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Library service for residents who live outside member library communities. Several different types of materials and services are available through the American Language Services (ALS) Bookmobile:

• Adult and children's books
• Audio books
• DVDs
• Interlibrary loans
• Large print books
• Music
• Video games

See website for annual schedule

Provides assistance, investigates, and/or intervenes on behalf of vulnerable adults who are unable to act on their own behalf, manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger due to physical or emotional abuse, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, neglect, or abandonment. Services may include:

• Authorization for medical treatment

• Consultation to individuals who suspect abuse

• Removal of the individual to safer surroundings

• Services necessary to remove the conditions which have created a threat to life

NOTE: Complaints, questions, or concerns involving incidents in facilities licensed by the Health Department - such as hospitals, nursing homes, boarding care homes, supervised living facilities, and assisted living and home health agencies - can be referred to the MN Office of Health Facility Complaints at (651)201-4201 or toll-free at (800)369-7994.

Provides day training and habilitation services to create partnerships between individuals living with a disability and the community. Programs offer flexibility and person-centered services. Services provided:

• Create opportunities in leisure, cultural enrichment, employment, and volunteer activities

• Build and expand functional skills

• Develop social relationships, social connections, and life skills

• Foster and develop independence

• Matches client skills, interests, and abilities to ensure activities are a good fit

• Wellness activities and explore art opportunities

Helps qualified households finance basic home improvements that directly affect the safety and accessibility of the home. The program is a deferred loan of up to $15,000, with a 15-year term, which means no interest and no payments during the life of the loan. The loan is forgiven when the term is reached, provided the borrower occupies and owns the property during the entire loan term.

• Asset based visits: Check-ins with families to find their strengths that exist and mobilize those strengths. Connects with families with a minimum of one visit per year.

• CLEC (Community, Leadership, Education, and Connection): Opportunities for adults to engage, learn, and connect including activity, class, and training group.

• Family support:

• Connect families with supportive resources (housing, employment, and healthcare, legal assistance, etc.)

• Provide educational support and increased understanding of academic systems navigation for youth and families

• Encourage relationship development via events, outings and adult education classes

• Gathering events

• Parent advisory group

• Offers a free prescription assistance card that can be used at participating regional and national pharmacies to receive immediate discounts on purchases of brand and generic prescription drugs. Both those who are uninsured and underinsured can use the card.

• Lowest price feature provides cardholders with the lowest plan price. Average discount is 30% off the pharmacy's usual and customary retail price. A discount for some medications can be as high as 80%.

Residential Crisis Stabilization hybrid services integrate mental health, medical, and substance use care in a 24-hour, supervised setting. Provides short-term crisis stabilization services in the same setting. The Steiner Kelting Mental Wellness is a 12-bed residence providing Residential Crisis Stabilization Services (RCS) and Intensive Residential Treatment Services (IRTS). RCS services help individuals manage immediate mental health needs, develop a crisis prevention plan, learn new coping skills, and recognize symptoms earlier. IRTS services are designed to help enhance psychiatric stability, personal and emotional adjustment, self-sufficiency, and independent living skills for individuals who often have co-occurring mental health and substance use diagnoses. A person-centered treatment plan is developed to help individuals set goals to achieve independence and lifelong wellness. Services include:

• 24-hour on-site staff and assistance in a residential setting

• Assessment of immediate needs and factors that lead to the crisis

• Individualized treatment to address immediate needs and restore the individual to pre-crisis level of functioning

• Individual and group therapy

• Living skills/foundational wellness development including exercise and nutrition

• Medication management

• Crisis assistance, development of health care directives, crisis prevention plans, and relapse prevention plans

• Inter- and intra-agency case coordination

• Transition and discharge planning. A discharge plan for services is provided to assist individuals and refer them to other People Incorporated programs.

NOTE: Beds are updated daily via the website. Check for openings and availability of beds.

Offers a wide range of evidence-based mental health services for individuals, couples, and families. Services offered:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Christian counseling

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Exposure therapy

• Play therapy

Services are tailored to each client's needs and goals, helping them address anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, sleep difficulties, and other mental health concerns.

Offers a wide range of evidence-based mental health services for individuals, couples, and families. Services offered:

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

• Christian counseling

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Exposure therapy

• Play therapy

Services are tailored to each client's needs and goals, helping them address anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, sleep difficulties, and other mental health concerns.

