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Provides gender affirming, trauma informed, compassionate reproductive health care, including :- Annual exams- Birth control, including IUD's and implants (low-cost)- Breast/chest exams and mammogram referrals- Comprehensive STI testing and treatment (walk in appointments may be available)- Emergency contraception- Gender Affirming Hormone Care- HIV prevention counseling- HPV immunizations- Pap tests services- Preconception planning and referrals- Pregnancy testing and pro-choice all-options counseling- PrEP (HIV prevention drugs) prescribing- Rapid HIV testing for uninsured patients (free, results within 20 minutes)- Urinary and vaginal infection testing and treatment

Provides care services for non-life-threatening illnesses and injuries. Services are provided on the same day for a range of minor illnesses and injuries, including:- Bladder, ear, or tooth infections - Broken bones - Cold, cough, or flu - Fever - Minor tears or cuts in skin - Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea - Skin conditions - Sore or strep throat - Sinus issues - Wound care

Private attorneys agree to take cases for clients who have been screened through the intake process and either need representation in a matter that is not an area of Legal Assistance of Olmsted County's expertise, or where there is a conflict of interest.Areas of available legal assistance may include: - Consumer/financial law - Elder law/wills - Employment law - Family law - Guardianship/conservatorship law - Immigration law - Landlord/tenant housing law - Property/real estate law

Offers food for individuals and families in need. Food may include bread, dairy products, and fresh produce.

Provides walk in drug and alcohol screening for adolescents ages 13 - 18

Assistance paying child care costs for children up to age 12 and for children with special needs up to age 14. Child care costs may be paid for families while parents work, look for work, or attend school.Family size, family income, and participation in authorized activities are considerations in determining eligibility for and amount of assistance, along with available funding.

Provides other youth services to help encourage positive choices, promote high self-esteem, and support academic achievement. Services include:- Free tutoring to children who are reading substantially below their grade level. Children can receive instruction twice a week for as long as needed. The program evaluates reading, writing, and spelling.- Skills building incentives to help youth learn how to make decisions easier and resolve conflicts by learning conflict-resolution

Offers winter jackets, gloves, hats, and scarves during the cold months. Fully donation based, so item availability and quantity vary.

Provides investigative and intervention services for child abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment. Services include:- Accepts reports of abuse- Assessment of 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

Provides a food shelf offering a wide variety of foods such as produce, meats, grains, milk, eggs, deli items, and personal care items. Families and individuals can use the food shelf once per month by appointment. The food shelf:- Accepts donations of nonperishable food and select personal care/household items are accepted. Donations accepted include menstrual products, toilet paper, and paper towel.- Food delivery program designed to make food access simple for those unable to visit the food shelf in person- Offers curbside pick-up services are available during service hours. Families and individuals can pick up food as needed.

Diagnosis and long-term management of kidney diseases and hypertension. Evaluations and treatments are provided for renal insufficiency, polycystic disease, diabetes-related problems, hypertension, bone and mineral metabolite (kidney stone), osteoporosis, and renal-transplant recipients.

Provides one-on-one assistance to help individuals navigate their finances, improve their financial goals, and navigate the financial systems. Services include:- Create and improve credit- Financial coaching by appointment- Financial management skills- Help navigate financial processes and applications- Home Stretch Homebuyer Workshop: An 8-hour workshop that educates and informs future homeowners to help them understand the homebuying process. The training includes information about the process of buying a home and access to down payment programs.- Gain access to supplemental resources such as the Lending Circles (Tandas) program. The Lending Circles program provides a secured loan, without cost or interest, to establish or build credit and improve the way individuals manage money.- Small business support for entrepreneurs or those interested in becoming business owners. Offers support to business owners by evaluating and organizing their finances.- Tax preparation for people with low or medium income during the tax season

Provides a range of primary and specialty care services including:- Diabetes education- Family medicine: provides care for ages from infants to seniors for a wide array of health concerns- Gender care- Internal medicine: Provides adults with preventive care, treatment of acute injuries and illnesses, and diagnosis and management of chronic diseases- Imaging and lab tests- Mental health screenings and psychiatry - Men's health- Pediatric medicine: Specialized physical, mental, and social health care for children and teenagers- Prenatal and postpartum care- Telehealth - Treatment of acute illnesses- Women's health

Program assists individuals who do not require 24-hour supervision, but do require training and support to develop, maintain, or increase independent living skills.Areas of training include:- Meal management- Shopping- Financial management- Personal appearance- Apartment maintenance- Accessing resources- Rights and responsibilities of community living- Social and leisure skills- General medical assistance- Financial managementThe program offers the support of 24-hour emergency service availability.

