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Individuals and/or families meet once a week with an isolated older adult. Visits may include a casual conversation, playing cards, watching a movie, looking at photos, baking cookies or going for a walk.

• Adult Basic Education

• GED

• Early Childhood and Family Education

• Community Youth Facilities

• Youth and Adult Enrichment

Provides compassionate, personalized support to older adults, individuals with disabilities, and those recovering at home. The goal is to promote independence, dignity, and quality of life while supporting families and care teams. Services include:

• Assistance with grooming, bathing, and dressing

• Companionship and social support

• Errands

• Laundry and home organization

• Light housekeeping

• Meal preparation and grocery pick up

• Medication reminders

• Non-medical respite care

• Transportation to appointments

Provides a mentoring program focusing on the needs of the mentee and encourages them to make positive and healthy life choices. Mentors support youth by being their friend and building a relationship of trust. Services include:

• Age-appropriate activities with youth such as walking, fishing, sports, crafts, swimming, biking, visiting the library, baking, homework, movies, and more

• Mentors meet 2 - 4 times per month with their mentees for a year

• Mentors meet for two or more hours for educational, recreational, and social activities

• Youth interested in being a mentee, needing a mentor, and in need of a positive role model to make positive choices, build self-esteem, and support academic achievement

• Future Bound Youth: Works with youth ages 6 - 18 during and after school with tutoring, intergenerational communication, promotion of good decision making, health wellness, and cultural lessons

• Youth Intervention Project: Aimed at high-risk youth to provide general assistance, improve intergenerational understanding, build social skills, and reduce gang violence

• Mentoring Program: Matches volunteers/mentors from University of Minnesota's Cambodian Student Association with youth, focusing on building leadership skills, improving school performance, and promoting higher education

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

• Defensive driving classes

• Discussion Groups: Creative writing and book club

• Exercise classes including yoga

• Foot care provided by Mary T. Home Health

• Health insurance counseling

• Information and referral

• Library including book loan, audio books, large print books, and video tapes

• Parkinson's support group and AA meetings

• Recreational and educational activities include defensive driving, woodworking, card groups, bingo, choir, and crafts

• Senior Companion (friendly visiting) program

• Senior dining provided by Volunteers of America

• Trips to local attractions, theater events, breakfast and dinner outings, and extended trips

• "Voice of Experience" newsletter

• Bread and baked goods

• Congregate dining meals. Meal reservations must be done three days in advance.

• Driving improvement classes

• Educational programs on health issues and 55 Alive

• Foot care/blood pressure checks

• Information and referral, outreach, support groups, senior companion/friendly visitor, peer counseling, and telephone reassurance

• Recreational/leisure activities including cards, games, movies, lunch pot lucks, bingo, and day trips

• Transportation for groceries and social activities at senior center only

Group mentorship for male students providing life training, leadership, and guidance into manhood creating a better alternative other than gangs and cliques.

Provides the following services:

• 24-hour and holiday availability

• Companion services

• Errand running/shopping assistance

• Homemaker assistance

• In-home meal preparation

• Mobility assistance, transfer with gait belt, TED Hose Assistance

• Personal care such as dressing, bathing, grooming, and hair care

• Respite care

• Transportation to medical appointments, grocery, etc. to clients who require a minimum of 3 hours of home management and home care a week. Clients must be able to transfer to the vehicle. Door-to-door service provided. Driver will wait for the client during the appointment.

An activity-based mentoring program that matches at-promise youth with volunteer adult mentors who participate together in goal-centered, one-on-one relationships.

• Youth are matched with their mentors for one year and meet weekly for 2 - 4 hours. Throughout the one-year program, the mentors and youth develop goals (one physical activity, and one academic), have new experiences, and attend a variety of events with other mentors and mentees of the program.

• Youth and their mentors attend agency events based on four programming pillars: Healthy Living, Lifelong Learning, Emotional Development, and Community Connectivity.

• Youth and their families receive case management/support, and referrals for services. Mentors also have a network of support throughout their year of volunteering.

Provides Somali/East African middle and high school students with the tools, knowledge, and skills to be self-sufficient.

