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Provides wheelchair accessible door-to-door transportation for:

• Banking
• Medical appointments
• Personal care
• Shopping
• Spousal visitations in nursing homes, hospitals, etc.

Assists in finding a qualified mental health professional to complete a diagnostic assessment and work with one's mental health professional to gather the necessary paperwork to determine eligibility to receive services. Case managers will assist in gaining access to medical, social, educational, vocational, and other necessary services as they relate to one's needs. The Community Support Services Program can help one remain in the community by offering support, providing medication monitoring, assisting with independent living skills, and crisis assistance.

Pays for room and board for seniors and adults with disabilities who have low incomes. Aims to reduce and prevent people from living in institutions or becoming homeless. All recipients receive assistance each month to help pay for rent and food. Some recipients also receive Housing Support supplemental funding to provide other services if they don't qualify for home and community-based waiver programs, including but not limited to:

• Arranging for medical and social services

• Arranging for meetings and appointments

• Assistance with transportation

• Medication reminders

The individual's housing provider receives payments to pay for rent, utilities, food, household supplies, and other necessities.

Provides emergency food assistance to people in need. Offers a client choice model where clients can select their own food with the help of a volunteer. Food is available once a month. Accepts donations and provides volunteer opportunities.

Cars for Homes: Habitat for Humanity accepts vehicle donations (including recreational vehicles) to help fund housing projects Volunteers: Anyone with desire to help, committed, dependable, willing to learn new things -all skill levels welcome

Literacy program aimed to address the literacy gap for underserved youth by providing free haircuts for reading

• Foster care services

• Adoption study services for all adoptions, training, and preparation provided

• Minnesota's Waiting Children: Adoption services for children with special needs and children currently living in foster care

• Special Independent and Designated adoption services

• Complete international adoption services (Colombia, Ecuador, and India)

• Home Study/Post Placement Services

• Post Adoption Support Services

• Becklin Homestead Park/Wildlife Management Area: Picnic shelter and tables; access for small boats and canoes; multi-use trails for hiking, biking, geocaching, and snowshoeing

• Dalbo County Park: Geocaching, hiking, biking, snowshoeing, and nature observation

• Irving and John Anderson County Park: Picnic shelter and tables; playground; canoe access to Horseshoe Lake; multi-use trails for hiking, biking, horseback riding, geocaching, and snowshoeing

• Springvale County Park: Trails for hiking, horseback riding, geocaching, cross country skiing and mountain biking; canoe access to Johnnie's Lake; disc golf course

• Vegsund Family County Park: Fishing pier; trails; picnic shelter and tables; biking; hiking; geocaching; wildlife viewing; snowshoeing; down hill sledding

• Wayside Prairie County Park: Trails; canoe access; picnic tables and shelter

Processes court cases filed in Meeker County and offers other legal services, including:

• Conciliation Court (Small Claims Court)

• Court records

• Criminal state trial court

• Family Court

• Harassment Restraining Order and Temporary Restraining Order filing office

• Law library

• Housing Court

• Juvenile Court

• Juror information

• Name changes

• Parking and traffic ticket fine collection office

• Performs civil marriage ceremonies

• Probate/Mental Health Court

Provides help to improve reading, math, and writing skills, GED test preparation, and GED testing. Also offers English as a Second Language. Also offers citizen test preparation.

Provides nutrition education and special foods which promote good health for pregnant, breastfeeding, and post-partum women with infants and/or children up to age 5. WIC provides the following services:

• Assistance with any special needs
• Health assessment and screening
• Nutrition education
• Referral to other community services

Vouchers are given to participants to purchase nutritious foods such as cereal, cheese, eggs, infant formula, fruits and vegetables, milk, and peanut butter.

Local fire services include fire safety, fire education, and inspections.

Administers federally funded rental assistance programs for all of Blue Earth County through the following programs:

• Housing Choice Voucher

• Housing Stability Voucher

• Mainstream Voucher

• Emergency Housing Voucher

• Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing

• Project-Based Voucher

• Family Unification Voucher Programs

Participants receive a voucher that can be used to rent a unit in the private rental market. Program participants pay about 30% of their income toward their rent and utilities. Before assistance is paid, the unit is inspected to ensure it is safe, decent, and sanitary.

