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Provides in person and phone consultations to help individuals and families apply for health care programs, including MinnesotaCare, Medical Assistance (MA), and MNsure. Services may include assistance with:

• Applying for private health insurance plans

• Dental care insurance and finding low-cost dental care services

• Emergency insurance

• Hospital financial aid applications

• Renewing health insurance

• Referrals to community and social services

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.

Provides home improvement loans such as:

• Rehabilitation Loan Program (RLP) to help low-income households address health and safety improvements. Funds are used for basic home improvements that directly affect the home's safety, habitability, or energy efficiency to homeowners. No monthly payments but there is a lien on the home where the homeowner must remain in the home for 15 years to be forgiven.

• Emergency and Accessibility Loan Program (ELP) addresses home improvements or essential accessibility improvements. No monthly payments but there is a lien on the home where the homeowner must remain in the home for 15 years to be forgiven.

• Fix-up loan with low-interest to fix basic and necessary home improvements that qualify such as electrical wiring, plumbing repairs, well or septic repair/replacement, windows, siding, or other basic improvements that affect the safety or energy efficiency of the home. The loan maximum amount is $75,000.

Emphasizes skills necessary for independent living with the greatest emphasis on vocational training and job skills. The majority of clients are involved in supported community employment. Job placements include:

• Janitorial work

• Automobile detailing

• Nursing home assistant

• Laundry work

• Lawn care

• Dish washing

• Recycling services

• Retail crafts

• Food service industry

The DAC operates the following:

• Recycling center

• Ink pen and pin back button assembly station

• Retail craft industry

• Non-vocational programs

• Daily hot lunches, meals are prepared according to individual client dietary needs. Program serves meals for clients with chewing problems, choking issues, diabetes, food allergies, and cholesterol concerns.

• Medical monitoring and administration services in tandem with health care providers and client residential facilities

• Transportation to the Regional Fitness Center for work creating and meeting fitness goals, most clients qualify for free memberships to the center

Training in independent living skills and speech therapy are provided when necessary The DAC also provides job training and employment in various sub-contracted jobs

Provides a 1-week supply of food based on family size for persons with an emergency need; donations accepted

Provide investigation 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, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, 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, assited living, and home health agencies can be referred to the Minnesota Board on Aging Ombudsman for Long-Term Care.

Provides a single contact point for individuals to report abuse of a vulnerable adult anywhere in Minnesota. Reports are reviewed to see if immediate protective services are needed. Reports of alleged crime are referred to law enforcement. All reports are also referred to a lead investigative agency, which may be the county or the state departments of health or human services. Reports are confidential. If an individual completes a report, it requires a court order to release their identity. A vulnerable adult can be anyone over the age of 18 who:

• Has a physical, mental or emotional disorder that makes it difficult for the person to care for themselves without help and to protect themselves from maltreatment

• Is in a hospital, nursing home, transitional care united, assisted living, housing with services, board and care, foster care, or other licensed care facility

• Receives services such as home care, day services, personal care assistance or other licensed services

Maltreatment includes:

• Abuse, including physical, emotional and sexual abuse, use of restraints, involuntary seclusion or punishment

• Neglect, including failure to provide necessary food, shelter, clothing, health care or supervision because of neglect by a caregiver or because the vulnerable adult cannot meet their own needs

• Financial exploitation, including theft or withholding of money or property and/or use of money or property no for the vulnerable adult's benefit

?Other complaints Concerns about a vulnerable adult that is not related to physical, sexual, or emotional abuse; neglect or unexplained injury; or financial exploitation, contact the Office of Health Facility Complaints at [email protected]. Report rights violations, issues with inadequate care, violations of licensing standards, or issues related to discharge/termination of services via this method. Additional information about facility complaints can be found on the DHS website.

Provides assistance and support to veterans and their dependents in obtaining benefits through state and federal programs, including:

• Burial and death benefits

• Dental and medical care

• Education and training

• Home loan guarantees

• Pension

• State Subsistence: Financial assistance for basic dental and optical care, mortgage, personal needs, rent, and utilities for veterans who cannot work due to temporary disability.

• City patrol

• Crime investigation

• Crime prevention

• Crime victim support

• Police records

• Crime witness support

• Speakers for bicycle safety education

• Drug abuse education/prevention

Responsible for the maintenance and construction of county state aid highways and county roads. Maintenance responsibilities include items such as blading and adding surfacing to gravel roadways; patching, crack filling, shouldering, and seal coating bituminous roadways; roadside mowing and weed spraying; installation and maintenance of traffic control signs and pavement markings; snow and ice control in the winter.

Administers public elementary and secondary school system for District 277. Schools:

• Grandview Middle School, 1881 Commerce Boulevard, Mound 55364, (952)491-8300

• Hilltop Primary School, 5700 Game Farm Road, Minnetrista 55364, (952)491-8500

• Mound Westonka High School, 5905 Sunnyfield Road East, Minnetrista 55364, (952)491-8100

• Shirley Hills Primary School, 2450 Wilshire Boulevard, Mound 55364, (952)491-8400

• Westonka Community Preschool, 5241 Shoreline Drive, Mound 55364, (952)491-8044

Helps individuals with chemical education and support groups for teens and youth, and support for concerned family members.

