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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

Opportunities to participate in activities that encourage growth and activity. Program often supplements existing participation in a ABC vocational program. Offers transportation for participants to and from activities. Staff and participants collaborate on a weekly calendar of activities that include:

• Baking

• Community-based events like visiting museums, theater, galleries, and the library

• Craft making

• Exercise

• Field trips

• Music

The Office of Workforce Development offers support and opportunity for residents to obtain employment and achieve their career goals. Offers a range of employment and training services such as: Hennepin Pathways: A collaboration between regional employers, educators, and community partners offering education of multiple career paths to choose from. Graduates from a particular program are employed countywide in office administration, human services, and building operations. The program meets county hiring needs while also connecting job seekers with meaningful work, livable wages, benefits, and career growth. Job Development: Serves a diverse group of job seekers, including veterans, youth, and individuals with criminal background who have a wide range of skills, abilities, and experiences. Provides employment services to job seekers such as job training, employment, career assistance programs, and help unemployed and underemployed people find jobs. Visit website for more information about job fairs, hiring events, job resources, education and training, and community CareerForce centers. Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) Employment Services: Supports participants on MFIP as they transition from poverty to economic self-sufficiency to reduce the likelihood of returning to the program. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Dislocated Worker, Adult, and Youth Programs: A federally funded program to increase jobseeker's access to employment, education, training, and support services to succeed in the labor market while matching employers with skilled workers to meet the demand of occupations and industries. Improve workforce quality, reduce public benefits dependency, and meet employer skill requirements. Each organization will have their own application process. Job seekers will typically go through a process such as:

• Application, eligibility determination, and program enrollment

• Formal and informal assessments (education level, interests, workforce skills, work history, etc.)

• Development of an Individual Employment Plan: Determining service needs based on assessments (career and resume counseling, job search assistance, training/education services, etc.)

• Retention Services: Ensuring individuals have the resources to maintain unsubsidized employment after exiting the program

• Concerts in the Charlson Thun Community Bandstand at Bayfront Park

• Field trips

• Playground programs including day camps

• Preschool programs including day camps

• Youth programs including baseball, basketball, soccer, sports camps with volleyball, tennis, and more

Public library system

• Provides the public with general library services without charge to all residents of a given district, community, or region
• Includes computer access, Internet, reference assistance, and other informational resources
• Story hour for children

• Riverside Elementary: 820 Park Street, Jackson, MN, (507)847-5963

• Pleasantview Elementary: 110 Milwaukee Street, PO Box 754, Lakefield, MN, (507)662-6218

• Jackson County Central Middle School: 205 4th Avenue North, Jackson, MN, (507)662-6625

• Jackson County Central High School: 1128 North Highway, Jackson, MN, (507)847-5310

Provides employment and training services to workers laid off from their jobs due to no fault of their own. Services include:

• Career planning and personal counseling for career decision making, developing job goals, and personal planning

• Job-seeking skills workshops on preparing resumes and cover letters, learning and practicing interviewing skills, internet job search, and networking

• Placement services, including leads developed by counselors and agencies

• Support services in certain cases are available for expenses such as child care and transportation, to enable participants to achieve their employment or training goals

• Training and retraining resources to update skills or acquire skills in a new field

Provides police services for the cities of Independence and Maple Plain

Supportive services including:

• Literature on suicide prevention and depressive illness

• Support group information for survivors of suicide

Adoption services including placement, guardianship, and counseling for children and adoptive parents

Provides comprehensive hospice care for patients with life-limiting illnesses, typically with a prognosis of six months or less, focusing on comfort, quality of life, and support for the patient and family.

• 24/7 phone consultation with nursing staff

• Bereavement support for family members for up to 13 months

• Coverage of medications, medical supplies, and equipment related to the hospice illness

• Hospice aides to assist with bathing and personal care

• Regular visits from registered nurses specializing in pain and symptom management

• Social workers provide counseling and other support services

• Trained hospice volunteers and respite support for caregivers

• Therapy services (physical, occupational, speech, music, massage) per the hospice care plan

• Visits from spiritual care providers, respecting each family's faith and beliefs

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.

Provides a structured intervention program that aims to reduce recidivism among youth. The program is designed to be both educational and rehabilitative by offering participants the opportunity to make amends for their misdeeds as well as learn important life skills while gaining work experience. Diversion is a program that provides juvenile first-time offenders an opportunity to avoid a permanent criminal record by completing a series of workshops and service hours, and engaging in other activities depending on the severity of the offense. This is a year-round program providing an opportunity for participants to learn about restorative justice while developing social skills through community service or other community-building activities.

Provides consultation services for individuals who switch from traditional PCA or CSG services to CFSS, choosing either the agency or budget model of service. Provides guidance through the process of completing the support plan.

Provides therapy and counseling services for individuals age birth - 21 and their families and caregivers that have disorders that affect social, learning, and behavior including Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy for autism spectrum disorder and related disabilities. Offers tailored services to each individual and can include expressive and receptive communication skill building, social behavior skills, activities of daily living, educational skills, and vocational skills.

Provides sterile syringes and injection equipment, safe disposal of used needles, free Naloxone (Narcan) kits with overdose education, and other harm reduction supplies. Also connects participants to additional services, including HIV and Hepatitis C testing, and treatment referrals.

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

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.

Connects people with a wide range of community supports, including health services, education services, human services, faith-based resources, support groups, and other community support.

• Art Gallery

• Genealogical collections

• Historic preservation

• Historical Society

??- Local History Museum

Pr?ovides an overnight winter shelter with 50 beds, 30 for men and 20 for women, 7 days a week for single adults during the months of November through mid-April. Guests are served hot dinners and breakfast every day, and showers are also available with hygiene products provided. Note: No pets allowed

Parents Forever Divorce Education sessions are provided for divorcing couples or those contemplating divorce, offering the information they need to make decisions that will minimize the stress of the transition for the entire family. Three options for class sessions:

• Meet one on one with a certified trainer

• Online 8-hour course

• Three (3-hour) group classes with a certified trainer

Class programs cover topics such as legal issues, money issues, the impact of divorce on children and parents, and pathways to a new life

Connects older adults ages 65 and older with services like chore assistance, home-delivered meals, volunteer transportation, and supports with completing applications for assistance programs.

Supports adults with mental health challenges by helping them learn to cope with daily life obstacles, stabilize their health, and improve functioning through structured and supportive care. It offers services like group therapy, psychoeducational classes, social skills training, goal setting, and family meetings, tailored to individual needs. Participants generally attend two to three times per week over about three months, working toward improved emotional, social, and behavioral well-being.

Provides a pharmacy for patients with affordable medication options. Medication refills are provided with a 48 - 72 hour notice of a prescription.