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Program provides a variety of services for the elders in the Native American community.

• Access to food

• Grandparents as Caregivers: Provides support and resources to grandparents who are primary caregivers of a child/ren under the age of 18 years

• Social events

• Transportation for elders with mobility issues

• Widows Support Group

Provides Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) outreach and application assistance. SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps, is designed to assist low-income individuals in accessing nutritious food from grocery retail outlets, as well as farmers' markets. The goal is to help people make an informed decision about what hunger resources are available to them to ensure an overall successful transition from poverty to self-sufficiency.

Provides confidential support, resources, and education to help reduce crime victimization and promote safety within the community. Services include:

• 24-hour crisis line support

• Assistance with protective orders

• Confidential services

• Information and referrals to community resources

• Safety planning

• Safe at Home Program application assistance

• Women's educational and support group

• Volunteer opportunities

Provides advocacy services for victims of domestic violence, human/labor trafficking, and sexual assault, or victims of a general crime such as elder abuse, identity theft, robbery, stalking, or theft. Services provided include:

• Assistance at the hospital or law enforcement center

• Crisis response and intervention

• Legal advocacy and/or criminal justice system intervention, such as assistance with filing protective orders

• Occasional transportation services

• Safety planning and short-term emergency placement services

• Specialized information and referral for locating resources and obtaining vouchers for household items

• Support groups for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault

Offers in-person support from trained court staff who are available to assist with general procedural information and provide access to court resources. Court staff can:

• Explain how to complete court forms

• Offer general guidance on court rules, procedures, and practices

• Provide information about court cases, when legally permitted

• Refer individuals to additional resources when necessary

• Supply court-approved forms for specific types of cases, including Conciliation Court, domestic abuse, and harassment matters

• Share court calendars and information on scheduling hearings

• Some counties may provide specialized self-help centers (e.g., Family Law Self Help Centers). Visit the website for additional information on specialized services.

Visit website to find additional information on courts that offer walk-in services, hours, and location: https://mncourts.gov/help-topics/self-help-centers/locations Note: Court staff do not offer legal advice

Provides financial resources to individuals and families who face barriers with stable housing, including:

• Connection to behavioral health, dental, and medical care

?- Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program - FHPAP application assistance only for eligible individuals and families in Hennepin County seeking rent assistance. Does not provide direct financial assistance. Hennepin County is responsible for determining eligibility and distributing rent assistance funds. ?- Financial wellness classes ?- Referrals to other NorthPoint programs ?- Renters' rights education To access financial resources for rent or mortgage assistance, participants must complete 2 financial wellness classes.

Older adult activity center which provides:

• Arts and craft activities

• Billiards

• Bingo

• Book club

• Club Prior Pantry

• Exercise and Tai Chi classes

• Field trips

• Foot care

• Health insurance counseling for Medicare and Medical Assistance, choosing a supplement or Part D Plan, assisting with health insurance forms and more

• Knitting

• Polka dancing lessons

• Salsa dancing lessons

• Walking Club

Provides a Christ-centered, pro-life mobile pregnancy center that welcomes donations of baby diapers and wipes. Services are offered confidentially and include:

• Emotional support

• Pregnancy tests

• Prenatal vitamins

• Limited obstetrical ultrasounds

• Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI testing and treatment

• Verification of Pregnancy Form to help with applying for insurance

Provides information, resources, and referrals for services to older adults and their caregivers. Assistance may include application assistance with financial programs, homecare and support group resources, healthcare directive completion, food programs, issues related to caring for someone living with dementia and more. Advocates can assist by telephone, home visit, or a family meeting.

Provides housing support services, including:

• Eviction prevention and referrals to community agencies

• Assistance with benefit program applications (such as Energy Assistance)

• Landlord advocacy

• Long-term supportive and transitional housing with case management and navigation of housing resources

Provides a program called the Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) to connect individuals with housing services and other resources to find safety and housing stability. Services provided through the program:

• Helps individuals apply for economic assistance, medical assistance, and Social Security as needed

• Helps individuals obtain necessary paperwork to secure housing and create an individualized housing plan

• Provides referrals to medical and mental health care, legal assistance, and other essential services

• Works through barriers preventing the individual from finding and keeping housing

• Works with clients to access Coordinated Entry services to determine if they qualify for Project Home or Youngdahl Living programs. Project Home and Youngdahl programs are permanent support housing programs for those dealing with homelessness, unstable living conditions, and need stable housing.

The Law Library is open for self-service during open hours on a first-come, first-served basis. Services available:

• Assist in filling out court forms

• Explain the legal procedure, court rules, interpret the text of the statute, legal opinion, or administrative regulation

• Free legal consultation or referral of information to those needing legal advice. Call Elissa Bleess, Sherburne County Law Librarian.

• The online library is available

• Refer an attorney

• Materials in the library are not available for check-out, but a pay copier is available

RHMS - Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services: ARHMS clients meet in person with their provider once a week or every two weeks for 1 - 6 hours minimum, depending on client need. Provides a range of services that helps an individual develop and enhance psychiatric stability, which include skill building in the areas of:

• Basic social, living, and parenting skills building

• Budgeting/money management

• Crisis assistance (as needed) and develop relapse prevention skills

• Coping skills education

• Employment and/or education related skills (GED/Resume building/anxiety reduction)

• Healthy lifestyles and household management

• Interpersonal communication/boundary building

TCM - Targeted Case Management: TCM clients meet with their provider 1 - 2 times a month and can coordinate services by phone or telehealth. Provides a range of services that help the client remain in the community independently and assist clients to:

• Access social service agencies (make referrals, complete paperwork for programs)

• Assistance in applying for financial resources

• Maintain housing benefits and/or find new housing

Transportation set up and coordination

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applications: Provides assistance with applications for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) a county-run, state-supervised Federal program that helps Minnesotans with low incomes get the food they need for sound nutrition and well-balanced meals. The program issues electronic food support benefits that can help stretch your household food budget.

