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Programs are designed for adults with disabilities seeking connection and engagement. The programs foster relationships and enhance personal growth through group activities tailored to individual interests. Participants explore lifelong skills, boost confidence, and strengthen social capabilities while actively integrating into their community. Programs are in the community two to five days a week.

• Charity Care: Offers financial help to patients who cannot pay all or part of their medical bills. 50-100% of the bill may be paid.

• Pharmacy Assistance Fund: Provides one-time (once a year) prescription assistance to patients experiencing financial hardship. Request must not exceed $500.

• Uninsured Discount: Provides a discount on medically needed services for uninsured patients

Provides memory care communities and skilled nursing facilities. Services and amenities include:

• 24-hour controlled access and supervision

• Chaplain services for spiritual well-being

• Daily social programs

• Healthy meals to meet nutritional and dietary needs

• Help with activities of daily living and personal care assistance, including feeding, bathing, and dressing

• Personalized, intimate care for individuals with Alzheimer's or related Dementia

• Private bedroom and bathroom

• Rehabilitation services

• Safe living environment with calming spaces and sensory friendly touches

• Trained staff in Dementia care

Provides memory care communities and skilled nursing facilities. Services and amenities include:

• 24-hour controlled access and supervision

• Chaplain services for spiritual well-being

• Daily social programs

• Healthy meals to meet nutritional and dietary needs

• Help with activities of daily living and personal care assistance, including feeding, bathing, and dressing

• Personalized, intimate care for individuals with Alzheimer's or related Dementia

• Private bedroom and bathroom

• Rehabilitation services

• Safe living environment with calming spaces and sensory friendly touches

• Trained staff in Dementia care

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.

Medicare Savings Programs have four sub-programs:

• Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI): Helps pay for Part A premiums only. Monthly income limits for individuals and married couples apply.

• Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB): Helps pay for Part A and B premiums as well as deductibles, coinsurance and copayments. Monthly income limits for individuals and married couples apply.

• Qualifying Individual (QI): Helps pay for Part B premiums only. Monthly income limits for individuals and married couples apply.

• Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB): Helps pay for Part B premiums only. Monthly income limits for individuals and married couples apply. Monthly income limits and countable resource limits apply for individuals and married couples. Countable resources include money in a checking or savings account, stocks, and bonds. A home, one car, a burial plot, $1,500 in burial expenses (if the amount is put aside), furniture, and other household and personal items do not apply for the resource limit. Generally under these programs, premiums are put back into the monthly Social Security check making participants' monthly income increase, which takes a couple months to process.

Manages county administered land.

May assist with custody matters, divorce matters, protection orders, and Indian Child Welfare Act cases. Family legal services work on preserving stability for children and protecting victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

Comfrey School (K - 12): 305 Ochre Street West Comfrey MN 56019 (507)877-3491

Head Start Head Start is a center-based preschool program for children 3-5 years old. Program includes:

• Education: School readiness goals in the areas of language, literacy, math, science, health, and social-emotional skills

?- Family goal-setting ??- Health and safety ??- Nutrition ?- Social and emotional health ??- Social services ??- Screenings and follow-up for health, development, and behavior ??- Services for children with disabilities ??- Transition services Early Head Start ?The program includes weekly home visits with parents and their child(ren), teaching and partnering with them in the areas of child development, health, mental health, family health, and development and family resources. Weekly home visits include: ?- Assisting pregnant women with accessing comprehensive prenatal care to promote healthy development and a safe delivery. ?- Information and referrals to other community agencies as needed. ?- Parenting information and screenings to ensure that children are developmentally on track. ?- Playgroup sessions are provided throughout the year where parents and children can build friendships and discuss interesting parenting topics. ?- Supporting parent's efforts to meet the challenges of parenting. ?- Working with parents to ensure that children have access to quality health care, including dental, vision, speech, hearing, nutritional, mental health screenings, and physical exams and immunizations. Pregnant women and children up to 3 years old may apply for this year-long opportunity.

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.

Residential treatment services for chemically dependent men. Services include:

• Aftercare services

• Case management

• Co-Occurring Disorders Program (Recovery management)

• Community referrals (Links to supportive housing)

• Family programming

• Group counseling/therapy

• Individualized treatment planning

• Life skills education

• Medication monitoring

• One-to-one counseling

• Relapse prevention education

• Relationship group (Healthy communication/support system and family reintegration)

• 12-step meeting

The library system is a network of 27 member public libraries:

• Offers residents books, children's books, large print books, movies, TV series, audiobooks, and periodicals.

• Online services include thousands of e-books, digital audiobooks, magazines, newspapers, and links to a world of resources for children, teens, and adults.

• Provides bookmobile services for residents not near a library and mail-a-book services for homebound patrons.

This department is responsible for a range of administrative and public services, including: Core Responsibilities: Election Administration and Voter Registration: Conducts and supervises all county elections; maintains and manages voter registration records Passports: Provides and processes new passport applications; takes updated photos for application Property Taxes: Calculates and collects taxes for school districts, townships, cities, and special taxing districts; conducts the Tax Forfeiture Sale process Property Transfers: Processes ownership transfers of properties; collects State Deed Tax and State Mortgage Tax Vital Statistics and Licensing: Marriage licenses; marriage certificates; issues license and permits for auctioneer, fireworks, gambling (application approval only), liquor, precious metal, sale of cannabinoid, and tobacco

Provides primary care services, including:

• Diagnosis and treatment of acute illnesses such as cold and flu, ear infections, etc.

