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Provides religious education for all ages

Provides a 12-step support group for individuals recovering from compulsive sexual behavior. Men's, women's, and mixed meetings are available throughout the metro area.

Individuals with disabilities learn basic skills, attitudes, and work behaviors necessary to obtain and maintain employment. Works with staff to build work skills, set career goals, and prepare for employment.

Offers a nurse line available 24 hours/7 days a week for individuals who may need to speak with a nurse about medical care and where to go for care. Nurses can provide medical advice on what potential options are available, such as virtual care, primary care, urgent care options, or seek emergency care if needed at a CentraCare location.

Supports families who are experiencing separation due to deployments. Also prepares packages to send to service men and women who are serving overseas.

Provides municipal police department and community services including resources for firearm permits

Comprehensive assessment and intervention program providing assessment of the child and the parent-child relationship, with psychological testing and observation of the child in usual settings such as preschool or day care. Treatment planning, brief skills training, or parent coaching, and recommendations for follow-up care provided

Resource Center for information, reports, and maps about Metro Council and regional issues. Choose from 200 reports, publications, maps and fact sheets. Many are available on the website. Publications include:

• Thrive MSP 2040 Plan

• 2030 Regional Development Framework

• Facts and Figures about the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area

• Regional Census Data and Economic Profiles

• Role of the Metro Council

• Water Quality and Transportation Data and Plans

Consumer publications include:

• Annual report

• Council member and committee information

• Regional parks and other maps

• Transit information (no schedules)

Processes reports the police department receives yearly

Coordinated service approach that focuses on promoting independence in the community. Services:

• Assistance with housing issues including help in finding housing, applying for housing subsidies, and/or in-home support to maintain community living

?- Benefits screening assistance

• Employment assistance

• Information on educational opportunities

• Long term case management

• Recreational opportunities including softball, bowling, men's support group, and healthy choices group (exercise, diet, and stress reduction)

• Transportation provided to the center

• Diagnostic machine hook up

• Mechanic Shop (Full service for program & GSA vehicles only)

• Oil Changes- includes 5 quarts of oil & oil filters. also includes checking of tires, air filter, fluids, belts and hoses (additional fluids cost extra)

• Tire sales: call with tire size for price

• Tire changing: mounting, balancing & disposal (wheel weights cost extra)

• Tire rotation & brake inspection

• Towing services to constituents for a fee

• Vehicle Rental (Leech Lake programs only)

Adult Foster Care means the provision of food, lodging, protection, supervision, and household services to a functionally impaired adult in a residence and may also include the provision of personal care, household and living skills assistance or training, medication assistance and assistance safeguarding cash resources. Adult Foster Care licenses are issued through the individual counties and are available for settings of less than five residents. Adult foster care license holder may have a maximum license capacity of five if all persons in care are age 55 or over and do not have a serious and persistent mental illness or a developmental disability There are two types:

• Family adult foster care home means an adult foster care home that is the primary residence of the license holder, and in which the license holder is the primary care giver

• All other Adult Foster Care arrangements are considered Corporate Adult Foster Care and need to register under HWS with the county, if they meet the HWS criteria

Trained advocates provide information and assistance services. Advocates assist individuals with:

• Accessing services and programs

• Advanced directives for health care

• Caregiver support

• Forms assistance

• Health insurance counseling

• Information and referral

• Notary services

Senior advocates make connections with other community services including:

• Companionship

• Home health and chore services

• Housing

• Legal services

• Nutrition services

• Transportation

Provides the follwing services:

• Adopt a Family: A holiday giving program connecting low-income families with anonymous sponsors that provide the families with gifts and necessities

?- Birthday Shelf: Gifts and party supplies to celebrate a child's birthday

• Personal Hygiene: Personal hygiene items and cleaning supplies given out once per month to stretch budgets

• Pet Food Assistance: Pet food available once per month if needed

• Ready to Learn: School supplies and backpacks for children in grades K-12

Fillmore County Community Services (Social Services) provides general information and licensing for persons interested in becoming foster care providers. Also provides training and support for foster care providers on emergency, short-term and long-term placement. This office also provides temporary foster care when it best serves the interest of the child or vulnerable adult. The County also recruits and trains foster homes and monitors foster care for the safety of the individual.

