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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.

Full-service law enforcement agency:

• Burn Permit Information

• Citizen Complaints

• Civil Process

• Crime Stopper (Southeast Minnesota Violent Crime Enforcement Team)

• DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Program

• Fingerprinting

• Gun Permits/Firearms

• Records (data requests)

• Responds to call for service

• Victim service

• Coordinates statewide planning process for member programs and system practitioners

• Facilitates discussion to identify and address program needs and evaluate services to domestic violence victims and their families

• Preventive education to initiate change in government agencies and community organizations

• Promotes public policy through legislation, administrative agencies, and appellate courts to address domestic violence issues and promote systematic change; legislative monitoring on issues of interest to battered women and children

• Promotes statewide awareness through social media, traditional media, and awareness campaigns, including Clothesline Project, Femicide Reports, Live Free Without Violence, and Real Love Is

• Provides training and technical assistance to existing and emerging organizations serving battered women and their children; provides training and technical assistance to service providers and community organizations around domestic violence issues

Trained advocates providing information and resources to people over the age of 60. The goal is to assist residents in finding resources to stay in the home and find possible options for alternative living situations. Helps with services such as:

• Assist with plans for recreational activities

• Caregiver education and support

• Caregiver relief

• Community education

• Consumer protection

• Deliver home meals and work with nutrition sites

• Forms assistance

• Health care directives

• Home visits

• Medicare Part D enrollment

• Nutrition Assistance Program for seniors (NAP)

• Partners with Senior Linkage Line and Area Agency on Aging

• Scams/fraud

• Senior legal rights

• Transportation resources

• Volunteer recruitment and training

Provides a variety of individual, group, and organizational training to help educate and raise awareness about various topics. Services include:

• Community awareness opportunities to provide information at community events, public spaces, and resource fairs

• Educational presentations to fit the needs of community partners regarding abuse, body safety, domestic violence, exploitation, healthy relationships, human trafficking, and sexual violence

• Professional training topics on child abuse, domestic violence, roles of an advocate, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and victims' rights

Provide support to those who have been affected by domestic violence or sexual assault. Services may include:

• 24-Hour Crisis Hotline: Provides a hotline for advocacy, resources, and shelter for all victims of violence. The hotline provides information and safety planning to support victims.

• Advocacy: Legal advocates can help victims navigate and explain the legal system in criminal and civil protective order cases. Helps victims work with local police, city, and county attorneys to advocate on the victim's behalf. Assist in filing Orders for Protection and Harassment Restraining Orders. Attend court hearings with victims to provide information and support and more.

• Emergency Shelter: A 24-hour domestic violence and sexual violence emergency shelter within Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, and Pine counties. The Black Dog Hill Shelter provides secure emergency shelter and access to basic needs to survivors and children. Basic needs include meals, toiletries, clothing, linens, diapers, laundry facilities, and access to a food shelf.

• Intervention: Offers a Batterers Intervention Program to those interested and/or court-ordered to participate in a psycho-educational group led by trained professional facilitators. Participants learn to identify abusive behaviors and are taught to react to situations non-abusively and communicate with their partner.

• Support Groups: Provides support groups to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through empowerment, conversations, and activities. Meetings are held in-person and virtual and times will vary by county office.

An official U.S. Government website with information on preventing or stopping bullying. Provides information about information on:

• Warning signs, effects, trauma, risks, and other aggressive behaviors on bullying

• Cyberbullying, gaming, tactics, digital awareness for parents, establishing rules, social media, prevention, and tips for teachers

• Resources, training, research, laws, and policies on what you can do about bullying

Diversion services help youth make better choices and parents recognize signs and symptoms. Topics include:

• Chemical Awareness Program (CAP) (tobacco, e-cigs, alcohol, and drugs) (not a treatment program)

• Restorative Justice Conferencing: Mediation that includes offender, victims, and their respective support groups