?- Family medicine

• Internal medicine

• Lab work: Blood glucose, blood tests, pap smears, pregnancy, STIs, urinalysis, and more

• Medication management

?- Men's health?? ?- Nutrition education

• Pediatrics

• Telehealth

• Weight management

• Women's health

• Provides children with skill building services
• Case Management for whole family
• Services take place in home or community based place
• Serves Beltrami and Clearwater Counties

Provides general information on child care assistance programs to help families pay for child care 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.

Provides an online application to residents who have past due rent in order to help households remain in their current housing situation. Financial assistance may be provided for past-due rent and other funding programs, such as the Family Homelessness Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP), the Local Affordable Housing Aid (LAHA), the Statewide Affordable Housing Aid (SAHA), and other emergency rental assistance. Funding is available to renters facing an eviction for any reason, including those affected by immigration enforcement. There is currently a lifetime cap amount to how much a household can apply for assistance. If funding is not available, Rent Help Hennepin applications are still being accepted through their web portal. NOTE: Households in Hennepin County who meet income guidelines that need rent assistance should apply through the Rent Help Hennepin website and should not be directed to Emergency Assistance (EA)/Emergency General Assistance (EGA).

• Licensed providers must meet state requirements in order to provide healthy, safe, and positive care for children during the hours that their parents are not able to provide care.

• Licensing ensures that providers have passed a fire inspection and criminal record check.

• Licensed providers are also required to attend child care-related training annually.

• County licensing staff inspect homes annually and offer ongoing support and educational services upon request.

Emergency medicine and Level I Pediatric Trauma Center for severe and life-threatening situations that require immediate medical attention including:

• Belly pain, nausea and vomiting and fever, due to suspected appendicitis

• Fevers in infants under eight weeks old

• Frostbite

• Poison ingestions, allergic reactions

• Seizures

• Severe abdominal pain

• Severe diarrhea, vomiting, and dehydration

• Severe asthma

Outpatient services:

• Physical therapy

• Occupational therapy

• Student athlete sports screenings

• Speech/language pathology

Operates social enterprise businesses that support primarily men exiting incarceration who need to build employability skills before entering the mainstream workforce. Offers the following services:

• Custom Manufacturing: Contracts with area businesses to provide trainee jobs in high demand fields of manufacturing, welding, and machining.

• Furnish Office and Home: Nonprofit store primarily selling used and new office and home furnishings for up to 80% off list prices. Items vary based on donations. Paid job training program allowing trainees experience working on sales and warehouse skills, conflict resolution, maintaining a positive attitude and gaining solid work history based on dependability and personal responsibility. Accepts donations of office furniture, equipment and supplies; a pick up fee may be charged. Accepts donations of household furniture in good, resalable condition and less than 10 years old including tables, chairs, sofas, dressers, night stands, lamps, bookcases, artwork, appliances, electronics and tools.

• Second Chance Recycling: Specializes in recycling mattresses and batteries and sole manufacturer and distributor of Salvatore Ovens. Employs those facing barriers to employment as trainees for 6 - 12 months as a way to help participants build healthy work habits and a work history. Accepts mattresses and box springs for a fee and can pick up curbside for a fee. Quantities of 25 or more, call to make arrangements. Mattresses with bed bugs are not accepted. Batteries from the general public are not accepted.

Works with adults diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness residing across Hennepin County communities. To increase overall stability, improve health and wellness, and support the member's ability to remain in the community, the team assesses the individual's goals and then provides or coordinates services to support folks in moving toward those goals. Some of the services provided include:

• Accessing resources to find safe and affordable housing, and support in maintaining their housing.

• Assisting with job applications, finding and maintaining employment, and moving toward or maintaining financial stability.

• Community activities that give individuals the opportunity to enjoy public outings and build stronger connections to the community.

• Fostering a community drop-in space that strives to ensure all individuals can feel safe, welcome, and valued, and can access mental health support from peers and counselors.

• Helps foster social support, prevent isolation, and promote recovery.

• Obtaining and maintaining health insurance benefits.

• Providing mental health crisis support and resource connection.

• Providing training/education about mental illness, treatment, recovery, and independent living skills.

Financial Donations: Family scholarships for people to attend disabilities or autism camps or military family camps. Cost for an average family is from $600-1200 per camp/retreat. In-kind Donations:

• Golf carts

• Horses

• Plow truck

• Recreation equipment

Volunteering:

• Cleaning

• Cooking

• Equine volunteers

• Maintenance

• Mowing/landscaping

• Program volunteers

Volunteer page: https://www.ironwoodsprings.com/volunteer

Emergency Outpatient Mental Health Services: Provides community-based crisis support for children and adults experiencing urgent mental health situations. Mobile Mental Health Crisis Response Team: Offers suicide risk assessments, safety planning, coping skills coaching, and referrals to ongoing care. These services aim to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations, prevent displacement from the home, help individuals remain connected to existing supports, and link them with additional resources. The crisis response team can travel to homes or community locations to assist. Services include:

• 24-hour crisis response phone line

• Crisis screening and prevention planning

• Face-to-face assessment and intervention

• Mobile outreach and crisis stabilization

• Suicide risk assessment and safety planning