• Leadership Training: Summer leadership training for students

• Mentorship: Provided by Somali/East African college students and graduates over video conferencing platforms. An individualized plan is created to help with academics, college admission, online learning, etc.

• Middle School Strive Program: Provides a space in which East African youth can connect to discuss, learn, and get the support needed from their peers and program mentors

• Mindfulness Training: Provided to resettled youth to help cope with resettlement and adjustment

• Youth Strive Program: Serves recent refugees of Somali and/or East African descent who are in middle and high school to help them navigate post-graduation options

• Youth Workshops: Provides short-term workshops regarding professional development that includes creating a resume, cover letter, and interview best practices, and digital literacy that includes cyberbulling, internet security, researching, and professional engagement.

Provides self-empowerment services for individuals, families, and communities, including:

• Classes in empowerment, social skills, literacy, and youth and adult mentorship

• Community collaborations

• Empowerment Support Line

• Five week empowerment course

• Intervention and prevention support

• Safety planning support

• Hands on mentorship program and experience through mechanic work and an auto repair program

• Wheels also accepts donated vehicles and has an auto lot where our vehicles are for sale

• Page Educational Grants: Awards annually renewable grants in the amount of $2500 - $3500 to Minnesota students of color who attend colleges, universities, and technical schools within the state of Minnesota. Students who accept financial aid from the Foundation are required to return to their communities and perform annual Service-to-Children projects with younger children of color.

• Service-to-Children Program: While attending college, Page Scholars perform volunteer service that brings them into contact with students of color in grades K - 8. Each Page Scholar is required to volunteer at least 50 hours during the academic year - roughly 2 hours a week during the school year. The purpose of the service requirement is to present each Page Scholar as a mentor and role model to children of color before the younger students have decided (or have been convinced) that education is not important.

• Page Connections: The program recruits volunteer adult mentors to partner with its Page Scholars. These adults support the Scholars in a variety of ways, particularly with completing their service-to-children projects. Senior Mentors create an important link between the Foundation and Scholars. Application online.

District 1 Elder Advocate: (218) 407-4395 District 2 Elder Advocate: (218) 368-8718 District 3 Elder Advocate: (218) 760-1793 Elder Advocates assist with:

• Transportation - Food Shelf visits - Banking - Grocery shopping - County paperwork - Social Security - Health insurance information - Transportation to county appointments - Light house cleaning and a good listening ear - Mandated reporters of physical, emotional, financial and sexual abuse and neglect. Emergency assistance may be provided in extraordinary need - call for more information. Leech Lake Elders 55 years of age and older qualify for the eyeglasses, denture and hearing aid program - participants must utilize IHS. Elders and disabled band members may qualify for some medical equipment - a doctor's prescription may be required.

Promotes youth development by instilling a sense of accomplishment, competence, belonging, and usefulness. Programs:

• Academic success: Goal is for every member to graduate on time with a plan for their future, whether that plan is post-secondary or a career. Homework help, tutoring, mentoring, chess club, computer classes, and career exploration.

• Character and leadership: Offers programs designed to help members practice and strengthen leadership and problem-solving skills. Community service and support groups.

• Healthy lifestyles: Programs help members learn how to engage in positive behaviors, set personal goals and grow into self-sufficient adults who can make healthy choices. Yoga, exercise classes, gardening instruction, and gym time.

• The arts: Offers a variety of arts programming so that members can learn to express themselves through visual arts, applied arts and performing arts in a safe space. Painting, drawing, and bracelet making.

Provides a network of local churches into a partnership that links their resources and services to help community members in need as well as providing a chance to engage with the person. Resources and services provided include:

• Appliances

?- Clothing

• Financial counseling

??- Furniture

• Household items

• Information and referral to community resources

• Mentoring

• Minor car repairs

• Transportation to appointments

• Vacuums

• Winter clothing

All services are dependent on volunteer availability and donations; there is no guarantee of receiving services or assistance. Donation accepted are both monetary and personal care items, kitchen items, storage and garbage supplies, and laundry soaps and detergent.

