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Provides books, eBooks, eAudiobooks, magazines, music CDs, DVDs, audiobooks on CD, access to computers, children's play stations, Internet access, online reference databases, children's story times, law library, Spanish language materials, summer reading program for children, as well as book clubs and computer classes for adults.

Direct Access allows an individual to go directly to a provider they choose to receive a comprehensive assessment and access care immediately. The county will assess individuals who need help paying for a chemical use assessment or treatment services through the Behavioral Health Fund. Provides referrals to local community service providers for chemical assessments or treatment services. Also, directs individuals to visit www.fasttrackermn.org for additional resources.

• Hair Removal for men and women - Acne Treatment - Treatment of Psoriasis - Facial Spider Veins - Rosacea - Leg Veins - Scars - Warts - Stretch Marks - Port Wine Stains - Hemangiomas - Tattoo Removal

Provides the 5-Steps, as well as resources, tips, and messages to help someone in a crisis. The website lists:

• How and why the 5-Steps can help when communicating with someone who may be suicidal

• Download the 5-Step graphic kits

• Watch videos that demonstrate the steps on how to save a life

• Visit the website for more resources on knowing the warning signs, the importance of self-care, knowing the risk factors, suicide loss survivors, making a safety plan, and more

Cash-grant program for adults with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. 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. Provides short-term grant assistance for persons in a financial crisis including nonrecurring shelter and utility needs not exceeding 30 days. Payments of emergency funding are available for:

• Housing: Payments for mortgage/contract for deed foreclosures, past due rent (no more than 2 months) and damage deposits (equal to 1 month's rent)

• Utilities: Payments for municipal water and sewer services, electric, gas, fuel oil and wood. Deposits are limited to an amount equal to an average month's bill. Does not include late fees, court fees or repairs.

Provides 13 licensed Adult Foster Care/Community Residential Setting homes for people who need some daily care, but do not need "skilled nursing" care. Four individuals per home.

Provides comprehensive dental services such as preventative dental care, restorative, and emergency dental care. Offers the Bright Smiles Program for children ages 6 years and under.

Provides fire protection, fire safety education, and emergency medical response to the community. Municipal fire stations:

• North: 665 County Road F (not staffed on site)

• South: 3595 Arcade Street North

• Foreclosure Prevention: Helps individuals avoid foreclosure when they're struggling to make mortgage payments. Counselors: review current finances to give a clear idea of options, works with individuals to submit paperwork to apply for mortgage modification, refers to government programs to help save the home, assists with postponing the sheriff's sale to enable more time to work out a mortgage solution.

?- Homebuyer Counseling: Helps individuals set themselves up for long-term success for buying a home. Counselors will: assess the financial situation, address barriers such as credit and debt, determine if an client is ready to buy and help calculate what they can afford, share information on current mortgage loan programs, and refer to down payment and closing cost assistance programs.

• Reverse Mortgage Counseling: Advises individuals on reverse mortgages which allows older adults who have equity in their homes to obtain cash from their homes without selling them in order to pay for home health care and other needed services. Reverse mortgage counseling is available by phone throughout Minnesota or in person at the Brainerd, Duluth, Minneapolis, and Willmar locations only.

Adult Field Services include the following:- Administers the completion of court-ordered community service and the payment of restitution on misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, and felony probation cases. Provides information on Hennepin County adult probationers.

• Oversees the Adult Sentencing to Service Program, which allows offenders to complete court-ordered obligations and learn new work skills. STS Adults program call 612-596-9220

• Screens persons booked into the Adult Detention Center for release eligibility

• Supervises adults conditionally released on pretrial status

• Prepares presentence reports for the district court concerning felony, misdemeanor, and gross misdemeanor offenders

• Provides counseling to defendants and monitoring of compliance with court-ordered conditions

• Provides parole and supervised release for Hennepin County adult offenders

• Provides probation supervision for adult offenders who are referred by the 4th Judicial District Court

• Provides probation supervision for adult offenders whose sentence originates from outside the 4th Judicial District Court or outside the state of Minnesota

Locations:

• Division I Downtown, A-302, A-810 and A-1100 Government Center, Minneapolis, MN 55487, (612)348-3645

• Division II Brookdale, 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway Suite 300, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430, (612)543-0239

