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• Outreach program to youth in crisis, connecting them to resources and services, and promoting their safety, stability, and full potential.

• Mobile Youth Outreach Center: Provides virtual support and 1:1 in-person mobile intervention to meet immediate basic needs including health food, gender affirming clothing, resources for harm reduction and safety planning, assessments and referrals, and case management. Locate mobile bus sites and locations throughout the Twin Cities by accessing the online schedule or the YSN mobile app.

Provides convenient mental health services in partnership with schools across multiple districts (including Minneapolis, Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Burnsville-Savage-Eagan) and in specialized school settings such as Lionsgate Academy, offering therapy, assessment, consultation, collaboration with teachers, and support for children's emotional and behavioral success.

Provides civil legal services to older adults aged 60 years and older, with a focus on older adults with the greatest social and economic need. Assists with:

• Assisted living and nursing home discharges

• Elder abuse

• Public benefits for food support, cash assistance, Social Security, Unemployment denials, public health insurance coverages such as Medical Assistance denials, reduction of home care services, and debt/creditor issues

NOTE: Does not handle cases for living wills, trusts, and/or estate planning

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.

Provides mobile mental health crisis services for the Arrowhead Regional Crisis Line with a mental health crisis response team serving Duluth the surrounding area within a 30-mile radius

Provides counseling services to individuals, couples, and families including:

• Anxiety related issues

• Addiction counseling for tobacco, alcohol, drugs and other chemicals, gambling, food, and spending money

• Counseling for children and adolescents for Autism, ADHD, eating disorders, fetal alcohol syndrome, behavioral problems, school problems, Depression, and Anxiety issues

• Couples counseling such as improving communication, developing intimacy and closeness in a relationship, and relationship crisis

• Depression and developing coping strategies to manage it

• Family counseling such as separation, divorce, blended families, parenting, parenting issues, and childhood behavioral issues

• Marriage counseling such as post-affair recovery, intimacy issues, anger, marital dissatisfaction, improving communication, and developing conflict resolution skills

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder counseling such those who have past trauma with physical abuse, mental abuse, sexual abuse, or those who have witnessed a traumatic event

• Spiritual counseling for those struggling with their purpose in life, anger with God, or have internal struggles concerning their religion/faith and the meaning of life

Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Families can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Families must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help. ?Short-term, one-time grant assistance for persons in a financial crisis because of fire, flood, storm, illness, accident, theft, utility shut-off, eviction, foreclosure, moving expense, necessary home repairs, or need for furniture or appliance replacement or repair.

Provides friendly in-home visits for the elderly, shut-in, or lonely.

Bi-CAP is one of six partners (five Community Action Agencies, and Evergreen Youth and Family Services) implementing the DHS Service Grant. Service dollars are available to households who are experiencing long-term homelessness my MN State definition. To qualify, participants must have experienced one year of consecutive homelessness or have experienced four episodes of homelessness in three years. This program is available in Cass and Beltrami Counties and is funded by the State Department of Human Services (DHS).

Offers an eight-hour homebuyer workshop that covers all of the essential steps in buying a home and one-on-one counseling sessions after completion of the workshop

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 Crisis Stabilization Services for those living with serious and persistent mental illness and co-occurring disorders, and who are currently experiencing a crisis or emergency situation. Crisis Stabilization Services help:

• Coordinate with existing service providers and secure new resources.

• Create a safe and fulfilling discharge plan.

• Create an individualized treatment and recovery plan based on your needs and goals.

• Maintain safety and sobriety by offering 24/7 supervision and one-to-one support.

• Meet immediate needs for food, clothing, and medical care.

• Stabilize symptoms by coordinating medication management and psychoeducation.

Performs life safety inspections of all non-owner occupied buildings in the city of Saint Paul through the Fire Certificate of Occupancy programs and livability and habitability inspections on owner-occupied properties through the Code Enforcement program. Construction services issues appropriate building and trade permits. Licensing issues business, liquor, skyway, and gambling licenses. Zoning enforces City Zoning pertaining to animals in the city of Saint Paul.

