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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 companionship, rides to medical appointments, help with shopping and chores, transportation, and more.

Provides legal representation on issues related to:- Benefits- Custody- Family law matters- Housing- Immigration- Orders for protectionMay help with the following for victims of human trafficking:- Expungements- Harassment Restraining Order (HROs)- Housing- Order for Protection (OFPs)- Other civil legal problems- Public benefit issues

Provides psychiatry and medical services to work with clients. Services include:- Medication-Assisted Treatment: A combination of medication and therapy to help individuals in their recovery process toward long-term abstinence- Medication Management: Licensed psychiatrists and nurse practitioners assist clients with monitoring and regulating their medications to ensure medications are appropriately prescribed and achieve their intended therapeutic outcome- Psychiatric Evaluation: A comprehensive psychiatric evaluation is provided to understand and diagnose mental illnesses for both children and adults. Care coordination is also provided to support and guide clients in all aspects of their health and well-being.

Special education services for students who are mentally impaired, EBD (emotionally behaviorally disordered), have developmental cognitive disabilities, and those with low incidence disabilities.Transition programs provide services for young adults as they progress from an educational setting toward living and working as independently as possible in the community.Other program components include:- Community and experiential based instruction and career/technical education opportunities- Differentiated academic instructions- Highly customized environment and a low student/staff ratio- Transition skill development and co-located mental health services

Offers person-centered support services to individuals living with a disability or mental health condition. Services provided:- Case management to assess gaps in services to develop a goal plan to resolve the individual's housing crisis and prevent them from becoming homeless- Develop life skills including self-sufficiency planning, establish independence, and housing skills- Help individuals secure and maintain stable housing. Services include house searching, application assistance, budgeting, landlord communication, and ongoing stability planning.- Meeting with staff for information about housing resources for rapid re-housing, transitional housing, permanent supportive housing, and eligibility. Provides referrals and resources to programs as needed.

Information will be listed here when it becomes available for residents of the following counties: Aitkin, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Itasca, Koochiching, and Lake of the Woods. If a program is not listed in a specific area, individuals should contact their school district's social worker for possible assistance with school supplies.

Offers a comprehensive rehabilitation program for young children to adults who have suffered from a sports injury, trying to get back to work, or struggling with day-to-day activities. Services include: - Aquatic therapy - Occupational therapy - Pediatric rehab - Physical therapy (offered at Henning and Wadena Clinic sites) - Speech therapy - Sports medicine

Direct Access allows individuals to go directly to a provider they choose to receive a comprehensive assessment and access care immediately. Services include:- Assessing individuals who need help paying for a substance use assessment or treatment services through the Behavioral Health Fund- Pre-petition screening for civil commitment- Referrals to local community service providers for a substance use assessment or treatment services. Individuals may go to any provider of their choosing for the assessment and/or treatment

Provides investigative and intervention services for child abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment. Services include:- Accepts reports of alleged abuse or neglect- Assessment the initial referral- Consultation to individuals who suspect abuse- Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem- Dependency investigation- Explanation of reporting statutes and answer questions regarding agency practices- Ongoing support services for children and their families- Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home- Works with the family toward unification or reunification

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.

Connects and provides older adults and their caregivers with services in their community to allow them to live long, healthy, and independent lives in their own homes. Services include:- Food Assistance: Congregate dining locations offering low-cost meals, low-cost frozen meals, home-delivered meals, NAPS, and SNAP- Healthy Living: Blood pressure checks, fall prevention screenings, telehealth conferences, Tai Chi and yoga sessions, and stretching/balance education- Information Services: Offers memory loss education and Dementia Friends, Medicare counseling and assistance, fraud/scam identification and prevention, assistance with internet search, assistance with Healthcare Directives and Power of Attorney forms, and classes to older adults- Mobile Community Center: Brings services and socialization to the door or community. The vehicle is equipped with high-speed internet, flat-screen TV, applications for programs, and meeting space for coffee and conversation.- Social: Offers card parties, coffee and conversation time, caregiver respite, karaoke parties, video calls and chats with friends, and social media assistance

Pays for room and board for seniors and adults with disabilities who have low incomes. Aims to reduce and prevent people from living in institutions or becoming homeless.All recipients receive assistance each month to help pay for rent and food. Some recipients also receive Housing Support supplemental funding to provide other services if they don't qualify for home and community-based waiver programs, including but not limited to:- Arranging for medical and social services- Arranging for meetings and appointments- Assistance with transportation- Medication remindersThe individual's housing provider receives payments to pay for rent, utilities, food, household supplies, and other necessities.

