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Youth are hired to work in Kaleidoscope's urban garden program or work as teachers' assistants in the after school and summer programs.

Offers two residential care homes providing memory care to individuals living with a diagnosis of dementia or memory loss. The residential care homes provide:

• Person-centered and a compassionate approach to care

• Opportunities for residents to continue pursuing their interests and passions such as art, music, fitness, spiritual needs, and more

Law enforcement agency:

• Animal control

• General crime reporting

• Law enforcement records/files

• Missing persons location assistance

• Victim/witness support

DARE - Drug Abuse Resistance Education: Uniformed law enforcement officers teach D.A.R.E. one hour a week for 17 weeks. Lessons focus on providing accurate information about alcohol and drugs, teaching students decision-making skills, showing students how to resist peer pressure and encouraging students to develop healthy interests and resist drug abuse.

Provides general information and licensing for persons interested in becoming foster care providers. Training and support for foster care providers on emergency, short-term, and long-term placement.

Accepts donated vehicles whether running or not. An arrangement for a pick-up of the donated vehicle is available, at no cost to the donor. Donations accepted:

• ATVs

• Boats

• Golf carts

• Motorcycles

• Personal watercraft

• RVs

• Snowmobiles

• Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) provides cash assistance to refugees who are ineligible for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) or MFIP for up to eight months after arrival in the United States

• To ensure that RCA recipients are self-sufficient within RCA eligibility, agencies provide employment and social services

• RCA recipients may continue to receive social services after RCA eligibility ends

• There is no 30 day Minnesota residency requirement for RCA

Provides consumers, family members, providers, and the community services such as:

• Assessments

?- Assistive technology demonstrations

• Lending and Demonstration Library: Allows individuals to try a piece of technology in their home or work environment for 30 days

• Training and one-on-one support

Accepts and responds to and/or investigates reports of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Services may include:

• Accepting 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?

• 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

?NOTE: In addition to taking reports, child protection screeners are available to explain the reporting statutes, answer questions regarding agency practices and discuss other resources and strategies when reports do not meet criteria for assignment for child protection investigation.

Assistance for immigrant women who need help understanding and finding resources to adjust to life in Minnesota, including food and housing, daycare, employment, and legal advocacy.

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

Providing the following services to veterans and their families:

• Financial benefits

• Information and referral services

• Support services

Offers support groups for parents caring for a loved one with eating disorders. Participants can attend in-person or virtual meeting sessions. Cameras are required to be turned on during online sessions.

Builds homes in partnership with qualifying partner families and the community, and then sells them at no profit with zero-percent interest mortgages to partnering families.

Provides funding to local nonprofits that provide social services to the community

Provides scattered-site supportive housing to homeless individuals and families. The purpose of the program is to move economically challenged residents toward self-sufficiency by identifying and removing barriers, integrating services, and developing plans for financial stability. Participants enter into a lease for a dwelling and pay a pro-rated amount of their income for housing. Develops a mutually agreed upon housing plan to attain housing stability. Services include:

• Help in obtaining adequate housing
• Partial limited cost share of rent for up to 18 months to income-eligible families
• Skills building in budgeting
• Supportive services such as resource and referral

NOTE: The program does not assist with rent for existing housing

Assists with competitive job placement and retention, with services typically provided on a weekly basis with client needs and preferences taken into consideration

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.

Provides a variety of classes and activities for community members of all ages including:

• Adult enrichment classes

• Adult recreational sports

• Chess club

• Computer classes

• Conversational Spanish classes

• Day camps

• Drawing classes

• Driver education for new drivers and older adults ages 55 and older

• Exercise/fitness instruction

• Musical instrument instruction

• Painting instruction

• Sewing instruction

• Swimming lessons, open swimming, etc.

• Tae Kwon Do

• Trips and tours

• Youth enrichment

• Youth recreational sports

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 Welia Health location.

Offers food shelves once a month by appointment to receive fresh produce, frozen meat, shelf-stable foods, bread and bakery items, personal care products, household cleaning supplies, and pet food when available. In addition, they may visit weekly for fresh produce, dairy, and bread/bakery items. Donations are accepted during food shelves' open hours and may include canned and boxed foods, cereal, peanut butter, pasta, rice, juice, pet food, dish and laundry soap, cleaning supplies, toilet paper, soap, deodorant, toothpaste, and shampoo/conditioner.

Provides outpatient mental health, wellness, addiction, substance use disorder, and recovery services for individuals and family members of all ages, that is culturally competent, rooted in community support, and connection. Programs provided:

• Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services (ARMHS): Support individuals in managing symptoms and reaching personal goals through in-home and community-based care. Services are open to individuals and families to help individuals manage mental health symptoms, build everyday tasks, and work toward goals like employment, housing, or connection to community resources.

• Assertive Community Treatment (ACT): Offers multilingual, multicultural support for Southeast Asian adults living with a mental illness. Services are open to individuals and families to help individuals manage their mental health symptoms, help with medications, housing, employment, and recovery.

• Targeted Case Management: Coordinated care and community support for adults. Offers one-on-one support for adults living with a mental illness. Case managers connect adults with mental health care, medical services, housing, and community services.

• Therapy Services: Personalized trauma-informed therapy for adults and families to help clients navigate life's challenges such as anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, parenting challenges, loss, conflict, and relationship issues. Services are provided in-person and telehealth.

• Recovery Services: Strength-based care for individuals and families navigating substance use and recovery. Offers an intensive outpatient program providing same-day evaluations, relapse prevention, and peer services. Group therapy services are offered in relation to recovery, providing resources, education, and support.

Provides and distributes kits to encourage children and their parents/guardians to work on school readiness skills over the spring and summer in preparation for starting kindergarten in the fall. Bags are offered to every child who attends Kindergarten Round-Up in all participating schools. Each kit includes a book, coloring and activity book, whiteboard and dry-erase marker, crayons, scissors, glue stick, modeling clay, toothbrush, parent/guardian resources, and more.

Administers elementary and secondary schools in the district. ??Schools:

• Chisago Lakes Education Center:13750 Lake Boulevard Lindstrom, MN 55045 (651)213-2071

• Chisago Lakes High School: 29400 Olinda Trail Lindstrom, MN 55045 (651)213-2500

• Chisago Lakes Middle School: 13750 Lake Boulevard Lindstrom, MN 55045 (651)213-2400

• Chisago Lakes Primary School: 11009 284th Street Chisago Lakes, MN 55013 (651)213-2200

• Lakeside Elementary School: 29330 Olinda Trail Lindstrom, MN 55045 (651)213-2300

?- Taylors Falls Elementary School: 648 West Street Taylors Falls, MN 55084 (651)213-2100

• Wildcat Academy: 29400 Olinda Trail Lindstrom, MN 55045 (651)213-2000

Helps individuals access needed medicines at an affordable cost in the dosages needed to maintain their health by enrolling in patient assistance programs for which they may be eligible.

Community pharmacy, also provides a medication disposal bin??