Homeownership programs include: Community Housing Development Organization (CHDO): Provides homes available under a Contract for Deed with no down payment for those who qualify to assist in the stabilization of declining neighborhoods. Program rules provide a 0% down payment and interest loan for a maximum of 30 days. Community Revitalization Fund (CRF): ?Provides low interest loans for qualified individuals in building or buying existing homes. Down payment assistance may be available through CRF program. First-time Homebuyer Program: Partners with Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for funding made available annually Section 8 Home Ownership Program: Helps with mortgage payments for current participants of the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program. The program is open to participants who have been on the voucher program for at least one year. Once on the program, the family will be issued a Homeownership voucher.

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.

Public health nurses provide services by phone, at community sites, or at home visits with families for the following services:

• Childhood safety and injury prevention

• Child passenger safety seats may be available to families receiving Medical Assistance (MA)

• Family and community relationships

• Follow Along Program (FAP): helps parents monitor their children's development

• Health and nutrition

• Healthy pregnancies

• Infant and child growth and development

?- Positive parenting

• Provides religious services and education

• Trained grief support facilitator on staff

• Referrals to other services are also possible

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

Provides a no-cost child and family development program for families with children living in Ramsey County. The program focuses on school-readiness to prepare children for Kindergarten by utilizing developmentally appropriate and social-emotional curriculum. Provides:

• Early Head Start: A home- and center-based program to support children and families to be their first and most important teacher

• Encouragement of children to speak their native/home language, as well as English

• Free meals, family fun, and parent engagement events

• Head Start: Offers extended and full day programs for children

Question, Persuade and Refer helps teach community how to respond to a suicide crisis. Evidence-based program provides trainees with:

• How to ask someone if they have any suicidal intentions

• How to refer a suicidal person to appropriate help

• Methods to help persuade a suicidal person to seek help

• Warning signs of suicide

Offers center-based programs, community employment and work services including candle manufacturing, recycling, culinary arts, clerical duties, enclave work sites and/or recreational opportunities. Chore services program during the summer. Day Services provides the following:

• Day Support Services

• Day Training and Habilitation (DT&H)

• Employment Development Services

• Employment Exploration Services

• Employment Support Services: Helps explore the persons interests, identify their skills, create resumes, fill out job applications, practice interviews, and help with transportation needs

• Pre-vocational

• Structured Day

Offers a range of birth control options to meet different needs and lifestyles. Staff are available by appointment, in person or via telehealth, to help patients choose the method that is right for them. Some methods are available directly at the clinic, while others require a prescription filled at the patient's preferred pharmacy. Available methods include:

• Birth control pills taken daily

• Contraceptive patch replaced weekly

• Vaginal ring (NuvaRing©) inserted monthly

• Depo shot (Depo Provera©) injected every three months

• IUDs hormonal (effective for 3 to 7 years) and non-hormonal (effective up to 12 years), also available for emergency contraception

• Implant (Nexplanon©) inserted in the arm, effective for up to 5 years

• Condoms external and internal, protect against pregnancy and STIs

• Fertility awareness methods track menstrual cycles to avoid pregnancy

Note: Tubal ligation and vasectomy are not offered at WE Health Clinic but are available through referral.

• Itasca County Attorney provides civil and legal services to Itasca County Board, Committees and Agencies and criminal prosecution services

• Victim's Assistance will assist crime victims with obtaining and maintaining these rights Further agencies to contact for victim's rights information are: - Advocates For Family Peace (218)326-0388

• Support Within Reach 218-326-5008

• Itasca County Child Protection Services 218-327-2941

• Itasca County Vulnerable Adult Services 218-327-2941

• First Call For Help of Itasca County 218-326-8565 or 800-442-8565(in the 218 area code only)

Drop-in center provides a place where youth who are at risk or currently experiencing homelessness can get help with basic needs (food, clothing, showers, laundry, etc.) and connect with case management for longer-term services, such as housing. Services may include:

• Assistance with benefits and public assistance applications

• Hygiene kits and other basic needs

• Laundry and showers

• Meals

• Referrals and access to shelter and housing

• Transportation assistance

• Use of phone number and mailing address for job applications

?Dakota County Coordinated Entry: The Link is the provider of coordinated entry for Dakota County. Staff is housed within CORE to work in partnership with the county on coordinated entry. Mobile assessments for housing and ongoing support throughout the coordinated entry process are provided.