Adaptive/Assistive Technology Resources: Available at the Roseville, Shoreview, and White Bear Lake locations. Visit the library's accessibility website to learn more Public Computers and Wi-Fi: Computers available for use by the public; free wireless internet access throughout the libraries Computer Classes: Technology and computer instruction; visit the library website for the class schedule and registration Educational Programs and Events: Programs for adults, teens, and children (e.g., story times, workshops, lectures) Meeting Rooms: Meeting and community rooms available for public use (varies by location) Print and Audio-Visual Materials: Wide selection of books, DVDs, CDs, and other media Reference and Information Services: Assistance from library staff, including machine-assisted reference help Variety of Library Materials: Includes paperbacks, DVDs, newspapers, large print books, Minnesota collection items, CDs, magazines, business directories, maps, and e-books

Mobilizes middle and high school students across the state to create equitable systems through youth led outreach, education, and advocacy. Initiatives include:

• AmeriCorps Promise Fellow: Provides targeted supports for students (focusing on students of color and low-income students) in 6 - 12th grades struggling with school attendance, behavior, and course performance

• The Minnesota Youth Council: Consists of a group of 36 youth leaders who bring the youth's voices and presence to decision making spaces

• VISTA Initiatives: Helps schools and nonprofits address the graduation gap and support the strategies that help youth succeed in school and learning

Medicare Savings Programs have four sub-programs:

• Qualified Disabled and Working Individuals (QDWI): Helps pay for Part A premiums only.

• Qualifying Individual (QI): Helps pay for Part B premiums only.

• Specified Low-Income Medicare Beneficiary (SLMB): Helps pay for Part B premiums only.

• Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB): Helps pay for Part A and B premiums as well as deductibles, coinsurance, and copayments.

Monthly income and countable resource limits apply. Countable resources include any checking or savings funds, stocks, and bonds. A home, one car, a burial plot, $1500 in burial expenses (if the amount is set aside), furniture, and other household items are not applied toward the resource limit. Participants pay for Medicare services that aren't covered, such as routine physicals and prescription drugs. Generally under these programs, premiums are put back into the monthly Social Security check, increasing participants' monthly income.

• Provides noon meals to handicapped and shut in senior citizens

• Provides services to Lake Of The Woods County

• Answers all questions concerning bus and train schedules, routes, fares, the Guaranteed Ride Home program, lost and found, complaint forms, and additional resources

• Information on all area Dial-A-Ride, Park 'N Ride, ride-sharing, and van pool programs

• Trip Planner: An interactive online tool that allows riders to plan stops and schedules

Assists low and moderate-income households in purchasing homes in the city of Minneapolis. Services include:

• Assisting households in purchasing a home by owning the land of a particular property but selling the home on the land to an income-qualified buyer. The homeowner then leases the land from the CLCLT through a 99-year, renewable-ground lease.

?- Orientation on housing services through CLCLT

Mental health services assisting individuals with serious and persistent mental illness to achieve their independent living, health, and recovery goals, and obtain access to needed community support and services.

• Advocacy
• Assessment and supportive counseling
• Care coordination/monitoring/management
• Develop treatment plans
• Referrals to community-based services
• Staff work with individuals in their home and in the community

Helps individuals and families with low incomes (including temporary low incomes) get the food they need for nutritious and well-balanced meals. Provides extra support to help stretch a household's food budget - it is not meant to cover all the groceries a family needs. 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. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Employment and Training (SNAP E&T) program provides free employment and education training and support for people getting SNAP benefits. SNAP E&T participants gain support, skills, training, or experience to reach their goals. Many organizations, including technical and community colleges, community-based organizations, county agencies, tribes, and CareerForce Centers provide SNAP E&T programs and services. Programs can include career planning, job search, training for in-demand jobs, student support, financial support, and continued support once a participant has a job.

Provides urgent care services for non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries and is not intended for routine or chronic medical care. Services are provided same day for a range of minor illnesses and injuries including:

• Cardiology

• Diabetes education

• Dietitian consultations

• Gastroenterology

• Neurology

• Oncology and cancer treatment

• Urology

Provides urgent care services for non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries and is not intended for routine or chronic medical care. Services are provided same day for a range of minor illnesses and injuries including:

• Cardiology

• Diabetes education

• Dietitian consultations

• Gastroenterology

• Neurology

• Oncology and cancer treatment

• Urology

Provides the following classes, presentations, and workshops:

• Anxiety, Stress, and Coping: One-hour class for middle and high school students that talks about what anxiety and stress are and where they come from. Youth will practice coping strategies for stress as well as learn the difference between positive and negative coping strategies. Learn the warning signs of an anxiety disorder and where to go for help.

• Breaking Down Barriers to Brain Health: This is a one-hour class for middle school students that discusses mental health, mental illnesses, suicide prevention, and how to break down the barriers people face to getting mental health care. Students will learn the warning signs of mental illness and suicide and what they can do to help themselves or a friend. This class is designed to be interactive and developmentally appropriate for middle school aged students.

• Belonging, Why it Matters: Understand why belonging matters, and how it impacts both physical and mental health. Learn the role in fostering the culture of belonging. Understand the warning signs and resources for poor mental health. This class is for employees, supervisors, organizational leaders, owners, board members, and human resource professionals.

• Dealing with Difficult Interactions: Learn the signs and symptoms of mental illnesses, along with tips and strategies that can be used in dealing with difficult interactions, to manage the situation and yourself.

• Good Mental Health in the Workplace: Five Things You Can Do: Five things individuals can do to create a workplace that values good mental health. Participants will learn how to promote good mental health (including dealing with stress), the common symptoms of a mental illness, how attitudes and language impact people with mental illnesses, and accommodations for a mental illness. This class is for employees, supervisors, organizational leaders, owners, board members, and human resource professionals.

