert resume assistance, feedback, templates, and tips

• Live interview coaching plus tips and resources

• Resources for job searching and career tips

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Provide investigative and intervention services on behalf of vulnerable adults who are unable to act on their own behalf, manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger of abuse. Types of abuse may be physical, emotional, sexual abuse, financial exploitation, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, neglect, or abandonment. Services include:

• Taking reports and investigating abuse and/or maltreatment

• 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, assisted living, and home health agencies can be referred to the Minnesota Board of Aging Ombudsman for Long-Term Care.

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NOTE: Application is closed for this program. Funds may be available to prevent homelessness who are past due on their housing expenses and need financial assistance with a rent deposit, first month's rent, past due rent, or at risk of being disconnected from their utilities, and need help to keep their current housing can apply. NOTE: Single adults and families who are residents of northern Saint Louis County area must get a pre-screen through United Way 211 to access this program. The pre-screen information is provided to Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency.

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Offers four residential service options that support individuals with disabilities in community-based settings:

• hoMEbase Apartment Program: Provides a balance of independence and support for individuals living in their own or shared apartments.

• Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF-MR): Delivers 24-hour awake supervision in medically modeled group homes for individuals with higher support needs.

• Semi-Independent Living Services (SILS): Assists individuals transitioning into the community, offering an average of 5-6 hours of weekly support to promote independent living.

• Waiver-Funded Group Homes: Provides 24-hour supervised residential care within community homes for individuals with disabilities.

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Financial assistance for burial and other related expenses.

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Helps women and men who have been the primary caretaker at home and lost their primary income, suddenly needed to provide for their family. Helps participants find worthwhile employment and livable wage jobs to support their families. Services include personal assessments, individual counseling, education and training, job search and placement support, networking and support, and other short-term assistance.

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• Mobility bus transportation service for eligible persons who cannot use regular route bus service due to physical and/or mental disability.

• Buses equipped for wheelchairs.

• The service area for the Greater Mankato Transit Systems paratransit service includes any location within the city limits of Mankato or North Mankato.

• Fixed route buses handicapped accessible as well

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Responds to mental health crises or emergencies with telephone or face-to-face assessment, intervention and stabilization services at home, school or in the community. Emergencies can be a behavioral, emotional or psychiatric situation needing a timely intervention to reduce the possibility of physical harm. Staff also provide necessary safety planning and short-term therapeutic services to assist in recovery from a crisis.

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Cottage Grove Service Center

• Birth certificates between 1900 - present
• Death records between 1997 - present
• Marriage certificates and licenses
• Notary commission registration
• Park permit
• Passports, passport cards, and photos

Forest Lake License Center

• Disability license plate and certificates
• Game and fish licenses
• Marriage certificates and licenses
• Notary commission registration
• Park permit
• Passports, passport cards, and photos
• Snowmobile licenses
• Watercraft licenses

Headwaters Service Center

• Birth certificates between 1900 - present
• Death records between 1997 - present
• Marriage certificates and licenses
• Notary commission registration
• Park permit
• Passports, passport cards, and photos

Stillwater License Center

• Disability license plate and certificates
• Game and fish licenses
• Marriage certificates and licenses
• Notary commission registration
• Park permit
• Passports, passport cards, and photos
• Snowmobile licenses
• Watercraft licenses

Washington County Government Center

• Beer/liquor licenses and permits
• Birth certificates between 1870 - present
• Death certificates between 1870 - present
• Marriage certificates and licenses
• Notary commission registration
• Park permit

Woodbury License Center

• Disability license plate and certificates
• Game and fish licenses
• Marriage certificates and licenses
• Notary commission registration
• New resident motor vehicle registration
• Park permit
• Passports, passport cards, and photos
• Snowmobile licenses
• Watercraft licenses

Woodbury Service Center

• Marriage certificates and licenses
• Notary commission registration
• Passports, passport cards, and photos
• Park permit

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Real-time resume and interview online coaching/career advice resource including:

• Expert resume assistance, feedback, templates, and tips

• Live interview coaching plus tips and resources

• Resources for job searching and career tips

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Independent senior living community offering:

• 24-hour emergency response system
• Additional storage space
• Craft and activity area
• Close proximity to downtown
• Continental breakfast
• Fitness equipment
• Fireplace, lounge and library
• Kitchen and dining room facilities
• Optional exercise program
• Paid utilities

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Offers a military help line exclusively for current members and veterans of the military and their families. Service members or eligible family members stationed in the United States or overseas, they can also access the help line, based on their telephone operator or using the Defense Switched Network (DSN). The help line provides:

• Assistance with immigration-related information

• Checking the status of military member's Form N-400 Application for Naturalization

• Notifying a new mailing address or duty station

• Obtaining posthumous citizenship for a deceased member of the U.S. armed forces

• Offers information about naturalization through military service under special provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)

• Provides information for immediate relatives of the United States armed forces member who died from combat-related injuries while on active duty for certain survivor immigration benefits, including citizenship

• Submitting an application for expedited processing of military N-400 and N-600 applications

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Sexual assault nurse examiners provide sexual assault forensic exams for survivors of sexual violence. Exams are provided at hospital emergency departments at local hospitals. Advocates are present to support victims throughout the exam.

