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Provides a full spectrum of learning options for community members in person and online. Adult Education services include:

• Basic skills (math, reading, and writing) and computer training
• Budgeting and financial literacy
• GED preparation
• Interview skills
• Citizenship
• College and career preparation
• Creating a resume
• English Language Learning (ELL)/English as a Second Language (ESL)

-Industry-specific training such as entrepreneur training, carpentry, pre-apprenticeship, ServSafe food manager certification, and para-professional certification Adults set their own goals and work at their own pace. Instructors help adults explore and achieve their education goals.

Provides law enforcement and community services.

Provides free tax assistance to income-eligible individuals and families in Hennepin County by trained and certified volunteers. Assists with preparing federal, state, and property taxes. Tax preparation services offered February through early May and are available virtually rather than in person due to COVID-19. NOTE: Not taking tax filing assistance appointments during the 2025 tax season. Only refer to other community resources.

Offers a variety of food, including fresh produce when available. People can shop each week if needed. Accepts food donations.?

Provides referrals to sober housing such as:

• G House: Independent sober living located in North Saint Cloud

• Opportunity House: Transitional structured sober house for men located in North Saint Cloud

• T-House: Independent sober living located in South Saint Cloud

Provides emergency medical care 24 hours/7 days a week to patients who are experiencing injuries and need to be treated. Telehealth services are offered to patients who have had a stroke to connect with a Mayo Clinic vascular neurologist.

Long term and short term skilled nursing home with services including:

• 24/7 nursing assistants, registered nurse, and personal care

• Daily activities and therapeutic recreation

• Fully furnished private or semi private rooms and housekeeping

• Hospice care

• Memory care

• On site physician visits

• Rehabilitation therapies

• Spiritual care

• Three meals daily

Provides inpatient short-term care and rehabilitation for individuals recovering from hospital stays for complex medical issues such as stroke, injury, or even elective surgeries who need 24-hour care in a fully equipped senior rehabilitation center.

• Based on individual's needs, services may include:

• Family support to integrate the family into the individual's plan of care

• Occupational therapy

• Physical therapy

• Speech therapy

• Spiritual care

• Strength, flexibility and endurance development

• The support of a professional, caring staff that includes therapists and other qualified caregivers

Provides adult mental health targeted case management to assist individual's needs, develop person goals, and access needed services. As part of case management, supportive services may include:

• Addressing medical and physical health

• Advocacy

• Financial management

• Housing issues

• Maintaining social relationships

• Mental health management education

• Mental health services

• Transportation access

• Vocational habilitation

Mayor and City Council Members Member contact information Departments:

• Assessor's Office: Establishes the estimated market value and classification for property tax purposes

• City Administration: Oversees city department operations

• Community Development Department: Building permits, plumbing permits, and mechanical permits

• Finance Department

• Public Works Department: Handles street construction/repair, snow clearance, water, and sewer maintenance?

Provides help to at-risk families to avoid future incidents of child maltreatment and to enhance child and family well-being, including:

• Comprehensive assessments, early intervention, outreach, and supportive and therapeutic services

• Connect families with county and community-based services

?- Limited financial assistance for families to meet basic needs

Mayor and City Council Members Member contact information Administration:

• Provides support for the City Council, the City Manager, and all departments located at City Hall

Building Inspection:

• Responsible for the application and enforcement of the building codes and related ordinances regulating construction, alterations, and the use of buildings within the city

Fire Department:

• Volunteer department that serves the City of Wayzata

Motor Vehicle Department:

• Handles the registration of licensed motor vehicles, boats, and snowmobiles

Planning:

• Administers and enforces the city's zoning code, comprehensive plan, and design standards

Public Works:

• Responsible for the maintenance of all city streets, water and sewer systems, storm sewers and engineering of infrastructure

Provides an introduction to Alcoholics Anonymous for persons with a desire to stop drinking. Meetings are held at 10 am every Saturday.

Walnut Grove Elementary School: 601 Washington Street, PO Box 278, Walnut Grove, MN 56180 Westbrook High School: 344 8th Street, PO Box 129, Westbrook, MN 56183

Minnesota's version of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families). Statewide MFIP helps families work their way out of poverty by providing temporary cash and food benefits to eligible families. Statewide MFIP has a 60-month limit, there are some limited exceptions and extensions to the time limit. Participants are required to follow certain work rules. Failure to meet work rules will result in their 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 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

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.

• Parent/child classes from birth to kindergarten

• Special events and speakers for families with young children

• Home visits for families with unique circumstances

• Integrated parent/child classes for special needs preschoolers

• Toy and book lending library

• Information on other community resources for families and young children

Offers the full range of primary and specialty care including:

• Primary care - family medicine
• Podiatry

Approves licenses or registrations for physicians, acupuncturists, physician assistants, athletic trainers, respiratory care practitioners, and traditional midwives. Additional services include regulating and investigating complaints against licensed medical practitioners.

