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Programs geared toward helping Cambodian elders and other southeast Asians in the following areas: - Applying for public benefits - English instruction - Citizenship classes, INS interviews and immigration assistance - Healthy eating promotion which reconnects participants with the eating habits of their home countries through nutrition education, development of community gardens, and meals served three days a week from a local restaurant. Serves elders from the Cambodian, Chinese, and Karen communities. - Physical activities and active living - Cultural and traditional ceremonies - Health education - Medicare application - Housing assistance - Funeral assistance - Recreational activities - Group shopping and medical appointment transportation - Translation

- Disability benefits - Fraud Prevention and Reporting - Medicare - PASS - Plan to Achieve Self Support - Retirement benefits - Social Security Card Center - Supplemental Security Income - Survivor benefits - Ticket to Work

Benefits Outreach Specialists provide assistance in enrolling in Health Insurance through MNsure and SNAP (food support). They provide information, benefit screening, application assistance, and follow-up.

Provides assistance with Medicare Health Plans.

Provides a community center offer services such as: - Counseling and support for new immigrants - Employment referral and assistance - English as a Second Language and citizenship classes - Forms and applications assistance for Social Security, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Medicare, Medical Assistance, MinnesotaCare, public housing, childcare assistance, WIC, or Head Start programs - Health counseling and education - Home care services contracted with Medica offering homemaking and PCA services to older adults and individuals living with a disability - Parenting skills counseling - Senior program offering socialization and activities as well as seminars on health, immigration, and social services every other month - Translation services - Transportation assistance for health appointments, benefits appointments, and school - Youth programs such as a summer youth program helping children who are academically at risk, lack English skills, and have minimal education improve their academics and learning