Minnesota's Medicaid program for people with low income. Most people who have MA receive health care through health plans. Members who do not receive health care through a health plan receive care on a fee-for-service basis, with providers billing the state directly for services they provide. MA pays for a variety of services like doctor visits, prescriptions, and hospital stays. Some services and prescriptions may require prior approval. MA pays for medical bills going back three months from the month the application is received. NOTE: People with disabilities who work, even if they're over the income or asset limits of MA, may still qualify for a program called Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities - MA-EPD.

Provides community education events through the Know the Truth Prevention Program that focuses on preventing youth substance use. Attendees can expect to receive updated and evidence based information on:

• Current drug trends and warning signs

• How to get connected with other local organizations who offer services for treatment and mental health

• Tools to creating a healthy conversation about drugs and alcohol

• Updates from local law enforcement and school administration

• Ways to intervene and when it's necessary

The assessment helps determine public programs 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 Waivers 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.

Offers outpatient therapy services integrated into the resident's routine for those who have been discharged from an inpatient care but need continued therapeutic support. Outpatient services provide flexibility and continuity of care, helping individuals maintain or improve their functional abilities while remaining in their own homes. The types of therapies offered include occupational, physical, speech, and more. Treatment includes:

• Adaptive living techniques, joint protection, and motor coordination

• Cognitive, visual, and perceptual retraining

• Comprehensive home programs and patient education

• Specific exercises to restore motion, restore strength, and minimize pain

• Speech and language pathology

• Strengthening muscle groups to restore large and fine motor skills

• Prosthetic training for enhanced mobility

Provides a support group to those living with diabetes. Group discussions are led by knowledgeable healthcare professionals and focus on topics such as nutrition, exercise, medication management, and emotional well-being.

Offers an educational museum, research library, and exhibits on Lac qui Parle County. The museum includes six historic buildings, including an 1870s log cabin, an 1887 rural schoolhouse, a 1933 gas station, and other preserved structures.

Provides services and resources that support students and school sites in the development and implementation of a comprehensive and inclusive continuum of instruction.

-Offers an intensive outpatient program either in one of the facilities or in a virtual telehealth environment

• Program includes group therapy, supported meals, nutrition counseling, experiential therapy, and a family group Separate groups for adults and adolescents

• This level of care offers support for those stepping down from IDP/PHP or those starting off who need more structure than non-intensive outpatient treatment. Clients typically spend up to 12 hours per week in programming

• Non-profit youth development agency whose mission is to inspire and empower all young people to reach their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. - Activities include age appropriate and diverse activities in the areas of character and leadership, health and life skills, education and career, the arts, sports, recreation and fitness. - Program is delivered after school and evenings during school years along with summer sessions.

Provides state-funded food assistance to legal noncitizens ages 50 or older who do not qualify for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called Food Stamps or Food Support) because of their citizenship status. ?Monthly benefits are loaded on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card, which looks and works like a debit card. The card can be used to buy groceries at authorized stores, farmers markets, and online retailers. Learn more about where to shop and what can be bought. The amount of benefits received is based on income, expenses, and number of people in the household.?

Mayor and City Council

• Member contact information

Departments:

• City clerk

• Landfill: Call to arrange for pick-up. Residents will be charged for item or load and pay for use of truck and man to haul load to landfill. April is clean-up month and at that time the resident will only be charged for the load and not for the use of the truck and man to haul the load to landfill. There may be a minimum charge fee.

• Snow removal: Call the city office to be put on the list for this service

• Zoning Permits: Permit is required for all types of improvements to the home. Types of work included are siding, shingling, windows, sidewalks, fences, sheds, garages, new construction, and more.

• Utility services such as water, sewer, and garbage

1 - 4-bedroom apartments including:

• Condor Apartments - Bigfork

• Deering Manor - Nashuwauk

• Etna Woods - Saint Paul

• Hillside Manor East - Moose Lake

• Maple Grove Estates - Hermantown

• Northwood Apartments and Townhomes - Glencoe

• Oak Hills Manor - Circle Pines

• Railview Apartments - Proctor