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

City Officials Clerk Khris Knaeble 195 Melby Lane SW Wilton, MN 56601 (218)444-9110 [email protected] Mayor - Council Member Richard Larson 496 Dewey Avenue SW Wilton, MN 56601 (218)444-9110 Council Member Mindy Seado 610 Dewey Avenue SW Wilton, MN 56601 (218)308-0620 Council Member Bill Schroeder 402 Spike Lane SE Wilton, MN 56601 (218)766-7567

Offers a weekly food shelf for students.

• Adult Rehabilitation Mental Health Service: Helps individuals to develop and enhance mental health stability, social competencies, personal and emotional adjustment, and independent living and community skills. ARMHS instructs, assists, and supports individuals with regaining or starting skills to live independently.

• Assertive Community Treatment Teams: Provides an intensive, comprehensive, non-residential, rehabilitative mental health service team model. Services include:
• Assisting in locating and maintaining safe and affordable housing with an emphasis on the individual's choice and independent community housing

• Case management

• Discharge supports

• Illness education and medication management

• Psychological education to family members

• Support and skills training in activities of daily living (self-care, home-making, financial management, transportation and health care)

• Support and skills training in social, interpersonal relationships and leisure time activities

• Behavioral Health Home: Provides a multidisciplinary team to deliver person-centered services designed to support the individual in coordinating care and services while reaching his or her health and wellness goals. Program focus on integration of primary care, mental health services, and social services and supports for adults diagnosed with mental illness.

• Community Support Program: Helps individuals manage their mental health symptoms, participate in their community, learn medication management and develop daily living skills.

• Intensive Residential Treatment Services: Provides a residential setting to individuals in need of a more restrictive setting and at risk of significant functional deterioration if they do not receive these services. Program offers: 24 hour coverage in the delivery of rehabilitative services, staff available to safely supervise and direct activities, and capacity to promptly and appropriately respond to emergent needs and make adjustments to assure the health and safety of the individual.

• Partial Hospitalization: Provides a time limited structured program of multiple and intensive psychotherapy and other therapeutic services in an outpatient hospital facility. The goal of partial hospitalization is to resolve or stabilize an acute episode of mental illness.

• Rule 79 Case Management: Advocate for the individual to ensure that the individual is able to live their life as independently as possible. Case management includes:

• Providing a Functional Assessment (FA)

• Helping develop an Individual Consumer Support Plan (ICSP) that addresses information regarding the individual's strengths and needs

• Reviewing assessments with therapists, psychiatrists and the individual about what they feel their needs are and with what they would like assistance with

• Makes referrals to providers who assist the individual with their needs

Advises and assists veterans and their dependents with all state and federal veterans benefits, such as:

• Burial benefits

• Financial assistance through the V.A. for dental work

• G.I. Bill education assistance

• G.I. Bill life insurance

• Home loan guaranteed by the U.S.D.V.A.

• Information about and referrals to other service agencies for chemical dependency treatment and vocational rehabilitation

• Outpatient medical care through the V.A.

• Service-connected disability compensation

• "State Soldiers Assistance Program" (SSAP) provides cash assistance in the form of shelter payments (rent and mortgage), utilities, and personal needs grants to veterans who are unable to work as a result of a temporary disability. There are strict income and asset requirements.

• Survivors and dependents' education

• Transportation to the VA Medical Center

• Veteran/military health insurance

• Veteran survivor insurance

Conducts prepetition screenings for civil commitments to individuals who are considered a danger to themselves or others due to experiencing a mental illness. Services provided:

• Prepetition screening and assessment

• Individuals who are civilly committed receive case management services while in the hospital and in the community

• Children's Therapeutic Services and Supports: Works with youth to manage emotional disturbances that impair or interfere with the youths ability to function independently. Youth and families will learn skills in areas such as anger and aggression, following directions or rules, and building relationships with peers along with many other skill building areas.

• Psychiatry

• Specialized Therapy:

• Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Intensive Treatment in Foster Care (ITFC)

• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

• Targeted Case Management

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Juvenile offense program that is an alternative to court. The goal strives to satisfy the needs of all involved parties. Victims and offenders are placed in active roles to work together to empower the victims in their search for closure, while impressing upon offenders the impact of their behavior. Chemical Awareness Program (CAP) ?

• Provides a consequence for juveniles who are experimenting with alcohol and other drugs

• Goal: To describe the problems that result from chemical use and generate discussion on developing healthy attitudes toward chemicals. (Two sessions, one and a half hours each).

Theft Awareness Program (TAP)

• Provides a consequence for juveniles who engage in the illegal act of shoplifting.

• Goal: Reduce the recurrence of theft by helping participants become more aware of their motivation for the offense, the legal and civil consequences, and alternatives available to stealing. (One session, one and a half hours).

