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Voluntary 2-year early intervention/prevention program designed to work on improving family stability, parent-child attachment, and safety in homes.

43-foot vehicle equipped with three dental chairs. It provides dental care including dental check-ups, cleanings, x-rays, and some restorative services to UCare members at several metropolitan area sites and various locations in Greater Minnesota. It is staffed by faculty-supervised dental and dental hygiene students with the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry. Bus service access will vary with the visit location.

The Energy Assistance Program helps pay heat and electricity costs. Payments for energy bills are sent directly to the household's energy company or fuel provider for propane, fuel oil, or wood. Financial assistance varies depending on household income and fuel costs. The Energy Assistance Program provides additional grants for eligible households who need help with:

• Getting reconnected to heat and power after disconnections

?- Paying for emergency fuel deliveries of propane, heating oil, or biofuel ?- Preventing disconnection

Extension offices offer:

• Community Leadership, Economic Development, and Tourism: Provides research reports that are used across the state by communities

• Food and Agriculture: Research and education improve crop yields, animal health, farm productivity, and water conservation across Minnesota's farms

• Master Gardener: Lawn and garden volunteers who contribute to planting pollinator-friendly gardens, create resilient landscapes and help grow healthy foods

• Minnesota 4-H: Program for reaching new youth

• Natural Resources: Protects natural resources, including soil, water and woodlands; volunteers assist to restore public lands, manage invasive species in their communities, collect data for scientific research, and teach better land stewardship

• SNAP-Ed: Creates healthier families by providing SuperShelf, provides healthy, culturally appropriate foods while respecting individual choices at food shelves

Programs offered by county may vary. Visit website to find the local extension offices and programs.

Provides personalized, dementia-focused care in a secure, supportive environment. Residents benefit from individualized care plans, trained dementia care staff, 24/7 supervision, help with daily living needs, medication management, nutritious meals, and engaging activities designed to support quality of life and cognitive well-being.

?Cedar Mountain Elementary School: ?- Address: 231 4th Avenue East, Franklin, MN 55333

• Phone: (507)557-2251

??Cedar Mountain Middle School/High School:

• Address: ??207 Gallager Street, Morgan, MN 56266

• Phone: (507)249-5880

Provides assistance to low- and moderate-income homeowners who do not have family members available to help with household chores. Volunteer opportunities are available in yard maintenance, home repair, snow shoveling, and more. May be able to help with:

• Cleaning gutters and downspouts

• Cleaning and changing screen and windows/doors

• Raking leaves, mowing lawns, and shoveling snow

• Railing and grab bar installation

• Small home repairs

• Trimming bushes

• Foreclosure Prevention: Helps individuals avoid foreclosure when they're struggling to make mortgage payments. Counselors: review current finances to give a clear idea of options, works with individuals to submit paperwork to apply for mortgage modification, refers to government programs to help save the home, assists with postponing the sheriff's sale to enable more time to work out a mortgage solution.

?- Homebuyer Counseling: Helps individuals set themselves up for long-term success for buying a home. Counselors will: assess the financial situation, address barriers such as credit and debt, determine if an client is ready to buy and help calculate what they can afford, share information on current mortgage loan programs, and refer to down payment and closing cost assistance programs.

• Reverse Mortgage Counseling: Advises individuals on reverse mortgages which allows older adults who have equity in their homes to obtain cash from their homes without selling them in order to pay for home health care and other needed services. Reverse mortgage counseling is available by phone throughout Minnesota or in person at the Brainerd, Duluth, Minneapolis, and Willmar locations only.

Provides law enforcement and community services, including:

• Animal Services: Chicken ordinance and permit, dog ordinance and registration, and reporting a lost and found animal

• Forms: Permit to purchase, special vehicle permit, vehicle accident report, and residence/vacation check request

Dow Apartments feature:

• Activities

• Off street parking

• Close to Parks and Downtown Hopkins

• Elevator and laundry facilities

• Community room

• Water, heat, and electric included in rent

• Requires a security deposit

• Secured building

Provides establishment and enforcement of child support orders. Services include: ?- Collecting current and past-due support payments

• Locating non-custodial parents

• Establishing parentage

• Establishing and enforcing child support orders for basic, medical, or child care support

• Reviews and modifies court orders for support

NOTE: Child Support Services does not provide parenting time, custody, legal advice, divorce counsel, or spousal maintenance establishment. Child Support Services do not represent either parent in child support actions.

