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Volunteer attorneys spend about 15 minutes per client providing legal advice and/or brief services on housing court issues involving a current landlord. Priority is given to individuals with a court hearing that day.

• Free legal services for low income tenants and landlords

• May provide a referral to full representation services

• Provides advice for eviction actions (Unlawful Detainer), lease violations, repair problems, emergency repairs, lockouts, current landlord demanding rent owed, landlord harassment or access violations, Section 8 or public housing terminations, utility shut-offs, and help with expunging or sealing housing court records, such as past Unlawful Detainers

Note: Individuals receive free legal advice and/or brief services, not representation, from an attorney. The attorneys are volunteers and may have emergencies that may require them to cancel at the last minute.

Pays for child care for low income families. Includes Minnesota Family Investment Program Child Care; Transition Year Child Care for a full year after Minnesota Family Investment Program case are closed and Basic Sliding Fee Child Care.

Safe and sober affordable permanent supportive housing with on-site programs that offer support, advocacy, and resources to recovering single women and their children, including:

• Building community among families through ongoing activities that foster trust and utilize community resources

• Education and support around self-development, parenting, and chemical health

• Two- and three-bedroom apartments in Saint Louis Park

• Planned family recreation activities

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 financial assistance provided depends on family size and the type of emergency. The amount of assistance provided might not cover the entire emergency, but it can help.

• Helps families experiencing a financial crisis and may provide financial assistance for up to two months of rent, one month with a deposit, or utilities (electric, gas, and heating service payment assistance). Families must apply for Fuel Assistance during the heating season.

• Applicant must have spent at least 30% of their available income on housing and utilities in the past 90 days

• Applicant's name must be on the lease or utility bill

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• Financial assistance is paid directly to the vendor?

• Does not provide financial assistance for late fees

Provides library materials including audio, books, book discussions, magazines, story times, and movies on loan. Computer and internet access are available as well.

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.

A program funded through MN Department of Human Services designed to get people into housing as soon as possible with minimal time spent homeless. The program provides for short to medium term rental assistance and accompanying case management to address barriers, identify goals and work toward housing stability. Available to those at or below 30% Area Median Income. Tenants must pay 30% of their income toward rent.

The Child Support Division assists with: - Locating parents.

• Establishing parentage.

• Establishing and enforcing court orders for child support, medical support, and child care support.

• Reviewing and modifying court orders for support.

• Adjusting court orders based on the cost-of-living index.

• Works with other states to enforce support when one parent does not live in Minnesota.

• Collecting and processing payments. Minnesota Child Support Online: www.childsupport.dhs.state.mn.us/ Minnesota Child Support Online is an interactive web site developed by the State of Minnesota to provide child support participants with information about their case(s). NOTE: Either parent of a child may get certain child support services. Parents who do not receive public assistance can apply for services at their county child support office for a one-time $25 service fee. Parents who receive public assistance for a child whose other parent does not live with them are automatically referred for services and are not charged a service fee.

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. Works to strengthen families and engage the ability of all parents to provide an environment that supports the healthy development of their child. Services may include:

• Book and toy lending library

• Dad and child programs

• Early childhood screening for children ages 3 - 5

• Home visits

• Information on community resources

• Parent-child activities

• Parent discussion groups

• Play and learn activities for children

• Programs for non-English language learners

• School readiness program for children ages 3 1/2 - 4

• Single parent program

• Special events for the entire family

• Workshops on specific topics

Provides preschool experience child care for ages birth - 5-year-olds, focusing on social, self-help, and family development

Provides counseling and therapy by a trained therapist. Therapists may work with clients in their home, school, community setting, or even through virtual visits, depending on the client's comprehensive evaluation results. Offers therapy to individuals, couples, groups, families, and community-based therapy, such as:

• Abuse and neglect

• Addiction and recovery

• Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)

• Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Domestic violence therapy through the Domestic Abuse Treatment Program

• Family changes, parenting, and dysfunction

• Grief and loss

• Life, work, and school transitions

• Loneliness and depression

• Psychotherapy and skills training

• Relationship struggles, sex, affairs, and conflict resolution

• Resilience and self-care

• Self-esteem and self-efficacy

• Stress and anxiety

• Substance use counseling and co-occurring disorders

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• Trauma

Provides comprehensive home health care services, including:

• Home health aides to assist with personal care, meal preparation, light housekeeping, and daily living activities

• Rehabilitation therapy (physical, occupational, and speech therapies)

• Skilled home nursing

• Spiritual/pastoral health support

Provides support to families of the LGBTQ community and for parents who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer. Services include:

• Books for parents and children

• Legal and legislative advocacy. Tracks legislation at the federal and state levels on a range of issues.