Tobacco Awareness Class (TAC)

• Provides a consequence for juveniles who engage in the illegal use of tobacco products.

• Goal: Provide information regarding the health and legal consequences of tobacco use. (One session, one and a half hours).

Provides fire and rescue services including:

• Emergency medical services

• Fire and emergency management service education

• Fire code enforcement, inspections, and investigations

• Fire sprinkler and alarm plan review

• Fire suppression

• Technical rescues

Tribal NEAR (Neuroscience, Epigenetics, ACEs & Resilience) Project equips tribal communities with knowledge about how historical trauma, colonization, and childhood adversity affect health, and supports culturally rooted healing and resilience.

Manages over 70 properties offering subsidized rental housing located throughout rural Minnesota. Rental property locations, rooms, rental costs, accessible units, pet friendliness, and amenities may vary. Visit website to find a property using the locator tool.

Free tax preparation assistance to low income individuals, families, and seniors

Aligns systems, funding, and community efforts to deliver early/intervention-focused services to families, especially those with complex needs, while empowering parents and ensuring accountability.

Takes complaints regarding:

• Foodborne illness

• Food service and lodging

• Household hazardous waste recycling and waste reduction

• Well water testing

Collects property taxes

Fillmore County Human Services provides a wide variety of community-based assistance to individuals and families without consideration of age, sex, financial ability, race, or personal belief.

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.

Program is responsible for all solid waste activities within Lake County. Includes providing:

• Recycling center (appliance, e-waste, mattresses, and tires): 515 Recycle Center Drive, Two Harbors

• Demolition landfill: Located at State Hwy 61, 10 mi West Castle Danger Road, Two Harbors

• Disposal of hazardous waste program: East end of the Recycling center building

Offers respite care for caregivers who need temporary relief, whether for a few days, a week, or longer. Respite care is an option for those who are transitioning from hospital to home after surgery or health setback, need caregiver relief, short-term respite stay, or hospice. Services provided:

• Customizable and flexible stays according to needs

• Social and recreational programs

• Trained caregivers with 24 hours/7 days a week support and attention

Mayor and City Council ?Member Contact Information Departments:

• Administration: processes utility bills, accounts receivable, accounts payable, building permits, fields and directs questions, coordinates meetings of the City Council and its committees, monitors city funds and budgets, manages policy and ordinance implementation, and performs other necessary functions

• Economic Development

• Public Works Department: responsible for providing clean drinking water, safe roads, reliable electricity, and proper treatment of wastewater

• Public Library

• Parks and Recreation: manages and maintains city parks and recreation areas including the Staples Community Center and Dower Lake Recreation Area.

Program provides the skills and support people with disabilities or barriers to employment need to succeed in the workplace and match them up with the right job. Situational Assessment - a short-term work experience designed to help individuals explore their vocational aptitudes and determine the types of support services that will be needed in the workplace.

• Centered-based employment - Paid work at the main facility. Offers various jobs including donation processing, janitorial services, stocking, retail sales, office work, and shipping. Works with individuals in identifying a job within the facility that is well-matched to their skills and interests

• Community based employment - Provides paid work in the community to individuals that need ongoing support to maintain their employment. These jobs are often on crews and may include janitorial, lawn-work, and snow removal

• Supported employment - Provides employment with local community employers. Workers who are hired for community jobs continue to receive training and support from Goodwill Vocational Services team members, and are paid by the hiring company. Area employers may include Super One Foods, Olive Garden, Bernick's Pepsi, Minnesota Power, Grandma's Restaurant, TJ Maxx, Aerostich, Sain. Lukes, Duluth Grill, and WalMart.

Provides a variety of programming, including:

• Guest speakers

• Exercise groups/classes

• Games

• Health education

• Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS) distribution

• If you are unhappy with the action taken or feel the agency did not act on your request for assistance, you may appeal orally or in writing within 30 days to the County agency or write directly to the State Appeals office at the Department of Human Services - If you show good cause for appealing, the state agency can accept your appeal for up to 90 days from the date of the notice - If you wish your assistance to continue until the hearing, you must appeal before the date of the proposed action or within 10 days from the date of the agency notice, whichever is later - Ask your county worker to explain how the timing of your appeal could affect your present or future assistance - If you feel you are treated differently in the handling of a public assistance application or payment, because of race, color, national origin, physical, mental or emotional disability, you may file a complaint orally or in writing, with any of these agencies * Department of Human Services Human Services Building 444 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155-3833 * Department of Human Rights 500 Bremer Tower 7th Place and Minnesota Street St. Paul, MN 55101

• Business development including assistance with business plan writing and technical assistance

• Business loans to eligible businesses

• Business plan classes held three times a year

Provides fire services