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Offers an assortment of exercise programs, allowing community members to take a preventive approach to aging well. Programs including:

• Community exercise group: Full-body exercise routine that includes both seated and standing exercises. This program is designed to give participants a safe and effective workout that will allow them to increase and maintain their flexibility, stability, and movement

• Exercise buddy: Trained volunteer meets with the participant weekly in their home to help increase their strength, flexibility, and balance

Memories and movement evidence-based programs, including:

• A matter of balance: An eight-week program that helps reduce the fear of falling and increases the activity levels of older adults. This workshop is offered through Juniper, a statewide network of evidence-based programs.

• S.A.I.L.(Stay Active and Independent for Life!): This exercise class is a strength, balance, and fitness program for community-dwelling older adults to stay active and reduce their chances of falling. Meets two to three times per week for one hour.

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• Tai Ji Quan: Moving for better balance: a 12-week progressive learning course where participants learn an adapted 8 form Tai Chi routine that is intended to address common and potentially debilitating movement and balance issues. This workshop is offered through Juniper; a statewide network of evidence-based programs.

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Contact for current offerings list.

Rule 29 outpatient mental health services with a person-centered, holistic, and integrated approach to treating mental illnesses, challenges, and co-occurring diagnoses. Services provided:

• Anger management

?- Group therapy ?- Mental health intake assessments ?- Psychiatric medication management

• Psychotherapy for adults, adolescents, children, couples, and families

Provides programs for Grades K - 12 education such as:

• American Indian Business Leaders (AIBL): A middle and high school entrepreneur program

• Career counseling

• Counseling Circle Program: For students grades 5 - 12. Provide assistance with issues preventing positive school and social outcomes.

• Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE)

• Drum and dance community and classroom cultural presentations

• Extracurricular activities/sports

• Fun club with recreational activities like reading, videos, and outdoor games

• Gifted and talented program

• POWWOW Picz: Student-run entrepreneur business

• National Honor Society: A high school, community service, leadership, and character-building program

• Ojibwe Language and Culture Program: Integrates the Ojibwe language into the K-12 curriculum. Offers instruction on Ojibwe cultural activities such as ricing, netting, trapping, and maple sugaring.

• Plato Program: Provides academic support, homework help, and recreational activities

• Student Against Destructive Decisions (SADD): A peer leadership organization, aimed at decreasing incidents of underage drinking, drug use, impaired driving, Depression, and Suicide

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 the 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.

Crisis Call Assistance - 24/7 Provides:

• Service to domestic violence victims - Free, confidential help - Safe, caring environment - Individual support - Emergency transportation to safety - Weekly support group (24 hour notice required for transportation to support group, call during regular business hours) - Education - Orders for protection - Harassment restraining orders - Referrals - Legal advocacy - System advocacy

Provides law enforcement and community services.

Medicine Clinic is an internal medicine residency teaching clinic that serves as a community clinic.

• Provides a full range of primary health care services to adults with special emphasis on chronic medical problems such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol

• Provides emergency and short-term drug vouchers for patients with serious emergency medical conditions

Provides emergency rental assistance with goal-oriented case management to address the immediate housing crisis, prevent homelessness, and promote long-term housing stability by addressing barriers related to homelessness. Supportive services may include goal setting and stability planning, budgeting support, employment search, transportation assistance, childcare and benefits navigation, help identifying healthcare providers, and much more. Provides rapid re-housing services where members of the community open their homes to host a youth or young adult in Anoka County who are experiencing homelessness. Provides case management services to help facilitate transitions, minimize barriers, and help youth and young adults set and achieve their goals.

Intensive adult outpatient services, including group treatment, and relapse services. Additional services include case management services and referrals.

• ICF and Community Residential Services

• Assigned nursing staff for each location

• Recreation department with regularly scheduled programming that includes music therapy, physical activities, computer lab, and more.

• Residential services include skills training and social development for adults ages 18 and older located in Carver, Hennepin, and Scott Counties.

• Intermediate Care Facility for adults ages 18 and older. Providing homes for 6 - 10 adults.

• Residential children's home located in Richfield. The program provides each child with a safe, stable, and nurturing environment, while working with case managers to secure an appropriate long-term home. The program serves children ages 4 - 18 with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• Short-term youth crisis home providing support to children ages 5 - 17 who are on a CADI waiver and have mental health needs. Located in Anoka County.

• Over 25 community residential homes with 3 - 5 residents in each located in Carver, Hennepin, and Scott counties.

As a MN Housing Finance Agency Agent, Kootasca administrates this program in Itasca and Koochiching Counties to prevent homelesness. Households are assisted in securing safe, decent rental housing. Funds are provided to eligible applicants to keep them in stable housing Some program features are: - Tenant Education and assistance to establish good relationship with landlord in safe, affordable housing

• Budget counseling

• Short-term rental assistance to prevent homelessness

• Advocacy services to find information and services needed, plus ongoing support

• For Itasca County contact, Gail Beckman 218-999-0833

Offers a systematic approach to the diagnosis and treatment of sleep-wake disorders, such as insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, and other conditions in both adults and children.