• Community work service hours

• Creative Responses to Conflict (helping the youth to develop alternative ways in dealing with conflict)

• Restitution

• Bullying Awareness Program (BAP)

• Distracted Driving Awareness Program (DDAP) (helping young drivers become educated on how to prevent risky behaviors and attitudes while driving or prior to being a licensed driver)

• Responsible Social Media Use (RSMU) (helping youth who are struggling to use social media in a healthy way)

• Theft Awareness Program (TAP)

• Teen Intervene Program (TI)

Helps ensure the health of pregnant, and postpartum women, infants, and special needs children. Information and assistance are provided through public health clinics or home visits such as:

• After-home care and resources to assist new mothers such as exercise programs, health needs, parenting education, newborn care, nutritional needs, and infant growth and development

• Car seat program providing education and distribution of car seats for children birth to 8 years

• Child immunizations, physical development screening, and well-baby checks at public health clinics

• Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effect including home visits

• Guidelines for parents to provide safe care and a healthy environment for their child

• Identification of problems and early intervention activities in conjunction with families and schools to assist families with special needs children

• Nutritional assessment and counseling/education

• Prenatal health needs include nutrition, weight gain, exercise, and substance use

• Preparation of labor and delivery

• Prevention of child maltreatment

• Special care for high risk pregnant women

• Supportive community resources

Provides law enforcement and community services including:

• Crime prevention

• Dispatch

• Disaster assistance

• Emergency medical response

Provides community education about domestic violence, intimate partner violence, healthy relationships, and other abusive behaviors to the public. Offers information and tips on the website about helping someone who is experiencing abuse, electronic device safety, effects on domestic violence on children, dating and teen violence, and family and friends of victims of domestic violence. Southern Valley Alliance offers awareness training presentations and builds relationships with community partners about domestic violence, education to youth, inform neighbors, and other community groups. Volunteer opportunities are available to anyone interested. A variety of volunteer opportunities for all ages, abilities, and backgrounds. Positions include Crisis Line Advocate, Community Outreach, Court Advocate, Support Group Facilitator, Office Support, Pop-Up Volunteer, Set Up and Tear Down, Child Care Provider, and more.

The city police department provides emergency response and patrol duties. Offers a variety of community programs and services, including fingerprinting, extra patrol and house check requests, vehicle lockout assistance, and lost or stolen property reporting. It also promotes safety education through initiatives such as the Eddie Eagle GunSafe program and participates in community engagement events like National Night Out and the Neighborhood Watch program. The department supports public health and safety through its prescription drug take-back program and ammunition disposal service. The department issues dog licenses to ensure compliance with city ordinances and responsible pet ownership. Additionally, it provides a confidential crime tip line that allows community members to report suspicious or criminal activity anonymously, helping officers address concerns more effectively.

Provides support services to victims and survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. The center also works with children who have witnessed abuse. Additional services include:

• Advocacy and follow-up support
• Court accompaniment
• Crisis information
• Education programs
• Information and referral
• Intake assessments for coordinated entry housing programs
• Order for protection and harassment restraining
• Order filling assistance
• Reparations assistance
• Safety planning
• Support groups

Also accepts donations of cell phones and inkjet cartridges. Cell phones are offered to individuals who have experienced domestic violence or sexual assault so they may place emergency (911) phone calls. Other cell phones and inkjet cartridges are mailed to a company that recycles the phones and, in turn, donates to the Crisis Resource Center of Steele County.

Provides crime prevention, crime investigation, crime reporting, and assistance with missing persons. Participates in:

• National Night Out
• Neighborhood Watch
• Alcohol Compliance
• Tobacco Compliance
• Crime Prevention Programs

Crisis Call Assistance - 24/7 Provides:

• Service to domestic violence victims - Free, confidential help - Safe, caring environment - Individual support - Emergency transportation to safety - Weekly support group (24 hour notice required for transportation to support group, call during regular business hours) - Education - Orders for protection - Harassment restraining orders - Referrals - Legal advocacy - System advocacy

Provides law enforcement and community services including:

• Criminal investigations

• Community crime prevention

• County correctional facility

• Dispatch

• Emergency response

• Firearm permits

• Medication disposal box

Provide support to those who have been affected by domestic violence or sexual assault. Services may include:

• 24-Hour Crisis Hotline: Provides a hotline for advocacy, resources, and shelter for all victims of violence. The hotline provides information and safety planning to support victims.