National homeowner hotline providing homeowners with an actionable plan that can help avoid foreclosure and explore alternatives to foreclosure if homeownership cannot be maintained. Hotline can also assist with scam reporting relating to foreclosures and mortgage.

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 lifeNOTE: 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.

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 supportNOTE: Child Support Services does not provide parenting time, custody, legal advice, divorce counsel, or spousal maintenance establishment

Offers a family medical clinic. Services may include:- Blood pressure checks- Child wellness visits- Immunizations- Medication refill exams- Physical and annual exams for all ages- Prenatal and obstetric care- Routine appointments- Sports physicals- Workman compensation injury or automobile accident medical examinations

Matches young people ages 18 - 24 with adults who have a spare bedroom to offer. Volunteer hosts provide young people with room and board for a flexible and mutually-agreed-upon length of time. Hosts receive training and support throughout, and youth participants receive case management services. Young people voluntarily enter the program and choose who they want to meet based on host profiles. Staff facilitate an introduction and once both youth and hosts decide it is a good match, the youth moves in. Length of stay may last 6 - 12 months.

Cash-grant program for families with low incomes experiencing household emergencies. Families can receive assistance once every 12 months. The assistance received must resolve the crisis. Families must use their own money first. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help.?Emergency assistance provides short-term, one-time assistance for households 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.

Assertive Community Treatment (ACT):ACT is an evidence-based treatment for adults who have a severe and persistent mental health illness. Based on the severity of symptoms and impairments, clients work with the team on a long-term basis.Adult Rehabilitation Mental Health Services (ARMHS):Adult mental health services that enable individuals to develop and enhance psychiatric stability, social competencies, personal and emotional adjustment, and independent living and community skills.Behavior Health Home:Provides individuals with their care needs. The team works closely with the individual, their supporters, and providers to ensure comprehensive quality of care.Community Support Program (CSP):The Community Support Program is a coordinated care and treatment program that provides a wide range of individualized treatment, rehabilitation, and support services to persons with serious and persistent mental illness. The purpose of the community support program is to assist individuals to live as successfully and independently as possible in their own communities by supporting independent living and coping skills.Targeted Case Management:Helps adults with serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) gain access to needed mental, medical, social, educational, vocational, and other necessary services as it relates to the person's overall health needs.

Provide services such as:- Activities for all ages such as adult hockey, skating programs, ice rentals, Kids Kamp, martial arts classes, softball, strength training, tennis, track and field, youth golf, volleyball camp, and youth softball/baseball- Animal control services. All cats and dogs over the age of 6 months must be licensed. Chicken permits are permitted who live in R-1 zones with a maximum of four chickens allowed.- Forestry and park maintenance of landscape and trees on public property and parks. Parks located in Fergus Falls are Adams, Airport, Barefoot, Broken Down Dam, Delagoon, Dr. Allen Magnuson, E&G Noyes Park, Ferber Park, George Wright, Godel, Higgins Dog Park, Kennedy Park Nature Area, Kirkbridge Park, Pebble Lake Golf Course, Pebble Lake Swimming Beach, Red Sox, Riverfront Pavilion, Riverview Waterfall Sanctuary, Robert Hannah, Roosevelt, T.H. Johnson, Van Dyk, and W.L. Burnap (Broadway). The ice rank is Cleveland Ice Rink.- Protect and promote the natural resources- Reserve a park shelter or facility on a first come, first serve basis

Mahnomen District Office: - 310 West Madison Avenue, Mahnomen, MN 56557- (218)935-2211Mahnomen Elementary School:- 310 West Madison Avenue, Mahnomen, MN 56557- (218)935-2581Mahnomen High School:- 209 1st Street NW, Mahnomen, MN 56557- (218)935-2212

Offers a nurse line available 24 hours/7 days a week for individuals who may need to speak with a nurse about medical care and where to go for care. Nurses can provide medical advice on what potential options are available such as virtual care, primary care, urgent care options, or seek emergency care if needed at a Hennepin Healthcare location

Provides a food shelf available for anyone to access weekly. The food shelf:- Accepts donations of food items, toothpaste, deodorant, and feminine hygiene products- Allows individuals to visit the food shelf weekly for bread and produce and once a month for boxes of packaged food (otherwise call if emergency access is needed)- Offers frozen meal pick-up and in-person dining for seniors- Provides food and other items for those in need which include bread, produce, meat, dairy items, and more