Child protection services help protect children from physical abuse, neglect, and sexual abuse and help families get the services they need to change their behaviors.

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

Crime Victim Justice Unit:

• Advises crime victims of their rights and monitors the enforcement of those rights

• Assists victims who believe they have been treated unfairly in the criminal justice system

• Provides information about available financial resources, including the Emergency Fund, the Auto Theft Impound Fund, and the Reimbursement Program

• Provides information about the investigation and prosecution process

• Provides victims with information and referral to local victim advocates and services

• Provides written materials on crime victim rights and issues

Victim Information and Notification Everyday - VINE:

• Automated telephone notification system providing crime victims with an offender's custody status and location, criminal charge information, sentence expiration date, and referral information for law enforcement and victim services provider organizations. Service is available 24 hours a day.

?- Automated information and notification system that notifies registered users upon a change in an offender's status. Victims can be notified by automated phone message, email, or text message. ?

Municipal police services

Provides establishment and enforcement of child support orders. Services include: ?- Collecting current and past-due support payments

• Locating non-custodial parents

• Establishing parentage

• Establishing and enforcing child support orders for basic, medical, or child care support

• Reviews and modifies court orders for support?

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.

A retirement community with amenities; on site senior dining with Senior Support Home Health services available upon request. Apartment complex is available to any qualifying person over 60 years old, or any person who is disabled or handicapped regardless of income 46 one bedroom units. 1 two bedroom unit: market rate rent $546/month, average rent $350/ month, utilities included. Amenities include:

• Ground level apartments with automatic door opener

• Laundry room

• Beauty/Barber shop

• Cards and games room, sun room, and pool table

• Large screen TV with VCR, TV lounge

• Many books, videos & DVDs available

• Exercise equipment

• Large community room with kitchen for parties & family gatherings

• Indoor garbage and recycling room

• 6 car garage and off-street parking with winter plug-ins

• Groceries and medications can be delivered

• Housecleaning and Home Health Aid care available upon request

• Registered nursing supervision, blood pressure checks

• Senior Nutrition program meals on-site or home delivered

• Dial-A-Ride Service for in-town transportation during winter months

Helps families work their way out of poverty by providing temporary cash and food benefits to eligible families. While MFIP has a 60-month time limit, there are some limited exceptions and extensions. Participants are required to follow certain work rules. Failure to meet these requirements will result in MFIP grants being sanctioned or reduced. In addition:

• Child support will be pursued in those situations where one or both parents are absent
• A woman expecting a baby may receive assistance for herself during her pregnancy
• Children who are being cared for by certain relatives may receive assistance

NOTE: MFIP recipients may be eligible for Emergency Assistance, Child Care Assistance, Medical Assistance, and/or Food Support.

Provides law enforcement and community services including:

• Community crime prevention

• Dispatch

• General crime reporting

• Emergency response

• Prescription drug drop off

• Technical rescues

Root River Estates is an independent living offering:

• 1 and 2 bedroom unit

• 24-hour emergency response system

• Community room

• Free local transportation

• Paid utilities

Stewartvilla apartments offering:

• 1 two bedroom apartment

• 2 handicap accessible apartment

• 3 stories

• 29 one bedroom apartment

• Community room

• Free local transportation

• Paid utilities

Provides a hybrid crisis and Intensive Residential Treatment Service (IRTS) program which integrates mental health, medical, and substance use care in a 24-hour, supervised setting. Provides a high level of treatment and assistance in a structured environment. The Chicago Residence is a 13-bed single occupancy inpatient residence for men and women. For individuals experiencing a mental illness. The program includes:

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

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

• Short-term crisis stabilization and individualized treatment to address immediate needs and restore the individual to a pre-crisis level of functioning

Provides primary care services, including:

• Acupuncture

• Adult and children's vaccinations

• Allergy shots

• Allergy testing

• Anticoagulation therapy

• Audiology

• Behavioral evaluations

• Bone density scanning

• Camp and sports physical exams

• Colonoscopy

• Concussion treatment

• Family medicine

• Gastroenterology

• Health maintenance exams

• Internal medicine

• Mammograms

• Medical imaging

• Medicare wellness visits

• Medication management

• Nutrition education

• Orthopedics

• Osteopathic medicine

• Pediatrics

• Podiatry

• Pregnancy (prenatal care)

• Sports medicine

• Travel medicine

• Well-child exams

• Women's health

A web-based application providing:

• Information on critical supports and services such as access to street and school outreach workers, locations and hours of drop-in centers, food, teen clinics, basic needs (clothing, showers, laundry) and parenting

• Real-time shelter bed availability for homeless youth throughout the Twin Cities metro area; how to access the shelter and bus route information

• Youth can sign up to receive text or email notification when a shelter bed becomes available