• Division III Ridgedale, 12601 Ridgedale Drive, Room 325, Minnetonka, MN 55305, (612)543-0080

• Brooklyn Crossings Office, 3220 County Road 10 (Bass Lake Road), Brooklyn Center, MN 55429, (612)348-4365

• Midtown Neighborhood Probation, 2949 Chicago Avenue South, (612)825-6138

• Probation Reporting Center, 4336 Lyndale Avenue North, #170, Minneapolis, MN 55401,(612)348-6037

• Probation Services North, 4336 Lyndale Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411, (612)348-4770

• Public Safety Facility, 401 4th Avenue South, #110, Minneapolis, (612)596-8200

• Seward Neighborhood Probation, 2600 East 25th Street, 2nd Floor, Minneapolis, MN 55406, (612)596-0487

• Stevens Square, Loring Heights and Whittier Neighborhood Probation, 10 East 19th Street, Apt. B-2, Minneapolis, MN 55403, (612)879-8075

• The Farm-Inter/Intrastate, 6040 Earle Brown Drive, Brooklyn Center, MN (612)596-0864

Provides a free hotline as a single point of entry for single adults, families, and youth ages 18 - 24 physically in Hennepin County seeking emergency shelter. Trained specialists will assess and triage callers to connect them to emergency shelter, and provide diversion services and resources as appropriate.

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

• Civil court

• Court records

• Criminal state trial court

• Family court

• Jury selection

• Juvenile court

• Landlord/tenant information

• Law Library

• Notary Public

• Order for protection forms

• Probate court

• Traffic court

Provides administrative support for district court as well as the Constitutional office responsible for:

• Keeping court records

• Recording and distributing fines and fees

• Providing other judicial services

Courthouse contains a law library for people researching legal issues and a self help work station with a computer providing free access for research and online legal information databases, as well as a direct-dial phone to find court information, print court forms, speak with self help staff

• Neighborhood Watch Program: Partnership between neighborhoods and police working together to make neighborhoods safe. Involves residents of neighborhoods working together by knowing each other, communicating with each other, and keeping an eye out for suspicious activity in the neighborhood.

• Firearms Safety Training: A class is put on in the spring and fall of each year which includes 24 hours of classroom instruction on gun and hunting safety, a practical exam, and written exam each student must pass in order to receive his hunter certificate allowing them to hunt.

A 108-bed residential facility for women, pregnant women, and women with children up to age 5. Provides treatment services for substance use and mental health disorders. Services include:

• 24/7 residential advocates who provide guidance in routines and maintain safety

• Case management

• Comprehensive after care and discharge plan

• Co-occurring treatment services

• Facilitation of reintegration into society

• Individual and group therapy

• Individualized treatment plans

• Meals and snacks

• Medium intensity care where treatment focuses on intensive group therapy. Average timeframe for medium intensity care is 30-80 days.

• Participation in 20 hours of weekly treatment programming

Mayor and City Council Members: https://www.twoharborsmn.gov/government/city_officials/mayor_council/index.php Departments: Administration and Finance:

• Responsible for City Council support, finance, human resource activities, labor relations, elections, data practices (records) requests, liquor and tobacco licensing, special events permit, and general government administration

Building Official:

• Responsible for all construction within the City limits

Electric:

• Provides new connection and electric service to commercial and residential, and Conservation Improvement Program (CIP)

• 503 20th Avenue

• 7 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

Fire:

• Located at the intersection of Lake Co Hwy 2 and 20th Avenue

• (218)834-8816

Gas, Sewer, and Water:

• Maintains and services both the mains and services

• 503 20th Avenue

• 6 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

• (218)834-8812

Planning and Zoning:

• Permits (Conditional use, sidewalk, and sign)

• Rental application

Public Works:

• Includes storm sewer system, streets, parks, cemetery, and governmental buildings

• Responsible for snow plowing, sanding, pothole patching, and sidewalk replacement. In addition, the maintenance of City parks as well as the care of trees

• Yard waste (accepts grass clippings, leaves, and branches)

• 503 20th Avenue

• 7am - 3:30 pm Monday - Friday

• (218)834-8810

Recreation:

