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Minor & Critical Home Repair

• Home Preservation is an exterior home preservation program that provides painting, landscaping, and minor repair services for homeowners in need

• Home Preservation helps low-income homeowners, impacted by age, disability, and family circumstances, who struggle to maintain the exterior of their homes

• We use volunteers, sweat equity, and no interest loans to make repairs affordable, helping low-income homeowners continue to live independently and securely in their homes

• Home Preservation is a supplement to our core building program. It enables us to serve more families and increase volunteer opportunities.

Assists with grocery shopping or minor home maintenance work for qualified older adults. Services include:????

• Groceries to Go Program: Connects a volunteer shopper with a homebound older adult to assist in grocery shopping and delivery.

• Handyman Program: Helps homeowners, age 60 and older, by providing volunteers to perform minor home maintenance work. Maintenance work examples are installing smoke alarms, fixing leaky faucets, replacing light bulbs, or installing grab bars. Homeowners only pay for materials while volunteers provide the labor services.

• Provides financial assistance to households to pay a portion of their home heating cost. The size of the household grant is based on household size, income, fuel type and energy usage. Grants are sent directly to client's fuel vendor and/or electric vendor

• Mail out applications available

• Energy Related Repair Program is available to EAP eligible homeowners that occupies the home and has a hazardous and life threatening situation, has no heat, or has a malfunctioning heating system

• Individuals should call for applications(or an application is on the bicap website available to download). Applications will be processed in the order in which they were received. If household is in an emergency situation, can call the Energy Assistance Program staff to see if immediate assistance is available based on funding and the completion of the application.

Provides basic in-home support services to Anoka County residents age 60 and older, helping them remain safe and independent in their homes. NOTE: Some areas may have waiting lists, depending on the availability of contractors and the type of service requested. Priority is given to low-income households. Services offered include the following: Minor Home Repairs

• Changing light bulbs

• Checking smoke and carbon monoxide detectors

• Fixing/replacing faucets and light fixtures

• Hanging mirrors or wall décor

Routine Housekeeping

• Changing bed linens

• Cleaning bathrooms

• Cleaning kitchen

• Dusting

• Sweeping, mopping, or vacuuming floors

Seasonal Chores

• Mowing

• Raking

• Snow removal

Services are completed by screened independent contractors and community volunteers.?

Provides activities and services for older adults including:

• Book club

• Blood pressure checks

• Bible study

• Ceramics

• Community meals

• Exercise classes

• Hand and foot care

• Free legal aid workshops

• HOME Program: assists with housekeeping, minor repair services, painting projects, lawn raking, and snow shoveling

• Pickleball

Coordinates a variety of maintenance and home-based services to ensure that individuals can safely stay in their homes. Services include:

• Annual clean-ups

• Cleaning

• Family therapy

• Handyman services

• Housekeeping

• Lawncare

• Moving

• Occupational therapy

• Physical therapy

• Snow removal

The Energy Assistance Program helps pay heat and electricity costs. Payments for energy bills are sent directly to the household's energy company or fuel provider for propane, fuel oil, or wood. Financial assistance varies depending on household income and fuel costs. The Energy Assistance Program provides additional grants for eligible households who need help with:

• Getting reconnected to heat and power after disconnections

• Paying for emergency fuel deliveries of propane, heating oil, or biofuel

• Preventing disconnection

Other services include:

• Advocate with energy suppliers and human service providers on behalf of consumers

• Educate consumers to use home heating energy efficiently and safely

• Emergency heating system repair or replacement

• Weatherization program, such as free repairs or upgrades in the home for ventilation, insulation, and other energy-related repairs

Home Care Services

• After-hospital care
• Blood pressure monitoring
• Cancer care management
• Care for respiratory illness
• Diabetes monitoring and management
• Home infusion therapy
• Home safety evaluation and modification
• Medication management and teaching
• Nutrition counseling
• Orthopedic patient care
• Physical, occupational, and speech therapies
• Post-partum care
• Social work and long-range planning
• Wound care

Personal Care Services

• Bathing, dressing, and grooming
• Exercise and mobility assistance
• Light housekeeping
• Meal preparation

Home Support Services

• Care management
• Companionship and emotional support
• Foot care
• Functional and cognitive assessments
• Homemaker services and meal preparation
• Home maintenance
• Home management services and errands
• Laundry assistance
• Medication management
• Personal care assistance (dressing, bathing and hygiene care)
• Shopping and errand assistance
• Transportation and escort to physician appointments
• Travel companion and escort for trips or events
• Wellness and safety monitoring