• Information and Referral: Offers information on resources of local food shelves

• Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS) Applications: The program is designed to provide healthy and nutritious food products each month at no cost to eligible individuals over the age of 60. Helps eligible individuals apply for the program.

• Second Harvest Heartland: Provides a free food distribution program to those in need

• Prairie Five Meals Program: Offers congregate dining, home delivered, and frozen meals serving 34 communities in the area. Frozen meals are available for weekend, holiday, emergency and rural delivery. The program promotes health and independent living in the senior population through improved nutrition and reduction of social isolation.

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

An informal drop-in center providing:

• Advocacy for residents who are unable to show documentation of an address or photo ID
• Breakfast meals, coffee, and snacks
• Community room for events, recreation, and relaxation
• Day shelter
• Form assistance when applying for SSI applications or appeals and finding housing and applying for housing
• Health and wellness clinic for health screenings and health care provider referrals
• Laundry facilities, internet access, local phone use, and voicemail services
• Lockers for shelter residents to use for storage
• Referral to community resources
• Showers

The attorney can help citizens complete civil court forms, assist citizens in understanding the civil court process, and explain options and how to proceed A law library is available in the center offering access to federal caselaw and the caselaw of all 50 states is available, as well as access to United State Code, Minnesota Statutes and numerous other publications specific to Minnesota.

• Books on real estate, family law and other areas
• Local ordinances
• Library staff members are available to assist patrons in locating and using Libary materials
• Two public computer stations available that include a subscription to Westlaw
• Photocopier available for patron use
• Meeting room if reserved in advance
• Staff attorney available who can help citizens complete civil court forms, assist citizens in understanding the civil court process, and explain options and how to proceed

This service does NOT include legal representation, legal research, strategy, recommendations, or advice

An integrated one-stop location connecting adults to critical services to improve their health, income, housing stability, and overall well-being. Services offered:

• Access to Benefits: Community representatives can help individuals move towards self-sufficiency or access community benefits and support. Representatives can help with MNsure applications, Open Access voicemail, SNAP applications, Social Security applications, Veteran's benefits, and more. Schedules may vary when community representatives are onsite.

• Free laundry with a limit of one load per day

• Hot meals are available for those experiencing homelessness and food insecurity. Meals include breakfast, lunch, and dinner throughout the week.

• Lockers based on availability and for a fee

• Mail service available to guests which can be held for 7 days

• Phone charging stations

• Showers, towels, and toiletries for clients

• Supportive Services: Provides comprehensive help through medical care, vision screenings, housing services, referral to mental health assessments, legal services, financial services, and job opportunities

Provides information, resources, and referrals for services to older adults and their caregivers. Assistance may include application assistance with financial programs, homecare and support group resources, healthcare directive completion, food programs, issues related to caring for someone living with dementia and more. Advocates can assist by telephone, home visit, or a family meeting.

Provides Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) outreach and application assistance. SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps, is designed to assist low-income individuals in accessing nutritious food from grocery retail outlets, as well as farmers' markets. The goal is to help people make an informed decision about what hunger resources are available to them to ensure an overall successful transition from poverty to self-sufficiency.

Trained advocates provide information and assistance services. Advocates assist individuals with:

• Accessing services and programs

• Advanced directives for health care

• Caregiver support

• Forms assistance

• Health insurance counseling

• Information and referral

• Notary services

Senior advocates make connections with other community services including:

• Companionship

• Home health and chore services

• Housing

• Legal services

• Nutrition services

• Transportation

MNsure Navigators work as a neutral third party to help clients navigate the application process and understand the options available. Navigators can help with renewal paperwork and reporting changes. Including, but not limited to, income changes, household size, address change, and loss of employer-sponsored coverage.

• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applications: Provides assistance with applications for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) a county-run, state-supervised Federal program that helps Minnesotans with low incomes get the food they need for sound nutrition and well-balanced meals. The program issues electronic food support benefits that can help stretch your household food budget.

• Information and Referral: Offers information on resources of local food shelves

• Nutrition Assistance Program for Seniors (NAPS) Applications: The program is designed to provide healthy and nutritious food products each month at no cost to eligible individuals over the age of 60. Helps eligible individuals apply for the program.

• Second Harvest Heartland: Provides a free food distribution program to those in need

• Prairie Five Meals Program: Offers congregate dining, home delivered, and frozen meals serving 34 communities in the area. Frozen meals are available for weekend, holiday, emergency and rural delivery. The program promotes health and independent living in the senior population through improved nutrition and reduction of social isolation.

Provides visits within the home to assist with personal care, arranging medical appointments, and assisting with medical forms. Also, provides health education on topics such as cancer and heart disease.

A culturally appropriate senior center providing services including:

• Bilingual citizenship classes and ESL instruction

• Congregate dining

• Exercise, health, and nutrition education including Tai-Chi

• In-home visits to assess determination of needs

• Individual advocacy to access needed services and ensure fair treatment from community-based and government resources, assistance with making or canceling appointments with doctors, filling out forms, paying bills, and bridging cultural gaps

• Information and referral

• Intrepretation and translation support for limited English speakers going through the naturalization process

• Social Media Classes

• Transportation to medical appointments, human services appointments, shopping, errands, recreational/social appointments