• Introduction to Trauma and a Trauma-Informed Approach: One-hour overview of trauma, its impacts on the brain, and the guiding principles of a trauma-informed approach. Trauma has long been described as a unique and personal outcome of adverse events or experiences, but exposure is more widespread in the communities than ever before. For those living with a mental illness or substance use disorder, exposure is even more common. Communities and employers can build awareness and take action to create trauma-informed and responsive spaces where people feel safe and valued.

• Minding Your Mental Health (EMPLOYER class only): Understand how and why current events have impacted people's mental health, learn how to manage expectations and stress to navigate changes to the workplace, learn the common symptoms of mental illness, and learn steps employees can take to promote good mental health.

• Ending the Silence: This is a 50-minute class intended for high school students. To learn about mental illnesses and the signs and symptoms. Learn a personal story of a young adult who is doing well in recovery. Students receive resources to get help for themselves or for a friend and information on how to end the silence around mental illness in their school.

• BACK TO SCHOOL ANXIETY: Learn about the signs that your child might be feeling anxious about going back to school, and what parents and caregivers can do before, during, and after school to help ease their child's back-to-school anxiety. Click here for currently scheduled public classes.

• EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF MENTAL ILLNESS IN YOUTH: Workshop designed to help parents, guardians, and foster parents learn early warning signs of mental illnesses and trauma, gain an understanding of the impact of mental Illnesses and trauma on children and youth, and learn strategies to support children who live with an illness. Suicide warning signs and resources are also covered.

• HELPING KIDS COPE: Tips for Supporting Good Family Mental Health: One-hour class that talks about the developmental responses youth may have to stress. Discuss five mental health tips for families and resources in the community. Click here for currently scheduled public classes.

• MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS PLANNING FOR FAMILIES: Learn the symptoms that can lead to a crisis, steps to take, de-escalation techniques, and the role of county crisis teams. Develop a crisis plan for a child and family. This class is for parents or caregivers of children.

• MENTAL ILLNESS AND POST-SECONDARY SUCCESS: Mental Illness and Post-Secondary Success is a two-hour class for parents, post-secondary institutions, students, and others supporting a person who is preparing for or engaged in academic life beyond high school. Learn about available supports, academic strategies, school and community resources, and helpful accommodations and modifications for qualifying students. ADA guidance for students with disabilities is also covered.

• TRANSITIONS: Learn how to help teens or young adults access resources to succeed in school, employment, and independent living. Understand the rights young adults gain when they reach 18 and how to help guide them if they are not ready for total independence. This 1.5 hour class is for parents or caregivers of youth or young adults.

• TRAUMA REACTIONS AND POST TRAUMATIC GROWTH IN CHILDREN AND YOUTH: 1.5 hour presentation, learn how to identify traumatic experiences in a child's life, understand trauma reactions and foster healing and growth in children and youth who have experienced trauma.

• OVERCOMING LONELINESS: Strategies for Helping People with Mental Illnesses: Professionals will learn about the impact of loneliness and how no one goes through a serious illness by themselves. Will also learn the importance of engaging family members, promoting connections to others, and identify strategies to meaningfully engage family members and friends in a person's life. This class is open to all mental health practitioners and professionals.

• Adult day services

• Atmosphere that promotes social relationships, self-sufficiency, and opportunity for growth

• Community-based group employment under supervision of trained staff; services include case management, training, and advocacy

• Assessment: Measures a person's strengths, interests, and work skills

• Work Adjustment Training: Develops job skills to assist individuals in career planning specific to individual goals

• Job Coaching: One-to-one training on employment skills

• Job Development: Develops employment options for community placement, assists with resume preparation, interviewing skills, provides employer services, and matches participant's desires to employer

• Supported employment provides training and independent placement of individuals desiring jobs in community settings

• Center-based employment provides supervised employment opportunities in light industrial packaging and manual assembly, shrink wrap, skin wrap, and blister packaging

• Follow-up Services: Professional job retention support

• Life skills classes and social activities

• Day Training and Habilitation Program - DT&H

• Traumatic Brain Injury Program

• Vast majority of participants are transported to and from their homes on ProAct vehicles which include specialized equipment, wheelchair lift buses, commuter vans, and cars

• Vocational skill development

Variety of classes and activities for community members of all ages including:

• Adult enrichment programs

• Exercise classes

• Youth enrichment programs

• Youth swimming lessons

• Youth sports

Helps children with severe emotional disturbance and their families obtain needed mental health, medical, social, educational, and vocational services within the community. Case managers meet with clients and their families at a variety of community locations, including residences that are convenient and easily accessible for those involved in the program.

Provides information about blindness and visual impairment. Provides assistance to individuals for accessing products, services, and trainings to assist with daily activities and adjustments to vision loss.

Provides the following information and services:

• Child care licensing?

• Child care provider information and referral?

?- General information on licensing for child care