Provides the following supportive services:

• Adopt-a-Grandparent

• Assisted Transportation - age 60 and older

• Caregiver support

• Chore services

• Eldercare

• Family Caregiver

• Friendly visits and phone calls

• Furniture for Families

• Grocery shopping

• Home accessibility accessories installed - grab bars

• Household goods

• Lawn mowing, leaf raking, snow shoveling

• Light housekeeping

• Living with Memory Loss (for those who are living with memory loss)

• Medical appointments

• Medical equipment

• Minor home repairs

• Necessary errands

• Parkinson's

• Seasonal yard work

• Support for seniors to remain living at home as long as possible

• Volunteer opportunities

• Youth mission work

Provides resources for older adults living alone as well as caregivers needing support. Services are designed to help maintain independence as long as feasible. Home-based services are provided according to the availability of volunteers and staff:

• Homemaking: Indoor light housekeeping services include mild laundry services, floor care, kitchen/bathroom cleaning, and other indoor help. Light "fix it" services (i.e., changing light bulbs, smoke detector batteries, etc.), meal preparation, menu planning, picking up groceries and medications, help with organizing bills, etc.

Supportive programs:

• Caregiver Consulting: Helps caregivers manage and live their lives while caring for another person, develop individualized plans, and connect with resources in the community

• Caregiver Support Groups: Professionally facilitated, confidential environment for caregivers to share concerns, feelings regarding their role as caregiver, and to learn from each other

The Energy Assistance Program helps pay heat and electricity costs. Payments for energy bills are sent directly to the household's energy company or fuel provider for propane, fuel oil, or wood. Financial assistance varies depending on household income and fuel costs. The Energy Assistance Program provides additional grants for eligible households who need help with:

• Getting reconnected to heat and power after disconnections

• Paying for emergency fuel deliveries of propane, heating oil, or biofuel

• Preventing disconnection

• Some emergency heating fuel funding through Reach Out For Warmth (ROFW)

• Small grants (up to $500) for past-due energy payments

• Financial counseling, vendor negotiation, and advocacy for households in crisis

Weatherization Program: Free home energy audits, insulation, and heating system evaluation and repair as a cost-effective way of reducing energy bills ?Energy-related Repair Program

Coordinates a variety of maintenance and home-based services to ensure that individuals can safely stay in their homes. Services include:

• Annual clean-ups

• Cleaning

• Family therapy

• Handyman services

• Housekeeping

• Lawncare

• Moving

• Occupational therapy

• Physical therapy

• Snow removal

Offers a comprehensive range of services designed to support older adults and individuals with disabilities in living safely and independently in their own homes and communities. Services include:

• Advocacy: Connecting clients with resources such as the Minnesota Ombudsman Program.

• Assisted Transportation: Volunteers offer in-town and out-of-town rides, with a sliding fee scale available for out-of-town trips.

• Caregiver Support and Respite: Support groups and respite care to assist family caregivers in managing their responsibilities.

• Correspondence Assistance: Helping individuals maintain connections with loved ones through letters and other forms of communication.

• Friendly Visits and Telephone Reassurance: Regular in-person or phone check-ins to reduce isolation and provide companionship.

• Health Education: Promotes wellness and chronic disease management

• Information and Referral: Assistance in navigating community resources and services.

• Light Housekeeping and Chores: Help with tasks such as changing light bulbs, smoke detector batteries, and light cleaning.

• Shopping and Errands: Volunteer assistance with grocery shopping and other errands.

• Social Activities: Assistance with attending local events and social gatherings.

Handy Hands volunteers provide minor home repairs, maintenance projects and safety checks so older adults can continue to live safe and comfortable in their own home. Volunteers offer their labor at no cost, and clients pay for materials only.

Assists individuals around the house with interior and exterior projects. Offers both chore assistance and home repair services such as: Interior:

• Grab bar installation

• Hanging curtains and pictures

• Installing handrails

• Installing and repairing smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors

• Repairing door trim and baseboards

Exterior:

• Caulking windows

• Fixing light fence damage

• Painting shutters

• Repairing exterior trimming

• Repairing and replacing door hardware

The Energy Assistance Program helps pay heat and electricity costs. Payments for energy bills are sent directly to the household's energy company or fuel provider for propane, fuel oil, or wood. Financial assistance varies depending on household income and fuel costs. The Energy Assistance Program provides additional grants for eligible households who need help with:

• Getting reconnected to heat and power after disconnections

• Paying for emergency fuel deliveries of propane, heating oil, or biofuel

• Preventing disconnection

• Some emergency heating fuel funding through Reach Out For Warmth (ROFW)

• Small grants (up to $500) for past-due energy payments

• Financial counseling, vendor negotiation, and advocacy for households in crisis

Weatherization Program: Free home energy audits, insulation, and heating system evaluation and repair as a cost-effective way of reducing energy bills ?Energy-related Repair Program

Home maintenance and chore services are provided to senior citizens to enable them to live safely and independently in their own homes. Services may include:

• Assistance with clutter elimination

• Home maintenance

• Housekeeping - kitchen and bathroom cleaning

• Household chores

• Lawn care and yardwork

• Relocation assistance

• Snow removal

Exterior repairs done on homeowner-occupied dwellings including ramps or accessibility modifications, painting, landscaping, siding, railings, porch, deck, stair repair, and gutter maintenance. Applicants are matched with a local volunteer service group to complete projects.

Exterior home repair and maintenance program available to qualified low-income homeowners. Services may include exterior painting, landscaping and brush removal, and installation of accessibility features such as ramps. Volunteer labor and donated materials are used to complete projects at reduced cost.

Provides resources for older adults living alone as well as caregivers needing support. Services are designed to help maintain independence as long as feasible. Home-based services are provided according to the availability of volunteers and staff:

• Homemaking: Indoor light housekeeping services include mild laundry services, floor care, kitchen/bathroom cleaning, and other indoor help. Light "fix it" services (i.e., changing light bulbs, smoke detector batteries, etc.), meal preparation, menu planning, picking up groceries and medications, help with organizing bills, etc.

Supportive programs:

• Caregiver Consulting: Helps caregivers manage and live their lives while caring for another person, develop individualized plans, and connect with resources in the community

• Caregiver Support Groups: Professionally facilitated, confidential environment for caregivers to share concerns, feelings regarding their role as caregiver, and to learn from each other

Minor & Critical Home Repair

• A Brush with Kindness(ABWK)is an exterior home preservation program that provides painting, landscaping, weather stripping, and minor repair services for homeowners in need

• ABWK helps low-income homeowners, impacted by age, disability, and family circumstances, who struggle to maintain the exterior of their homes

• We use volunteers, sweat equity, and no interest loans to make repairs affordable, helping low-income homeowners continue to live independently and securely in their homes

• ABWK is a supplement to our core building program. It enables us to serve more families and increase volunteer opportunities

• We partner with Aitkin county veteran service office, the D.A.V and Veteran clubs.

Home health care services include:

• 24-hour availability including services on holidays

• Errand running and shopping assistance

• Home health aide services

• Home maintenance services

• Homemaker assistance

• In home meal preparation

• Independent living services

• Medication assistance

• Occupational, physical, and speech therapy

• Personal care

• Skilled nursing

Provides resources for older adults living alone as well as caregivers needing support. Services are designed to help maintain independence as long as feasible. Home-based services are provided according to the availability of volunteers and staff:

• Homemaking: Indoor light housekeeping services include mild laundry services, floor care, kitchen/bathroom cleaning, and other indoor help. Light "fix it" services (i.e., changing light bulbs, smoke detector batteries, etc.), meal preparation, menu planning, picking up groceries and medications, help with organizing bills, etc.

Supportive programs:

• Caregiver Consulting: Helps caregivers manage and live their lives while caring for another person, develop individualized plans, and connect with resources in the community

• Caregiver Support Groups: Professionally facilitated, confidential environment for caregivers to share concerns, feelings regarding their role as caregiver, and to learn from each other

Annual celebration of community volunteers giving "One Day to Help One Another." Traditionally the second Saturday in October. Projects typically include:

• Small painting projects

• Raking leaves

• Washing windows

• Cleaning gutters

• Moving boxes or furniture

• Yard work

• Housework

• And much more

• Case management and referrals for programs such as Meals on Wheels, social services

• Door-to-door transportation mostly for health related appointments or for hair salons/barbershop appointments. Clients must be able to transfer into the car on their own. Escort services may also be available, but these requests must be made far in advance.

• Homemaking, yard work and home maintenance services

• Nursing care

• Personal care

• Senior exercise classes are offered daily; transportation available.

• Social outings

• Speakers on senior health topics

• Support for caregivers of seniors who live in the service area, and for caregivers who live in the service area even if the cared-for senior lives elsewhere, including out of state.