• Advocacy: Legal advocates can help victims navigate and explain the legal system in criminal and civil protective order cases. Helps victims work with local police, city, and county attorneys to advocate on the victim's behalf. Assist in filing Orders for Protection and Harassment Restraining Orders. Attend court hearings with victims to provide information and support and more.

• Emergency Shelter: A 24-hour domestic violence and sexual violence emergency shelter within Carlton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, and Pine counties. The Black Dog Hill Shelter provides secure emergency shelter and access to basic needs to survivors and children. Basic needs include meals, toiletries, clothing, linens, diapers, laundry facilities, and access to a food shelf.

• Intervention: Offers a Batterers Intervention Program to those interested and/or court-ordered to participate in a psycho-educational group led by trained professional facilitators. Participants learn to identify abusive behaviors and are taught to react to situations non-abusively and communicate with their partner.

• Support Groups: Provides support groups to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault through empowerment, conversations, and activities. Meetings are held in-person and virtual and times will vary by county office.

Provides education and support that address cultural perspectives and factors surrounding patterns of violence and abuse. Helps Latino adults to learn and apply skills to end violent behavior in their relationships, families, and communities.

School Youth Advocates are out in the community and in area schools with programs to help teach kids the skills they will need to create a community where violence is not tolerated. Advocates work to help teens and pre-teens understand and develop healthy relationships with the people they date, their friends and peers, and their family members. For middle and high school students, programming includes individual support and educational groups that meet for 12 to 15 weeks each year. Classroom presentations on dating violence, safe social media use, healthy relationship-building, and many other initiatives support the effort to change the trajectory of relationship abuse. Children K-6 receive classroom sessions on bullying, safety, how to be a good friend, and other topics.

• Provide traffic and crowd control volunteers for special events authorized by the City of Minneapolis, proper permits required
• Emergency preparedness
• Major incident response
• Public security
• Uniformed public relations
• Crime prevention and education
• Assist police department where needed and participate in many other police activities

Provides support and education to Latina women dealing with violence.

Provides a variety of individual, group, and organizational training to help educate and raise awareness about various topics. Services include:

• Community awareness opportunities to provide information at community events, public spaces, and resource fairs

• Educational presentations to fit the needs of community partners regarding abuse, body safety, domestic violence, exploitation, healthy relationships, human trafficking, and sexual violence

• Professional training topics on child abuse, domestic violence, roles of an advocate, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and victims' rights

Recruits individuals, civic groups, or other parties interested in organizing a formal Neighborhood Watch section in the Hector area. Informal and anonymous Neighborhood Watch observers are also encouraged. Anonymous tips can be left with the police department.

Trained advocates providing information and resources to people over the age of 60. The goal is to assist residents in finding resources to stay in the home and find possible options for alternative living situations. Helps with services such as:

• Assist with plans for recreational activities

• Caregiver education and support

• Caregiver relief

• Community education

• Consumer protection

• Deliver home meals and work with nutrition sites

• Forms assistance

• Health care directives

• Home visits

• Medicare Part D enrollment

• Nutrition Assistance Program for seniors (NAP)

• Partners with Senior Linkage Line and Area Agency on Aging

• Scams/fraud

• Senior legal rights

• Transportation resources

• Volunteer recruitment and training

Provides law enforcement and community services, including:

• Community crime prevention

• Dispatch

• General crime reporting

• Gun permits

• Manages county jail

• Missing persons location support

• Technical and water rescue