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Provides a wide variety of recreational, educational, social, and cultural activities, including: - Advanced Care Planning - Cards, bingo - Computer classes - Exercise, ceramics, and painting classes - Foot care clinic - Health information lectures - Medicare health insurance counseling - Outings and extended travel - Weight loss support groups - Women's support groups - Woodworking instruction

- Administers the Oneida Continuing Education scholarship program - Advocacy, information and referral, crisis/emergency services, care management for adults/families regarding issues including immigration, refugee, and new citizens issues - Bridge to Benefits assistance - Education and training program assistance and referrals - Employment, education, and training assistance and referrals - Fare for All Express discounted grocery food program (monthly by walk in) during designated hours - Free income and property tax assistance (offered once or twice a week, three months each year) - Free monthly family movie nights and book fairs held three times annually - Health issues and medical insurance coverage assistance and referrals - On-site Alcoholics Anonymous-support groups (two options weekly) Other programming for families and individuals offered through collaborative partners: - Referrals and information for Bridging, clothing, emergency shelter, and food shelves

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

A service of the Minnesota Board on Aging in partnership with Minnesota's Area Agencies on Aging. Services include: - Community Supports: Connects people with community supports, such as home health care, meal preparation/delivery, transportation, and hiring someone to help at home or with yard work - Health Insurance Counseling: Helps people with questions about Medicare and other health care questions - Housing Resources: Helps people understand their housing options, such as assisted living requirements, comparing housing services and costs, and more - Preadmission Screening (PAS): Manages preadmission screening (PAS) for anyone planning to be admitted into a Minnesota nursing home - Prescription Drug Assistance: Helps those who qualify find ways to reduce prescription drug costs, including finding manufacturers' patient assistance programs and completing applications - Website of Resources: Offers a website to locate resources throughout the state for help with the home, medical costs, tax preparation, legal/advocacy, housing, transportation, food programs, benefits, health care, mental health, and more. Website is still currently in the development stage. Visit website at https://mn.gov/adresources/. NOTE: Older adults who have a case manager or care coordinator or may have questions about county program and eligibility should be referred elsewhere. The individual should be referred to their case manager, care coordinator, or county agency.

Provides application assistance for a variety of programs such as: - MNsure Navigator Services: Helps individuals apply for health insurance enrollment, navigate health insurance options, and compare different health plans, including Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare. Navigators can assist households in English or Spanish. - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applications: Helps individuals apply for the SNAP program

Provides advocacy services including MNsure enrollment assistance, help completing applications and forms, care coordination, and connections to community resources and social services.

Provides information and referrals to callers with questions about health insurance in general, COBRA, underwriting, and other health insurance related issues. Provides general information to the public on HMOs - Health Maintenance Organizations. Handles HMO complaints from the general public and health providers. The complaint form can be found online; along with more information about the complaint process.

- Navigators help individuals and families apply and enroll into the health plans through the MNSure marketplace. - Navigators are obligated to help any consumer that contacts them for assistance. - Navigators are formally contracted partners with MNSure and receive online training, pass a certification exam and undergo a background check. - Navigators are not insurance agents or brokers.

- Income tax assistance - Health insurance counseling

- Babysitting instruction and CPR classes - Bowling leagues - Computer, cooking, and crocheting classes - Dog obedience classes - Estate planning - First time home buyer education - Information on long term care insurance - Mature, defensive driver training - New driver training

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.

- Children's dentistry - Community health programs provide an annual health fair, assistance to members with insurance questions, blood pressure and diabetes screenings, and health education - General dentistry includes bridges, crowns, dentures, digital x-rays, emergency care, extractions, Periodontitis/gum disease, root canals, and TMJ-TMD - Primary care, dietitian services, and retail optical services

Health Care Access services assist with the following: - Determine if people are eligible for health care and financial assistance programs. - Help people with past medical bills by working with community care programs, collection agencies, and medical providers to discuss reasonable payment plans. - Meet with individuals and families to apply for programs - Provide referrals to other agencies for concerns related to financial assistance, housing, food, employment, and disability issues as needed

- Website and phone center with information about the Minnesota Health Insurance Exchange, including an assister directory to help individuals locate navigators and other insurance professionals - Non-Minnesota residents should visit www.HealthCare.gov for general information about the Affordable Care Act, and about the plan for their specific state. See separate listing under United States Department of Health and Human Services. - Occasional enrollment events are listed on mnsureevents.org

Provides advocacy services including MNsure enrollment assistance, help completing applications and forms, care coordination, and connections to community resources and social services.

Handles questions regarding Medicare eligibility and benefits for qualified railroad retirement beneficiaries

Financial Education - Budgeting and savings - Building and managing credit - Consumer protection - Debt reduction - Rental topics - Reverse mortgage basics - Scam and Fraud Prevention Financial Management - Assessment and budget assistance - Financial goal setting - Help with creditors Healthcare Application Assistance - Minnesota Insulin Safety Net Program - MNSure navigation Housing Counseling - Foreclosure prevention counseling - Reverse mortgage counseling

Provides health and wellness services and programs that address the unmet health care needs of Somali women, including: - Doula and home visiting services - Referrals to trusted health care providers - Trained health care MN navigators to assist with applications and renewals in Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, and qualified health plans

Offers a variety of recreational, social, and educational programs, including: - Bingo - Blood pressure checks - Card Groups: "500", Hand and Foot, and quarterly cribbage tournaments - Computer classes - Congregate dining through the Volunteers of America Senior Nutrition Program - Country line dancing instruction - Day/extended tours and trips - Foot care clinic - Flu shot clinic in season - Health insurance counseling - Legal service appointments by phone and education/information sessions - Movie of the month - Senior fitness classes - Tax assistance February - April - Transportation to and from the center - Walking group - Woodcarving

- Navigators help individuals and families apply and enroll into health plans through the MNSure marketplace. - Navigators are obligated to help any consumer that contacts them for assistance. - Navigators are formally contracted partners with MNSure and receive online training, pass a certification exam and undergo a background check. - Navigators are not insurance agents or brokers.

Provides application assistance for a variety of programs such as: - MN Navigator Services: Helps individuals and families apply for health insurance enrollment, navigate health insurance options, and compare different health plans, including Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare. The navigator will help clients choose and enroll in the right program for them. - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): Helps individuals apply for the SNAP program. Provides education and support on the application process to qualifying low-income individuals and families.

Provides the following services: - Financial assistance with rent, utilities, rent and utilities arrears, transportation, basic needs, food, application fees, time-limited housing subsidies, emergency shelter, household necessities, etc. NOTE: Financial assistance may vary and is not guaranteed for every applicant. - Information and coordination related to public benefits, veterans' benefits, housing stability, employment, and legal issues - In-House Services: Housing stability case management, rental subsidies, legal, employment, justice-involved coordination, healthcare navigation, landlord engagement, outreach, documentation specialist, financial coaching, and free voluntary representative payee services

Provides in person and phone consultations to help individuals and families apply for health care programs, including MinnesotaCare, Medical Assistance (MA), and MNsure. Services may include assistance with: - Applying for private health insurance plans - Dental care insurance and finding low-cost dental care services - Emergency insurance - Hospital financial aid applications - Renewing health insurance - Referrals to community and social services

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

The MHCP Member Help Desk provides information and referral services to persons who are on Minnesota's Health Care Programs: Medical Assistance and MinnesotaCare. Provides information about applications, eligibility, health care policy, benefits, access to providers, authorizations, and claims. Refers callers to appropriate county and state agencies for specialized information on services.