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Helps people develop skills and knowledge to improve their lives and communities. Offers a variety of programs for learners of all ages. Class offerings include arts and crafts, cooking classes, driving classes, field trips, GED prep courses, music lessons, sports and recreation activities, swimming lessons, and more.

Administers elementary and secondary schools in the district. Schools:

• Brooklyn Center Early College Academy: 5910 Shingle Creek Parkway, Door #6, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 (763)450-3383

• Brooklyn Center Middle and High School STEAM: 6500 Humboldt Avenue North, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 (763)561-2120

• Earle Brown Elementary STEAM: 1500 59th Avenue North, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430 (763)561-4480

Provides primary eye care services including:

• Eye exams

• Eyeglass prescriptions

• Referrals to outside specialists, if needed

• Treatment for health concerns such as conjunctivitis, glaucoma, and pink eye

NOTE: Does not provide contact lens exams or prescriptions

Provides a 3-day supply of food to anyone in need. No limits on the amount of food individuals and families can take. Also provides meat. Accepts donations for non-perishable food, fresh food, baby food, formula, personal care items, and laundry detergent. ?

An access point providing coordinated entry assessments to single adults and families with children who are low-income, homeless, and meet eligibility requirements by county area

Career education training programs are short-term and industry-specific, designed to graduate students with industry-specific credentials and enter a career pathway that results in wage advancement. All students (aside from HVAC and Solar training) begin their career pathway in Workplace Essentials, a short training course designed to incorporate interpersonal, financial, and technical skill basics into one compact course that sets the pace for advanced learning. Industry-recognized credentials are incorporated into most of the Career Education Training Programs that include not only the preparation for the credential exam, but the exam itself. Articulation agreements are also incorporated into specific trainings, allowing individuals to have their classroom hours transfer into credits once enrolled in a partner MnSCU school. Currently Career Education offers the following programs:

• Computer Technician/IT Support Career Training
• Healthcare Technician/Medical Office Support Career Training
• Office Support Specialist Career Training
• Telecommunications Installation & Support Career Training
• HVAC Training
• Solar PV (Photovoltaic) Installation Training

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 North Memorial Health System location.

Housing intended to provide a stable, safe, and sober environment where men can live and work on their goals whether it be financial, school, medical, sobriety, etc. A community housing environment with programs, a minimum amount of rules, and communal sharing of house chores. Provides private furnished bedrooms for rent with a common kitchen, bathroom, social room, and a small exercise room/laundromat. There is a phone provided, but food, laundry, and cable TV are the resident's responsibility. Some rooms have a TV and refrigerator.

Low-cost educational and training sessions on a variety of subjects regarding immigration-related matters. Presentations are tailored to meet the needs of each individual group, and are available to immigrants and refugees, service providers, legal practitioners, advocates, and the general community.

Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies. 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 grant assistance for families in a financial crisis because of:

• In situations of threat of eviction from a landlord/management or homelessness as a result of domestic abuse, rent and/or rental deposit assistance is provided. Mortgage payment assistance is not considered unless the family is in foreclosure or experiencing difficulty from an employment crisis.

• In situations of utility (electricity, fuel oil, natural gas, propane, sewer, or water) shut-off and refusal of service for fuel, deposit, and payment assistance is provided

• Financial aid is provided directly to the vendor

Offers services including:

• Community Pet Pantry: Cat and dog food available to families needing additional support

• Dog adoption

• Foster care services

• Owner surrender services

Volunteer opportunities available

Provides violence prevention, intervention, support, outreach services, and leadership opportunities for youth in residential and community settings. Provides a variety of services to youth of all genders who have experienced relationship violence, sexual assault or exploitation, stalking, or homelessness. Programs include: Movement for Violence Prevention (MVP): Leadership development activities to assist youth-led community engagement, skill enhancement, peer connections, and tools for change to prevent youth violence. Inspiring Youth: A year-long, intensive, community-based program for youth ages 10 - 17 and their families who have been impacted by violence. Youth workers provide comprehensive and culturally responsive mentorship, support, and access to services, activities, and leadership opportunities. Youth Site-Based and Community-Based Housing: Transitional housing for youth and young adults who are victims of violence and exploitation, including sex trafficking. Safety planning and support are provided. Voices in Prevention (VIP): A 6-week violence prevention curriculum serving middle and high school students. Curriculum might also include support groups, one-on-one sessions, peer mediation, and service learning. Youth Safety Plans: Specialized safety plans for youth NorthStar Youth Outreach Center: A drop-in center for homeless youth offering advocacy, safety planning, and connections to additional community resources. The center also offers:

• Assistance with housing

• Assistance with career and education planning

• Computer lab

• Counseling

• Creative art spaces

• Food and snacks

• Laundry access

• Supplies and clothing

Cash-grant program for adults with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Adults can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Adults 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.