Help assist adults develop the skills necessary to make positive change in their lives. Through the program, mental health practitioners teach, coach, support, and do "along with" the client as they navigate the path of their illness. Areas of focus may include:

• Budgeting and shopping skills

• Community resource utilization and integration skills

• Cooking and nutrition skills

• Crisis assistance

• Employment related skills

• Health care directives

• Healthy lifestyle skills and practices

• Household management skills

• Interpersonal communication skills

• Medication monitoring

• Mental illness symptom management skills

• Parenting skills

• Relapse prevention skills

• Transportation skills

Offers a nurse line available 24 hours/7 days a week for individuals who may need to speak with a nurse about medical care and where to go for care. Nurses can provide medical advice on what potential options are available such as virtual care, primary care, urgent care options, or seek emergency care if needed at a Mayo Clinic location.

Offers a variety of environmental health services, including:

• Private well-water testing kits

• Information about well construction and soil absorption in cooperation with Zoning administrative office

• Administers health-related environmental complaints

• Disease prevention control including food poisoning investigation, rabies information, sexually transmitted infection control, and tuberculosis control; pertussis; vaccine preventable disease investigations; biologic and chemical disease preparedness - all hazards approach

• Radon testing

Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) provides cash assistance to refugees who are ineligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or MFIP for up to 8 months after arrival in the United States. To ensure that RCA recipients are self-sufficient within RCA eligibility, agencies provide employment and social services. RCA recipients may continue to receive social services after RCA eligibility ends. There is no 30-day Minnesota residency requirement for RCA.

Minnesota's version of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). Helps families work their way out of poverty by providing temporary cash and food benefits to eligible families. While MFIP has a 60-month time limit, there are some limited exceptions and extensions. Participants are required to follow certain work rules. Failure to meet these requirements will result in MFIP grants being sanctioned or reduced. In addition:

• Child support will be pursued in those situations where one or both parents are absent
• A woman expecting a baby may receive assistance for herself during her pregnancy
• Children who are being cared for by certain relatives may receive assistance

NOTE: MFIP recipients may be eligible for Emergency Assistance, Child Care Assistance, Medical Assistance, and/or Food Support.

Provides general information and licensing for persons interested in becoming foster care providers. Training and support for foster care providers on emergency, short-term, and long-term placement.

Adult health services: offers general health and wellness care, including preventive exams.

Offers curriculum-based camp experience in interactive environment.

Provides cash assistance to help adults receiving Supplemental Security Income - SSI pay for their basic needs. Adults who are blind, have a disability, or are age 65 and older but don't qualify for SSI because of their income may still be eligible for MSA if they meet income requirements. The basic monthly MSA grant is calculated using either the maximum SSI amount (Federal Benefit Rate) for the adult or their countable income (if they do not receive SSI), and the MSA standard set by state law. Special Needs Grant MSA also may provide special payments for adults who need:

• Certain home repairs

• Certain household furniture and appliances

• Guardian or conservator service fees

• Help paying for housing costs through MSA Housing Assistance

• Medically prescribed special diets

• Representative payee services

Adults who receive MSA are also eligible for help with medical, food, and housing costs through Medical Assistance - MA, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP, and MSA Housing Assistance programs.

The assessment helps determine public problems that might pay for an individual's long-term services and supports or help them learn about other options if they don't qualify for publicly funded programs. It is required to determine eligibility for:

• Community First Services and Supports - CFSS (formerly known as Personal Care Assistance - PCA)

Home and Community-Based Services Waiver based on age:

• Individuals Over 65 Years Old: Alternative Care (AC); Elderly Waiver (EW)

• Individuals Under 65 Years Old: Brain Injury Waiver (BI); Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI); Community Alternative Care Waiver (CAC)

Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Services (also known as Rule 185 Case Management) Family, friends, or others can attend the assessment. The assessment is in person at the individual's home or at a place of their choice, and it lasts about two hours.