• Resource directory for family planning, including fertility clinics, midwives, and more

• Resource library of articles for families to explore topics on adoption, parenting, and more

• School advocacy and educational events

• Speak Out program for opportunities to be connected to panels, workshops, media interviews, blog writing, policy work, and podcasts

Direct Access allows an individual to go directly to a provider they choose to receive a comprehensive assessment and access care immediately. The county will assess individuals who need help paying for a chemical use assessment or treatment services through the Behavioral Health Fund. Services also include:

• Designated staff that provide chemical dependency assessments

• Referral to local community service providers for chemical assessments or treatment services. Also, directs individuals to visit www.fasttrackermn.org for additional resources.

Provides a range of primary and specialty care options including:

• Family medicine

• General surgery

• Hearing

• Internal medicine

• Imaging and radiology

• Pediatrics

• Psychiatry

• Weight loss

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

• Mental Health Case Management provides individualized support to children with severe emotional disturbances (SED) and adults with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI).

• Mental health targeted case managers use a person-centered approach to assess, plan, refer, coordinate, and assist the person in gaining access to a variety of services including mental health, medical, social, educational, housing, and vocational.

• Provides culturally specific services for children or families who are Deaf, Deafblind, or Hard of Hearing by mental health targeted case managers who are fluent in American Sign Language.

Assists refugees with information and referral to health care services, obtaining screenings, and interpreting results

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 crisis counseling, advocacy services, and safety planning and education for children and young adults ages 4 - 18 who have been abused or witnessed violence. This program also travels to local schools, educating children on healthy communication skills, setting healthy boundaries, and improving self-esteem.

Provides a variety of therapeutic techniques for individuals, family, and group counseling such as:

• Addictions

• Anger management

• Animal-assisted therapy

• Chemical dependency counseling

• Chronic pain management

• Comprehensive use assessments

• Diagnostic assessments

• Difficult behaviors

• Domestic violence counseling

• Eating disorders

• Eye movement densensitization and reprocessing

• Grief and loss

• Mood disorders

• Parenting support

• Personality disorders

• Play therapy

• Psychological evaluations

• Rule 25 assessments

• Spiritual counseling

• Stress management

• Trauma and Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Provides for the custody of prisoners to and from court, maintains order in the court, transportation of prisoners in custody, and serves criminal and civil process as ordered by the court.

• Apprehension Unit: (651)266-9576

• Court Security Unit: (651)266-8417

• Civil Process Unit: Eviction of tenants, sales of personal and real property, serve subpoenas, enforce ex parte orders of protection; foreclosures, sales, and records: (651)266-9330

• Special Investigations and Intelligence Unit:(651)266-9576

• Warrant Unit: (651)266-9320. Searchable database of active arrest warrants: https://www.ramseycountymn.gov/your-government/leadership/sheriffs-office/sheriffs-office-divisions/administration/arrest-warrant-search

• Transportation Unit: (651)266-9327

Direct Access allows an individual to go directly to a provider they choose to receive a comprehensive assessment and access care immediately. The county will assess individuals who need help paying for a chemical use assessment or treatment services through the Behavioral Health Fund. Services include:

• Designated staff that provide chemical dependency assessments

• Referral to local community service providers for chemical assessments or treatment services. Also, directs individuals to visit www.fasttrackermn.org for additional resources.

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.

Provides home care services to clients such as:

• Companion and homemaking services, which may include laundry assistance, grocery shopping, light household chores, errand running, socialization, and conversation

-Home health aide to support clients in performing day-to-day tasks and activities. Activities may include personal care, grooming, walking/transfers, meal planning and preparation, foot care, medication reminders, and range of motion exercises.

• Pediatric home care services to support children and youth living with a developmental disability and/or short or long-term health diagnosis

• Skilled Nursing, which may include visits for IV therapy, wound care, medication management, palliative care, management and evaluation of care, consultation, supervision of caregivers, chronic disease management, and post-surgical care