Provides services and resources that support students and school sites in the development and implementation of a comprehensive and inclusive continuum of instruction.

Provides assisted living.

• 3 Meals
• 24 hour on-site staff
• Transportation
• Medication assistance
• Medication storage
• Housekeeping
• Service Coordination
• Linen Laundry
• Laundry
• Activities
• Respite
• Grocery shopping assistance

-Off street and garage parking

• Park within 1 mile
• Beauty Salon
• Library
• Elevator
• Community Room
• Offer guest room
• Dining room
• Security Systems
• Utilities included in rent (water, heat, electric)
• 29 Units (16 Studio/Efficiency, 9 - 1 bedroom and 4 - 2 bedroom) Link to web site for details, activities and upcoming events

Group home residence for more than 65 adults suffering from severe mental illness; provides 24/7 care and oversight, advocacy, recreational activities, nurse, nurses aid, and Independent Living Skills (ILS) professionals

Provides police services including:

• Community Outreach

• Dog licensing

• Neighborhood Watch Program: Cooperative effort between the Rosemount Police Department and individual neighborhoods within the City. The program functions by neighbors keeping watch over each other's homes and property, and allows neighbors to more easily recognize unusual persons and circumstances in the neighborhood. If suspicious activity arises, neighbors report it to the police immediately so it can be checked.

• Police records

Prescription Drug Drop Off

• Individuals can safely and anonymously dispose of prescription drugs

• How to Drop off Medicine: Keep medicines in their original container and place them in a sealed, clear plastic bag (pills can remain in their blister packs). Use a marker to cross off the patient's name on the medicine containers. Place medicine that is no longer in its original container in a clear plastic bag and write the name of the medicine on the bag.

• Medicines Accepted from Households: Prescription, over-the-counter and pet medications. No medicines from businesses, including health care facilities, long-term care facilities, pharmacies, doctors' offices, and veterinary clinics can be accepted.

Fairview Financial Assistance Program covers charges for most Fairview hospital-based and clinic-based services. Charity Care may be available for households with income at or below 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines. Before applying for the program, households must first apply for help with the county or state. Discount on medically-needed hospital services available for uninsured households. Households who receive the uninsured discount may also apply for Fairview's Financial Assistance program.

Emergency food shelf providing canned goods and personal hygiene items such as diapers, wipes, toilet paper, laundry soap, toothpaste, shampoo, and more. The distribution of food is based on household size. The food shelf can be accessed more than once a month, depending on the situation.

Provides state-operated, secure mental health, substance use, and nursing treatment facilities for adults, including the following:

• Community Behavioral Health Hospitals (CBHHs): Provide inpatient behavioral health care for adults in six communities throughout the state. These 16-bed hospitals offer acute, short-term hospitalization services that include comprehensive assessment of mental, social, functional, and physical health; development of individualized treatment plans with medication management and 24-hour nursing care; and care delivered by multidisciplinary teams consisting of psychiatrists, general practice physicians, psychiatric nurses, psychologists, clinical social workers, addiction counselors, and occupational therapists. Services also emphasize illness management and recovery, as well as individualized discharge planning, care coordination, and aftercare planning to support a successful transition back to an appropriate community-based setting.

• Forensic Mental Health Services: Provides residential treatment services for adults in both secure and non-secure settings on a large campus in St. Peter, Minnesota. The program also operates a 32-bed North Campus facility on the north side of St. Peter and an additional 16-bed facility located off campus in St. Peter. FMHP primarily serves individuals who have been civilly committed by a court as mentally ill and dangerous, often following criminal charges in which a court determined they were not competent to stand trial or not guilty by reason of mental illness or cognitive impairment. Many patients are under more than one type of civil commitment. In addition, Community Integrated Services provides ongoing monitoring and support for FMHP patients who have been provisionally discharged by a court to live in less restrictive community settings. This statewide program serves individuals from all 87 Minnesota counties and supports patients in achieving stable, successful lives in a variety of community settings outside FMHP facilities.