Helps individuals and families with low incomes (including temporary low incomes) get the food they need for nutritious and well-balanced meals. Provides extra support to help stretch a household's food budget - it is not meant to cover all the groceries a family needs. Monthly benefits are loaded on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card, which looks and works like a debit card. The card can be used to buy groceries at authorized stores, farmers markets, and online retailers. Learn more about where to shop and what can be bought. The amount of benefits received is based on income, expenses, and number of people in the household. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) program provides free employment and education training and support for people getting SNAP benefits. SNAP E&T participants gain support, skills, training, or experience to reach their goals. Many organizations, including technical and community colleges, community-based organizations, county agencies, tribes, and CareerForce Centers provide SNAP E&T programs and services. Programs can include career planning, job search, training for in-demand jobs, student support, financial support, and continued support once a participant has a job.

• Mental health evaluation, including psychological testing and assessment

• Therapist referrals

Provides library materials including audio, books, magazines, and movies on loan; interlibrary loans available

Matched savings program; participants save $40/month for 2 years and receive a 3:1 match. Savings can be used to buy a house, start a business, or for education Participants must also complete a financial course, plus training in owning a home, succeeding in school, or starting a business.

Short-term service helping individuals access mental health services and other community resources, determining the ongoing service needs and making appropriate referrals to services and resources. Community Access Services also offers private pay options for individuals with mental illnesses and other clinical disorders who do not qualify for publicly funded programs. Services include assessment and planning, therapeutic intervention, skill development, and coordination of services.

Scouting uses methods such as camping to guide positive youth development in citizenship, character, and personal fitness. BSA partners with community-based organizations to provide year-round programs. Parker Scout Reservation is a council-owned camp located on North Long Lake.

• Facilities include a castle with indoor sleeping and toilet facilities, and a modern dining room and kitchen.
• Outdoor camping is also available
• Camp is available for scout and non-scout youth group rentals
• Programs are also available for non-scout groups

Provide 24-hour services to individuals who require assistance with daily living skills such as bathing, dressing, and medication management. These assisted living programs are an affordable alternative to nursing home placement. Customized services may include:

• 24-hour emergency response and assistance from on-site staff

• 24-hour on-call nursing consultation and staff supervision

• Housekeeping and laundry services

• Medication set-up and monitoring

• Nutritious meals

• Service coordination

Services are offered in partnership with Saint Paul Public housing at the Ravoux and Hamline Hi-Rises.

Community-based pre-apprenticeship program. Participants receive hands-on training in construction and carpentry skills while working toward their GED or high school diploma. Youth are offered CPR certification, OSHA certification, and NCCER training. Youth work on a myriad of projects ranging from demolition and renovation to new construction. Every participant is provided with workplace skills via paid work experience. Participants get experience in reading a tape measure, using handheld and power tools, estimating project needs, painting/staining, installing cabinets, sheetrock and mudding, demolition, installing banisters and stairs, concrete work, installing flooring, window installation, roofing, framing garden beds, and picnic tables. Construction projects focus on low-income housing and nonprofit organizations.

Provides a short-term crisis hotline for children and families who are struggling with problems such as child abuse, drugs, parenting concerns, suicide, family relationships, homelessness, etc.

• Line is staffed by professional counselors. Counselors can provide referrals to help in caller's area.

• Chat and texting available

• Remer Elementary School 316 Main Street East, Remer, Mn 56672 (218)566-2353

• Northland High School 316 Main Street East, Remer, MN 56672 (218)566-2352

Provides primary care services including:

• Diabetes education

• E-visits

• Family Medicine

• Internal Medicine

• Laboratory

• Mammograms

• Pediatrics

• Radiology/Imaging

• Telemedicine

Provides area adults with a wide variety of education opportunities for students who wish to receive their GED or brush up on:

• Basic Skills Enhancement: Develop basic skills such as work-related math, reading or writing

• General Educational Development (GED) Test Preparation: Study and practice for GED tests

• Citizenship: Resources are available for students preparing for the United States Citizenship test

• English Language Learner Program (ELL): Learn to speak, read and write in English

• Workforce Preparation: Expand upon general skills needed to obtain, retain or improve employment opportunities

Minnesota's Medicaid program for people with low income. Most people who have MA receive health care through health plans. Members who do not receive health care through a health plan receive care on a fee-for-service basis, with providers billing the state directly for services they provide. MA pays for a variety of services like doctor visits, prescriptions, and hospital stays. Some services and prescriptions may require prior approval. MA pays for medical bills going back three months from the month the application is received. NOTE: People with disabilities who work, even if they're over the income or asset limits of MA, may still qualify for a program called Medical Assistance of Employed Persons with Disabilities - MA-EPD.