Administers elementary and secondary schools for District 423 Schools:

• Crow River Area Learning Center: 1200 Roberts Road Hutchinson, MN 55350 (320)234-2653; located within Hutchinson High School

• Hutchinson High School: 1200 Roberts Road Hutchinson, MN 55350 (320)587-2151

• Hutchinson Middle School: 1635 South Grade Road Hutchinson, MN 55350 (320)587-2854

• Hutchinson Park Elementary School: 100 Glen Street SW Hutchinson, MN 55350 (320)587-2837

• Hutchinson West Elementary School: 875 School Road South Hutchinson, MN 55350 (320)587-4470

• Transitions Assistance Program: 145 Glen Street SW Hutchinson, MN 55350 (320)234-2702

Community-based pre-apprenticeship program. Participants receive hands-on training in construction and carpentry skills while working toward their GED or high school diploma. Youth are offered CPR certification, OSHA certification, and NCCER training. Youth work on a myriad of projects ranging from demolition and renovation to new construction. Every participant is provided with workplace skills via paid work experience. Participants get experience in reading a tape measure, using handheld and power tools, estimating project needs, painting/staining, installing cabinets, sheetrock and mudding, demolition, installing banisters and stairs, concrete work, installing flooring, window installation, roofing, framing garden beds, and picnic tables. Construction projects focus on low-income housing and nonprofit organizations.

• Day Camp Ages 4 - 14: Provides fun and challenging activities in both small and large group settings. Campers can check out camp and still come home each night. Eight day camp locations around the metro area: Lakeville, Lino Lakes, Long Lake, Loretto, Monticello, Mound, Rochester, and Rosemount, Minnesota and Hudson, Wisconsin

• Overnight Ages 7-17: Campers get a well-rounded experience with activities like horseback riding, swimming, ropes, kayaking, and camp fires. 3 - 26 day and single gender sessions are available. Four overnight camp locations in Eveleth and Loretto, MN and Amery and Hudson, WI

• Teen Wilderness Ages 11-18: Campers start in base camp then head out on canoeing, backpacking and rock climbing trips. Sessions range from 5 days to 1 month or more. Two locations Grand Marais and Ely, Minnesota.

• Family Camp All Ages: Families get away and come together through opportunities for growth, spiritual development and environmental awareness. YMCA Camp du Nord is located on the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Camp Northern Lights on the edge of the Superior National Forest.

• Outdoor learning programs that can be tailored to group size, program lengths, and curriculum. Also provides learning opportunities delivered through special events.

Financial assistance and/or scholarships available

Health Education and Promotion Programs attempt to maintain and improve the health of our county's residents through many types of programs such as: Group Programs about health concerns such as: - Nutrition

• Healthy lifestyles

• Hypertension

• Smoking

• AIDS, etc

• Health Related Programs for schools and youth organizations

• Assistance and direction with the formation of needed support groups

• Diabetes Education is provided by one of our staff nurses who is a certified diabetes educator

• Blood Pressure and Cholesterol Screening, education and referral for on-site groups and work places

• AIDS information and support, call the AIDS Hotline at (800)248- AIDS

• For local education and/or promotion, call County Health at (218)283-7070

• Up to date health information and audiovisual materials are available free of charge to individuals, community groups, schools

• Public Awareness of Health Resources throughout the county through publicity, programs and health information

• What's Up? Family, Health and Community radio broadcast provides important information concerning our community Health. Listen to KGHS Radio Wednesday afternoons & Saturday mornings

• Labor and Delivery class training is provided through the Rainy Lake Medical Center Hospital Campus

• The Maternal and Child Health Special Project seeks to reduce infant mortality and disability and to improve the health of the mothers and babies. Home visits are made to pregnant women and mothers and infants by a skilled maternal and child health nurse. Education and support services to reduce maternal risk-taking behaviors and improve parenting skills are provided through individual counseling, group education, prepared childbirth classes, special classes for students on healthy lifestyles, and the distribution of printed materials and newsletters

• Family Planning Services are available at Koochiching Family Planning Clinic

Providing administrative guidance to the school district.

• Elementary School - Dassel

131 William Avenue East PO Box 368 Dassel, MN 55325 (320)286-4100 ext. 1500

• Elementary School - Cokato

200 5th Street Southwest Cokato, MN 55321 (320)286-4100 ext. 1300

• Middle School

4852 Reardon Avenue Southwest Suite 1500 Cokato, MN 55321 (320)286-4100 ext. 1600

• High School

4852 Reardon Avenue Southwest Suite 1600 Cokato, MN 55321 (320)286-4100 ext. 1800

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.

Support services available for those dealing with eating disorders. Nutritional evaluation, counseling, and education are offered to support recovery.

• Group therapy available as often as needed or recommended

• One to two hour individual therapy, once a week

• Registered dietitian services when needed and as recommended by participant's care team