Helps people without children who can't work enough to support themselves, and whose income and resources are very low pay for basic needs. The maximum monthly benefit is:

• $128 for a person living in a licensed residential facility or receiving substance use disorder treatment services

• $350 for a person living in the community

• Emergency funds may be available if the individual cannot pay for basic needs, such as shelter or food, and their health or safety is at risk because of this

People who get GA are also eligible for help with medical and food costs through Medical Assistance - MA and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - SNAP.

Designs and implements customized classes such as:

• Art, computers, and online learning
• Cooking
• Fitness and recreation, health and wellness
• Hobbies and special interests, home and garden
• Money and business, music and dance
• Travel and trips, world languages, and culture

Offers individualized supports for people with disabilities and their families, both in and outside the home. Services are person-centered and designed to empower individuals while providing meaningful support to families. Services include:

• Consulting Services: Designated Coordinator and Designated Manager consulting for family foster care and small providers, ensuring compliance with MN Statute 245D.

?- In-Home Support Services (IHS): 1:1 skill-building, teaching, and training in the home, including community outings and activities.

• Respite Care: Temporary in-home or out-of-home relief for families and caregivers, ranging from a few hours to extended stays.

• Skill Development Activities: Support in areas such as cooking, fitness, health, hygiene, medication management, money handling, relationship building, safety, and social participation.

Responds to and/or investigates reports of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Additonal services include:

• Assessment of the initial referral???

• Child welfare services

• Consultation with individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

• Extended foster care services

• Minor parenting supports

• Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Parent Support Outreach Program (PSOP)

• Prevention services for eligible families

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home

• Works with the family toward reunification if child is out of home

NOTE: In addition to taking reports, child protection screeners are available to explain the reporting statutes, answer questions regarding agency practices and discuss other resources and strategies when reports do not meet criteria for assignment for child protection investigation.

Family Services:

• Bimaadiziwin Mikana (The Path of Life): Parent mentor program designed around healing and connecting families with community and elders. While focusing on traditional cultural lifeways, resiliency, and strengths, positive Indian parenting values are incorporated into the program.

• Ombi'Ayaa Anishinabe Ininiiwug (Rise Up Original Men): Provides a place for American Indian men who want to practice spiritual, cultural, and intergenerational engagement. Activities include:

Cultural events, including sugar bush and ricing Men's softball and basketball recreational leagues Traditional ceremonies, including sweat lodge Weekly father and men's group and weekly drumming group

• Thinica Owichakiyapi Thipi (Helping the Homeless Build):

• For individuals and families experiencing homelessness and who are not currently in housing or have not found housing: Provides resources and support for those experiencing homelessness. Services may include assisting the client with housing search assistance, tenant education, budgeting assistance, life skills training/coaching, etc.

• For individuals and families experiencing homelessness or on the verge of becoming homeless that are currently in housing or have found housing: If eligible Family Homelessness Prevention and Assistance Program - FHPAP may help with rent, security deposit, utilities, and utility deposit assistance.

• Note: Funding comes from a variety of sources including the Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program - FHPAP as well as others.

Youth Services:

• Waaban Ogimaawag (Tomorrow's Leaders): Provides youth with an opportunity to become engaged in traditional American Indian service learning. Also provides tutoring to American Indian youth on diverse subject areas, including test preparation, skill building, and success strategies.

Patients who need help paying their bill or prescriptions can call to discuss special circumstances or request a payment plan

• Allina Partners Care Program: Provides assistance to patients who do not qualify for Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare in Minnesota, or BadgerCare in Wisconsin, and whose annual incomes are at or below 275 percent of the federal poverty level

• Uninsured Discount Program: Provides a discount on medically necessary hospital charges for individuals who do not qualify for Medicaid or Allina Health Partners Care

• MedCredit Financial Services: Provides a financing option to patients who can't afford to pay high monthly payments for their medical bills over a short period of time

• Prescription Assistance Program: Patients can speak to staff or contact an Allina Health health care provider to send a referral letter to the program

• Collects recyclables

• Accepts the following: tires, appliances, scrap metal, used motor oil, pain, batteries, e-waste, furniture, mixed solid wastes, #1 & #2 plastics, aluminum, tin, glass, paper, & corrugated cardboard

Provides free monthly grocery delivery for low-income seniors and adults with disabilities who have difficulty accessing food. Deliveries typically include meat, dairy, fresh produce, and shelf-stable items, averaging about 40 pounds of food per household per delivery. Limited dietary preferences (e.g., vegetarian, gluten-free) may be accommodated based on availability.

• Provides federal funding for medical assistance to needy refugees who do not have minor children in the home - Reimbursement to the state is currently limited to the first eight months after arrival in this country - Reimbursement for cost of providing services to Refugee Unaccompanied Minors

Provides family subsidized and market rate housing

• Included in rent: cold/hot water, sewer, heat and garbage

• Coin operated laundry facility

• Assigned parking/auto plug-in

• Playground

Helps finance repairs for one- to four-unit properties, including duplexes, single-family homes, and townhouses. Offers secured and unsecured loans ranging from $2,000 to $75,000, with options that may or may not require monthly payments. Grants are available to address lead-based paint risks. Referrals are also provided to grant and volunteer-based no-cost programs.

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.