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Prepares participants by providing the tools to develop hard and soft skills, reach career goals, and obtain proper certifications and licenses. Career training coaches are available to assist every step of the way by preparing participants for college-level classes, connecting them to employers, and helping to build professional skills and networks. Offers the following services:

• Class A Commercial Driver's License Program: Helps participants earn a CDL for free by providing a training coach. Provides an immersive and hands-on training program held at the Interstate Truck Driving School.

• Four Cornerstones of Financial Wellness: Provides classes that help participants increase financial management skills and learn to navigate financial systems. Classes include: budgeting to create savings, asset building and debt reduction, building a good credit report, and consumer protection and financial institutions.

• Healthcare Career Pathways: Helps participants build skills, reach career goals, and obtain proper certifications and licenses. Provides a training coach that prepares participants for college-level classes, connections to employers, and builds professional skills and networks. Courses offered include English for Industry, Nursing Assistant, Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers, and Nursing Assistant Refresher.

• Re-Entry Services: Provides adults recently paroled or released an opportunity to gain proper credentials in trainings such as Class A Commercial Driver's License. In addition to job training and career planning, participants will have access to transportation assistance and financial coaching.

• Welding and CNC Machining: Offers participants that have completed Manufacturing Foundations, the opportunity to pursue advanced manufacturing programs at Hennepin Technical College that includes 7 - 10 month certificates in Gas Metal Arc Welding or CNC Machining. Program also prepares participants an opportunity to continue their education and earn an associate's degree in a skilled trade.

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Represents the county in the following types of cases:

• Child protection/CHIPS cases

• Child support and paternity

• Commitments

• Conservatorship

• Criminal and delinquency prosecution

• Guardianships

• Legal representation of boards and agencies

• Vulnerable adult protection

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Provide assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits through county, state, and federal programs. Benefits include:

• Burial benefits

• Coordinates transportation to VA Medical Center

• Dental and Optical vouchers for both qualified veterans and their spouses

• Discharge review

• Emergency Financial assistance upon approval of the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs

• Education and training

• GI Bill education training

• GI life insurance

• Home loan guaranteed by the USDVA

• Outpatient medical care

• Non-service related disability pension

• Service related disability compensation

• Survivors and dependents education

• Veteran/Military health insurance

• Veteran survivor insurance

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Patients who need help paying their bill or prescriptions can call to discuss special circumstances or request a payment plan

• Allina Partners Care Program: Assists patients who do not qualify for Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare in Minnesota, or BadgerCare in Wisconsin, and whose annual incomes are at or below 275 percent of the federal poverty level

• Uninsured Discount Program: Provides a discount on medically necessary hospital charges for individuals who do not qualify for Medicaid or Allina Health Partners Care

• MedCredit Financial Services: Provides a financing option to patients who can't afford to pay high monthly payments for their medical bills over a short period of time

• Prescription Assistance Program: Patients can speak to staff or contact an Allina Health health care provider to send a referral letter to the program

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Community and adult basic education for youth and older adult programs, including art, sports, recreation, enrichment classes, ABE, ESL, and GED classes.

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14-week intensive outpatient program assisting adults in the implementation of recovery strategies for chemical health by applying recovery principles and integrating mental health services to establish and promote symptom management and recovery stabilization. Providing:

• Comprehensive assessments

• Crisis intervention available for clients as needed (for health conditions as well as mental health)

• Diagnostic assessments

?- Dual recovery aftercare services ?- Family/significant other education on co-occurring disorders

• Psycho-education on co-occurring disorders

• Provides treatment services to those on medication assisted therapies ( Methadone, Suboxone, Buprenorphine)

• Referrals to agencies

• Specialized co-occurring psychotherapy groups

• Tutors (interns or staff) provided for individuals seeking additional assistance

• Weekly treatment plan reviews and case management coordination

NOTE: Assessment is not required and can be provided for co-occurring disorders treatment.

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Works with individuals, families, or parishes to address needs, supply emergency resource materials, and develop emergency response services in the wake of a tragedy or natural disaster. Members of VOAD.

Greater Twin Cities United Way 211

• Meetings are in the lounge of the Birthing Center at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital - 7 pm The 4th Tuesday of each month

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Mayor and City Council Members:

• Member contact information

Departments:

• Administration and Finance

• Airport

• Building Inspections Department

• Building permits and business licenses

• Economic Development Authority (EDA)

• Emergency Management

• Parks and Recreation: Park system includes 22 parks or parcels used for recreational purposes or landscaping, as well as the land the two arenas are located. The park system also features several playgrounds, outdoor skating rinks with warming houses, basketball courts, flower gardens, and picnic areas.

• Public pool

• Public Safety

• Public Works

• Recycling

• Zoning and Planning Commission

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