• Forensic Nursing Home: Provides state-operated nursing home and provides nursing home-level care in a secure environment. The facility serves individuals who are civilly committed as mentally ill and dangerous, sexually dangerous persons, or sexual psychopathic personalities, as well as prison inmates on medical release from the Minnesota Department of Corrections. Care provided is consistent with that offered in other nursing homes and includes assistance with daily living, rehabilitation services, and end-of-life care.

• Intensive Residential Treatment Services (IRTS): Provide structured, short-term residential care for adults who no longer require hospitalization or other inpatient treatment but still need ongoing support before returning home. Clients typically have serious mental illness and may also have co-occurring conditions such as traumatic brain injury, addiction, or behavioral disorders. Services are available around the clock with support from mental health professionals and focus on improving psychiatric stability, personal and emotional adjustment, self-sufficiency, and independent living skills. Programs work collaboratively with clients to achieve individual goals and prepare them for a successful transition to home or to a less structured community setting, with an average length of stay of approximately 90 days before discharge.

• Substance Use Disorder Treatment Services: Community Addiction Recovery Enterprise (CARE) provides inpatient substance use disorder treatment services to adults at three locations statewide. The program offers specialized inpatient services for individuals who are chemically dependent and have co-occurring mental illnesses, along with relapse prevention services and comprehensive aftercare planning. All CARE facilities are locked, and clients stay an average of approximately 90 days before discharge, depending on their level of participation and responsiveness to treatment.

ECFE is a parenting education program for all Minnesota families with children between the ages of birth to Kindergarten entrance. Learning opportunities through ECFE may occur in a variety of settings, such as the families' homes, district or community sites, and online parenting education and support. Programming and education services often include parents/caregivers and children but may just include parents/caregivers.

Mental health assessment, information, and referral

ECFE is a parenting education program for all Minnesota families with children between the ages of birth to Kindergarten entrance. Learning opportunities through ECFE may occur in a variety of settings, such as the families' homes, district or community sites, and online parenting education and support. Programming and education services often include parents/caregivers and children but may just include parents/caregivers. ECFE works to strengthen families and engage the ability of all parents to provide an environment that supports the healthy development of their child. Services may include:

• Book lending library

• Dad and child programs

• Early childhood screening for children ages 3 - 5

• Information on community resources

• Outdoor classroom

• Parent-child activities

• Parent discussion groups

• Play and learn activities for children

• Programs for non-English language learners

• School readiness program for children age 3 1/2 - 4

• Special events for the entire family

• Workshops on specific topics

NOTE: Call for current class offerings and schedule of events.

Assistance paying child care costs for children up to age 12 and for children with special needs up to age 14. Child care costs may be paid for families while parents work, look for work, or attend school. ?Family size, family income, and participation in authorized activities are considerations in determining eligibility for and amount of assistance, along with available funding.

Licensing and certification of nursing homes and other health care facilities in the state of Minnesota. Licensing of home health nursing services, home health aides, and home management providers, including individual paraprofessionals. The department keeps details of surveys of nursing quality for the last three years available in order to assist consumers in deciding which nursing home is the best placement. The surveys evaluate the quality of care and services provided, as well as the appropriateness of the facility's building, equipment, staffing, policies, procedures, and finances. Nursing Home Report Card: Online information on nursing homes. Every nursing home in the state has been given up to five stars in each of eight quality measures, including inspections, and quality of care and a quality-of-life survey among more than one-third of all residents. Enter a ZIP code and a range of miles, then select three priorities from the eight quality measures, a list of the homes ranked by those criteria appear. When clicking on the name of a nursing home, it will show the number of stars for each quality measure and the state average.

Patients who need to speak with a financial counselor, need cost of care estimates, or determine if they may qualify for financial assistance to pay for procedures, may reach out about options. Financial counselors can help individuals understand patients' responsibilities and may offer no-interest payment plans. Other options may include: ?HealthPartners Clinics Financial Assistance Program: Available to patients unable to pay for emergency and other medically necessary care. Contact about a bill, talk about the cost of care, billing collection issues, or the financial assistance program.

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.