• Coordinates and participates in programs including curling clubs, open gym, recreational skating, senior activities, ski trail, summer youth recreation program, swim program and weight training

Two Harbors Economic Development Authority:

• Responsible for preserving and creating jobs, enhancing the City's tax base, assisting with certain housing initiatives, promoting the general welfare of the people of the City and to assume primary responsibility for development activities within the City

Pre-trial detention facility

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include: ?- Accompaniment to medical appointments, emergency medical exams, court hearings, and trials

• Child and adult protection representation

• Child support and paternity cases

• Conservatorships

• Crime witness support

• Criminal and delinquency prosecution; district attorney

• Criminal protective orders

• Domestic/family violence legal services

• Guardianships

• Juvenile diversion

• Legal representation of county boards and agencies

• Prosecutes misdemeanors, gross misdemeanors and felonies

• Requests restitution; crime victim compensation

• Restraining orders

• Stalking/Harassment orders?

• Temporary and permanent restraining orders

• Victim notification

Provides general chiropractic services. Treatment areas include acute injuries, chronic/repetitive stress injuries, prenatal care, pediatric care, soft tissue injuries, car accidents, workplace injuries, and structural care of the spine.

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

• Civil state trial court

• Conciliation Court (Small Claims Court): Allows citizens to bring legal claims to court without expensive costs or complicated legal procedures

• Court records

• Criminal state trial court

• Family Court: Deals with cases involving families, e.g. marriage dissolutions (divorce), domestic abuse actions, harassment actions, child custody/support matters and paternity cases

• Harassment Restraining Order and Temporary Restraining Order filing office

• Housing Court: Landlord/tenant (eviction process). Court action that determines who has the legal right to possession of certain real property.

• Judgments: Public computers may be used to access information on outstanding judgments, which include money owed by debtors to creditors

• Jury selection

• Juvenile Court: Deals with cases involving children under age 18

• Law Library

• Parking ticket and traffic ticket fine collection office

• Probate/Mental Health Court: Jurisdiction over cases concerning disposition of property belonging to deceased persons, administration of court-supervised truths and proceedings to create guardianships and conservatorships for minor children, incapacitated or incompetent adults

• Subpoenas: Legal documents that may be issued in any court case and requires the person receiving the subpoena to appear in court at the time and place indicated on the document

Provides consultation, training, and support to help make state and local services accessible to people who are deaf, deafblind, or hard of hearing. Offers counseling and technical assistance to individuals and their families, provides and supports assistive technology, and delivers free training to social service providers, educators, and other professionals.

Provides culturally appropriate pathways to homeownership for Somali women and their families, guiding women on how to utilize resources and tools for financial empowerment, and preparing them to make financial investments in a home. Services provided:

• Create an action plan and steps to achieve goals

• Develop a budget and savings plan

• Encouragement and nonjudgmental support to build financial confidence

• Homebuyer and financial education workshop

• Individualized planning unique to the needs of each woman

• One-on-one advice regarding credit reports and addressing credit problems

• This is a Medicaid program for beneficiaries who need help in paying for Medicare services. The beneficiary must have Medicare Part A and limited income and resources. For those who qualify, the Medicaid program pays Medicare Part A premiums, Part B premiums, and Medicare deductibles and coinsurance amounts for Medicare services. Benefits begin the month following the month in which approval occurred

• Note: There can be a lag time before SSA is able to stop taking the premiums out of the recipient's benefit check, but the recipient will be reimbursed by SSA for all months eligible for SLMB and/or QMB or QI-1. The reverse is true when these programs terminate: recipients should be told to put aside premium costs from first month of termination on

• can apply online at www.mnbenefits.mn.gov

Provides an open door food shelf to offer clients the ability to choose and select what their families will eat. Food items include fresh produce, meat, bread, and canned items. Services are provided weekly to all clients to shop. Supplemental food are available to older adults aged 60 years and older with pre-packaged Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP) boxes to be picked up in person during regular food shelf hours.

Offers a discount program for eligible patients and a payment plan option for any balance not covered by the discount. The program cannot be used for dental and pharmacy bills and charges. Program assistance is based on:

• Assets, such as property or savings accounts
• Family size
• Income
• Liabilities, such as bills or regular payments due

Individuals may apply even if they have insurance coverage.