Minnesota's Medicaid program for people with low income. Most people who have MA receive health care through health plans. Members who do not receive health care through a health plan receive care on a fee-for-service basis, with providers billing the state directly for services they provide.MA pays for a variety of services like doctor visits, prescriptions, and hospital stays. Some services and prescriptions may require prior approval. MA pays for medical bills going back three months from the month the application is received.NOTE: People with disabilities who work, even if they're over the income or asset limits of MA, may still qualify for a program called Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities - MA-EPD.

Cash-grant program for adults with low incomes experiencing a household emergency. Adults can receive assistance once every 12 months. 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. The one-time grant assistance may help individuals in a financial crisis because of fire, flood, storm, illness, accident, theft, utility shut-off, eviction, foreclosure, moving expense, necessary home repairs, or need for furniture or appliance replacement or repair.NOTE: Client may also be eligible for Emergency Medical Assistance

Assists with:- Motel rooms or other emergency accommodations- Providing a homeless coordinated entry assessment - Rent payment in cases of eviction prevention or to secure housing and funding resources when households are facing homelessness through the Family Assistance Prevention and Assistance Program - FHPAP- Rental deposit for those who are homeless or near eviction- Utility deposits for homeless households

Outpatient counseling for children who are suffering from depression, behavioral issues, anger, or other types of problems:- Anger management- Children's Therapeutic Services and Supports (CTSS)- Co-dependency- Coping with depression/anxiety- Coping with grief and loss- Crisis management- Group psychotherapy- Healthy lifestyle choices- Independent living skills (budgeting, shopping, cooking, and nutrition)- Interpersonal communication strategies- Stress management and relaxation

Provides investigation and intervention services on behalf of vulnerable adults who are unable to act on their own behalf, manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger of abuse. Types of abuse may be physical, emotional, sexual abuse, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, neglect or abandonment. Services include:- Taking reports and investigating abuse and/or maltreatment- 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, assisted living and home health agencies can be referred to the Minnesota Board on Aging Ombudsman for Long-Term Care.

The assessment helps determine public programs that might pay for an individual's long-term services and supports or help them learn about other options if they don't qualify for publicly funded programs. It is required to determine eligibility for:Community First Services and Supports - CFSS (formerly known as Personal Care Assistance - PCA)Home and Community-Based Services Waivers based on age:- Individuals Over 65 Years Old: Alternative Care (AC); Elderly Waiver (EW)- Individuals Under 65 Years Old: Brain Injury Waiver (BI); Community Access for Disability Inclusion Waiver (CADI); Community Alternative Care Waiver (CAC)Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) Services (also known as Rule 185 Case Management)Family, friends, or others can attend the assessment. The assessment is in person at the individual's home or at a place of their choice, and it lasts about two hours.

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.Goals:- To support parents in their child raising efforts- To offer information about child development and alternative parent techniques- To help parents and their children communicate better- To give children opportunities to discover and learn- To promote positive parental attitudes- To provide information on community resources available to parents and children

Direct Access allows an individual to go directly to a provider they choose to receive a comprehensive assessment and access care immediately.Ramsey County Chemical Health Unit may refer individuals who are chemically dependent to a treatment (inpatient, outpatient, or group residential housing) or will connect them to other community programs. Assessments are completed by a variety of partners at locations throughout the community. Same-day or next-day appointments may be available.NOTE: Ramsey County Chemical Health Services no longer provides chemical health assessments and only determines eligibility for substance use disorder funding assistance. Direct Access is the only way to access substance use disorder services. Direct Access is financial assistance that can be used to help residents pay for substance use disorder services.

Workshop that teach essential life skills to women. Provides empowerment for women of all ages to be mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and financially equipped. 34 workshops are offered throughout the course of the school year, and include a variety of topics such as image and personal development, nutrition, financial literacy and stability, and spiritual empowerment.Program activities include:- Certificates of completion and other awards- Free meals for participants- Mother's Day family event- Post holiday tea- Professional workshops- Supervision, activities, and homework help for children of participants- Thanksgiving baskets and Christmas gifts for participants