Provides in-home or out-of-home community-based services, including:

• 24 hour emergency assistance

• Adult companion services

• Homemaker services

• Individual community living support

• Individualized home support

• Night supervision

• Personal support

• Respite care

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

Job Readiness Program Designed to help men prepare for their interview to enter or re-enter the workforce.

• Image consultation consisting of appropriate outfit and haircut

• Interview clothing

• Pre-interview counseling

Mentoring Network Provides individualized counseling to help clients navigate everyday barriers and challenges. Men are paired with mentors for 6 months and tackle specific tasks, including, but not limited to:

• Addressing child support orders

• Credit and debt management

• Engaging in healthy lifestyles

• Resume and job search techniques

Professional Development Series offers weekly group workshops facilitated by Nehemiah project staff focusing on 3 main developmental categories.

• Financial literacy

• Job search techniques

• Life skills development

Provides services such as:

• Art classes and senior social events

• Chore services (e.g., cleaning tasks)

• Exercise and fitness programs

• Friendly visiting and phone calls (social connection)

• Grocery shopping and home deliveries (medications, personal items)

• Health and safety education

• Home risk assessments

• Homemaking support (light housekeeping)

• Minor home repairs

• Respite care (short-term caregiver relief)

• Supplemental food programs (including USDA senior food distribution)

• Transportation

• Yard work/snow removal

Services offers:

• Assistance for families in determining how best to care for aging relatives

• Caregiver consultant provides one-to-one assistance to families and caregivers to create a personalized caregiving plan

• Chores including washing windows, basic home maintenance, assistance with moving, and yard work

• Companionship offers friendly visits and phone calls, weekly check-ins, and monthly Care Packages delivery

• Grocery shopping and grocery delivery services

• Social and educational engagement opportunities including outreach activities, game days, and more

• Transportation to and from medical, dental, and eye, and other appointments in Duluth and Two Harbors

Veterans employment services includes:

• Assessment for marketable skills

• Career planning

• Job search and application help

• Other support services

Coordinate Salute Southern MN program for duty soldiers, guard members, reservists, veterans, and their families. Offers:

• Networking events: Meet real employers and make connections

• On-going career advancement: Engage with employers in the career fields that you're interested in

• Mentorship: Mentors help with navigating career, family, and life challenges

Elementary School (Grades K-5) Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) ECFE offers programming for children under age 5 and their caregivers, in partnership with Minneapolis Public Schools. Provides weekly Play and Learn drop-in classes that support early learning through play-based activities for children and their caregivers. Also offer Seedlings, an evening program held twice a week, focused on holistic, multi-generational learning for families. Thrive An after-school and out-of-school program that nurtures the whole child through cultural awareness, educational enrichment, healthy meals, physical activity, homework help, and leadership development. Thrive also emphasizes relationship-building with caring young adults from the community, social-emotional learning, and teamwork. Kids Club A service-learning initiative that introduces children to the value of helping others through age-appropriate community projects. Cool Off Days A summer enrichment program that promotes social and intellectual growth through hands-on learning, field trips, and physical activities in a fun and engaging environment. ? Middle School (Grades 6-8) SOAR An after-school and out-of-school program focused on helping youth build life and career skills, explore personal values and identity, set meaningful goals, and participate in service-learning projects. SOAR also provides academic support through homework help and skill-building activities. Cool Off Days A summer program designed to build social and intellectual skills through exciting activities such as field trips, service projects, career exploration, science projects, and workplace visits. Kids Club A service-learning and civic engagement program that empowers middle schoolers to make a difference in their communities through meaningful outreach projects, such as creating care items for individuals experiencing homelessness or writing cards for seniors. ? High School (Grades 9-12) Aspire ???An academic support program for high school students on scholarship at DeLaSalle or Cristo Rey. Helps youth with homework, building relationships, and explore careers with business and educational leaders. Meets only twice per week and in the evenings?? Elevate A support-focused program offering academic assistance, career exploration opportunities, and mentorship. Elevate helps high school youth prepare for post-secondary success by developing leadership, communication, and goal-setting skills.