Provides chore services for seniors who need help with lawn mowing, snow removal, and homemaker services

In Home Care Service is a licensed service that provides an individualized assistance plan to help maintain and support healthy independent aging in the home and community. Aging individuals receive assistance in their home from a trained staff with a daily personal plan which can include household maintenance (laundry/cleaning), personal cares, and/or home management (phone calls, organizing, reading mail, arranging appointments), and socialization.

Exterior home fix-up program available to qualified individuals and families. Services may include trimming bushes and trees, building ramps, and painting homes

Offers homemaking and chore services through a full-time maintenance provider and volunteer staff. The goal is to provide services so older adults can continue to live in their home as long as it is safe to do so. Homemaker: - Cleaning - Grocery assistance - Laundry Chore Services: - Lawn maintenance - Minor home repairs - Snow removal

Volunteers provide non-medical services: - Companion services - Errand running/shopping assistance - Meal preparation - Respite - Senior exercise programs and fall prevention education - Small household and yard chores - Telephone reassurance - Transportation: not wheelchair accessible. Door-to-door. - Caregiver support and education; a 6-week class, Powerful Tools for Caregivers; and a weekly support group

Chore Services helps individuals with tasks around the house/apartment and yard so they can remain living independently. Common chores include: - Friendly visiting - Grocery order/delivery - Home maintenance (bathroom accessibility, carpentry; grab bar installation; interior/exterior painting; minor plumbing; railings; ramps; roof and gutter repairs; smoke alarms; window replacement) - Housekeeping - Lawn care - Packing/moving - Pet care - Seasonal clean-up - Snow removal - Transportation

- 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.

Non-professional services provided: - Errand running and shopping assistance - Friendly visiting - Light housekeeping - Meal preparation - Mail management and personal correspondence - Telephone reassurance - Volunteers do not give medications, do not assist in transferring sitting to bed, etc. Transportation to appointments, church, social engagements, and shopping: - No fee - donation accepted - Must have 2 days advance notice - NOT wheelchair accessible - Both curb-to-curb and door-to-door service available depending upon need Repairs and minor maintenance of home and yard, including snow removal. There is insurance coverage for volunteers during the times they are providing CREST services.

Elder needs-based supplemental income program Mille Lacs Band members over the age of 62 or over the age of 55 and disabled are eligible for a monthly Supplemental Income benefit based on income need. There are no residency requirements. Community services to elders Provides lawn mowing, yard maintenance, limited outdoor home maintenance, and walkway snow removal for all elders living in one of the Reservation Districts. These crews are staffed with Aanjibimaadizing staff and Gotaamigozi Flex Program participants. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families cash assistance Tribal TANF cash assistance makes monthly cash payments to families with minor children based on family size and composition. Households must be below 200% of poverty guidelines. These benefits require participating adults to agree and to follow a case plan designed to move them away from assistance and to self-reliance. Cash assistance has a 60-month lifetime limit. Temporary Assistance to Needy Families emergency assistance Emergency Assistance is a one-time per fiscal year payment for participants receiving cash assistance and experiencing an extreme financial hardship, typically an eviction or utility shutoff. Future cash assistance payments will be made to the landlord or utility. SNAP food support program The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a State of Minnesota program that the Aanjibimaadizing administers for our cash assistance families. This program provided cash assistance specifically for food purchases. Childcare assistance Child care assistance helps parents or guardians pay for child care. Aanjibimaadizing can pay child care centers, family child care providers, or family, friends or neighbors (FFN) that provide child care. Child care assistance is not available in the Urban area at this time.

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

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 - Home repairs - Housekeeping - kitchen and bathroom cleaning - Household chores - Lawn care and yardwork - Relocation assistance - Snow removal

Outdoor chore services for seniors and individuals who have a physical disability. Services include: - Hedge trimming - Lawn mowing - Leaf raking - Special projects considered such as storm window/screen removal, minor repair and fix up, and small painting projects - Snow-removal

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

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

- Caregiver support group - Companionship - Dementia Friends training on request - Friendly visits - Homemaking and chores service - Paperwork assistance - Respite care - Socialization - Telephone reassurance/buddy phone call service - Transportation (including wheelchair accessible transports) to: medical/social service appointments, church, senior dining, hair dresser appointments, and grocery shopping - Yard work

Lawn and yard work, snow removal, house cleaning and minor home repairs available on a sliding fee scale.

Provides assistance to low- and moderate-income homeowners who do not have family members available to help with household chores. May be able to help with: - Cleaning gutters and downspouts - Cleaning and changing screen windows/doors - Raking leaves, mowing lawns, and shoveling snow - Trimming bushes - Small home repairs - Railing and grab bar installation

A Brush with Kindness (AKD): Program serving low income homeowners who struggle to maintain the exterior of their homes. This Habitat program enables existing homeowners to continue to live independently and securely in their homes. Projects may involve work such as: - Painting - Roofing - Constructing decks and ramps - Weatherization repairs - Landscaping - Yard work Critical Home Repair (CHR): Program is designed to help lower income homeowners maintain a safe and secure place to live. Projects include repair or replacement of roofs, windows, doors, and siding. Additions or expansions are not included. Aging in Place (AIP): ?Program is designed to help lower income homeowners safely and securely reside in their homes longer. Projects include installing an access ramp into the home, reducing trip hazards in the home, and installing walk in showers.????????

Available to older adults who are unable or need assistance with performing homemaker and chore tasks. Utilizes independent contractors and volunteers to complete tasks that include: - Indoor heavy cleaning - Minor home repair and modification - Routine indoor housekeeping - Seasonal outdoor work - Yard work and snow removal

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

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.

The Living At Home Block Nurse Program provides or arranges support an elder neighbor needs to continue living at home as long as safely possible. This support, which may otherwise not be available, uses the program's small staff, volunteers and/or paid nursing staff. Services include: - Care Coordination: neighborhood Network staff will meet with seniors and families to discuss their needs. A care plan is designed for each senior that may include a variety of volunteer support or professional referral services. A home safety assessment is also completed at intake. - Friendly Visiting: volunteers provide friendship and can assist with services such as transportation to and from appointments, chore support (including seasonal leaf raking and snow shoveling), grocery shopping assistance, plant/pet care, etc. Does not offer transportation to medical procedures or surgeries. - In-Home Foot Care: a registered nurse will visit and provide foot care for non-diabetic seniors. Foot care includes cleaning feet, trimming nails, and massaging for circulation. - Medication Management and Blood Pressure Checks: the outreach nurse can assist seniors with their medication schedule as well as regular blood pressure checks.

The Chore Services program assists older adults with a variety of in-home and outdoor services. Services include: - House cleaning for deep cleaning, routine, and one-time decluttering - Minor home repair services and special projects - Yard maintenance all year-long such as lawn mowing, fall leaf raking, winter snow removal, and spring clean-up activities

- Rides to medical appointments - Rides to errands - Grocery shopping assistance - Friendly visiting - Telephone assurance - Minor home repair - Building wheelchair ramps - Raking - Snow removal - Caregiver support and respite - Office support - Other types of friendly assistance

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 - Home repairs - Housekeeping - kitchen and bathroom cleaning - Household chores - Lawn care and yardwork - Relocation assistance - Snow removal