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• An interagency program designed to help develop and plan comprehensive, coordinated, multi-disciplinary interagency services for children with disabilities under age 5 and their families

• Initial call will help families with determining and identifying disabilities

Outpatient counseling and behavioral health services to promote physical, social, emotional, and spiritual health by providing services to people experiencing mental health issues. Services include:

• Diagnostic and psychiatric assessments for adults and children

• Group therapy and education:

• Anger management

• Domestic Abuse Violence Turning Points

• Domestic Abuse Intervention Program - DAIP

• Women's Anger Management and Self-Esteem - (WASE)

• Individual, couples, and family counseling, therapy services include but are not limited to:

• Aging

• Anger

• Anxiety

• Autism Spectrum Disorders

• Conflict

• Death

• Depression

• Disruptive Behavior

• Divorce/separation

• Domestic violence and its effects

• Grief/loss

• Reproductive Issues

• Marriage/re-marriage

• Parenting

• Relationships

• Self-esteem

• Spirituality

• Suicide/suicide prevention

• Terminal illness

• Trauma/abuse

Provides other youth services to help encourage positive choices, promote high self-esteem, and support academic achievement. Services include:

• Free tutoring to children who are reading substantially below their grade level. Children can receive instruction twice a week for as long as needed. The program evaluates reading, writing, and spelling.

• Skills building incentives to help youth learn how to make decisions easier and resolve conflicts by learning conflict-resolution

Assistive technology: Offers education about and access to assistive technology devices and resources Chromebook and iPad Loan Program: Provides individuals in need with the opportunity to borrow a device for up to 60 days. Those without internet access may also borrow a mobile internet device Classes, Workshops, and Events: Covers topics such as cooking, art and creative expression, and community outings Community Transition Support: Helps individuals living in nursing homes or other group settings transition back to their own homes or community. Staff assist with exploring options, accessing programs and services, and securing needed supports at home Independent Living Skills Training: Offers instruction in areas such as budgeting, transportation, time management, organization, housing searches, cooking and smart consumerism, healthy relationships, post-secondary navigation, and employment Individual Advocacy: Supports individuals in understanding their rights, identifying rights violations, and gaining tools to advocate for themselves. Advocacy topics include Individualized Education Plans (IEP), Social Security (SSI/SSDI) applications, and appeals for denied services Peer Support: Offers both one-on-one, goal-based peer support and peer support groups Support Planning: Assists individuals in navigating their options under a Consumer Directed Community Supports (CDCS) plan Youth and Young Adult Transition Services: Prepares youth and young adults for the transition to adulthood through guidance, planning, and skill development.

Offers three experiential workshops in nonviolence and conflict resolution. The workshops teach:

• Conflict management skills, understanding the underlying causes of violence, team building, and leadership skills

• Discussion topics to understand affirmation, communication, cooperation, and conflict resolution

• Every participant to find their innate power to positively transform themselves first and the world they live in

• Training facilitator workshops to focus on facilitation skills to become successful facilitators. The curriculum includes learning to build agendas for a basic level workshop, feedback, team skills, facilitation techniques, and leadership training.

Offers specialized summer therapy and group skill-building programs for children. Visit website for current program details.

• Chemical dependency counseling

• Chemical dependency and mental health evaluation

• Compulsive gambling counseling

• Couples counseling

• Depression and anxiety screening

• Domestic violence counseling

• Family and individual counseling

• Medication management

• Networks EAP Program

• Psychiatric consultation

• Smoking cessation classes

• Stress management classes

Children's Therapeutic Services and Supports (CTSS) Skills Training: In-home and community-based therapy to address:

• Anger management

• Assertiveness, problem-solving, and conflict resolution

• Interpersonal and friendship-building skills

• Impulse control

• Social skills

Skills training is proven to reduce the risk of psychiatric hospitalizations and the need for residential treatment. Services are usually provided twice a week, with two hours of skills-based therapy per session; however, all treatment plans are individualized and may vary. Progress is evaluated every 90 days. Adoption Support Services Providing post-adoption attachment support and educating pre-adoptive parents about the effect of past abuse and neglect on their pre-adoptive child ? ?Sexuality-specific Services ??Intended to address sexual behavior concerns, this includes individual, family, and group therapy, as well as a sexual health curriculum regarding boundaries and respect for children ages 4 -12 and teens age 13 - 19

Helps stabilize families by providing resources and services such as parenting and life skills, prevention and reunification, and housing. ?- Family Spirit Home Visiting Program: Provides an early childhood home visiting program designed specifically for American Indian communities, and is being implemented through a partnership with the Division of Indian Work.

• Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Collaborative: Provides advocacy services and intensive case monitoring to in-state Minnesota Native families who are involved in Child Protection.

• Life Skills Parenting and The Family Support Program: Partners with Hennepin County to improve outcomes for Native families by providing family counseling, parenting support, life skills training, appropriate referrals, and education in child development and cultural values.

• Section 8 Supportive Housing: Provides long-term housing for families who have experienced chronic homelessness. Tenants must demonstrate a commitment to sobriety and agree to MIWRC's zero tolerance policy for onsite substance use, gang affiliation, and/or interpersonal violence.

Provides a combination of career workshops, workforce training, and empowers youth to achieve their full potential. Focus areas include:

• Coaching and Mentorship: Personalized guidance and mentorship from mentors to help Somali youth navigate challenges and build a path to success

• College Readiness: Support for academic planning, applications, and transition to higher education

• Leadership Development: Cultivates the skills and confidence needed to lead in diverse settings

• Workforce Readiness: Practical training and resources to excel in the job market

Youth development activities:

• Arts and crafts

• Athletic programs

• Conflict resolution

• Counseling

• Dance

• Digital arts and technology programs

• Education/computer learning center

• Healthy snack program

• Leadership/citizenship groups

• Life skills

• Open gym and physical activities

• Outdoor and environmental education

• Rec room tournaments

• Social recreation program: group games/activities

• Tutoring/homework helper

• Vocational exploration

Offers outpatient mental health to couples, families, and individuals dealing with abuse, anger, anxiety, behavior disorders, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, relationship conflicts and stress. Services include:

• Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT)

• Group therapy

• Illness Management and Recovery (IMR)

A mental health program for children who require varying levels of intervention to address conditions of emotional disturbance that interfere with their ability to function independently. The program contains components of psychotherapy, and individual, family, and group skills training.

Provides specialized outpatient mental health services for children and adolescents with a focus on problematic sexual behaviors and related emotional or behavioral concerns. Services include:

• Comprehensive outpatient sexual behavior assessments

• Parent/Caregiver Support Groups: Helps families understand sexual behavior dynamics, treatment processes, and build supportive strategies

• Psychotherapy for children and adolescents ages 6-17

• Treatment groups for adolescent males experiencing problematic sexual behavior

Group Therapy Treatment Program: 12 to 16 weeks of structured group sessions

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

• Evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills training, educational curriculum, and experiential group therapy

• Family and individual therapy as recommended

• Individualized treatment planning

• Individual Therapy Services

• Parent support group component

• Play therapy (when developmentally appropriate)

• Progress review meetings upon request

• Pro-social skills training

Offers anger management, and training on stress reduction and relaxation techniques

Provides mental health support for:

• Couples Counseling

• Family Therapy

• Group Therapy

• Individual Therapy

Area of issues may includes:

• Academic Issues

• Addiction

• Adjusting to/Preparing for Bariatric Surgery

• Anger Management

• Anxiety

• Attachment Concerns

• Bipolar Disorder

• Body Image Concerns

• Chronic illness

• Depression

• Disordered Eating

• Dissociative Disorders

• Domestic Violence

• Emotional Abuse

• Emotional Neglect

• Family Transitions/Divorce

• Grief

• Immigration

• Life Transitions

• Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

• Panic attacks

• Parenting Support/Attention Concerns

• Perinatal Support

• Phobias

• Physical Abuse

• Relationship Issues

• Self-Esteem concerns

• Self-Harm

• Sexual Abuse

• Sexual Identity

• Sleep Concerns

• Stress Management

• Trauma

Telehealth available.

While Minneapolis Public Schools are in session, Waite House provides after-school programs to neighborhood youth in grades 6 - 12. Services include:

• Academic support

• Computer lab

• Day camp

• Employment and post secondary preparation through Career Pathways program

• Leadership development

• Recreational field trips

• Children's Therapeutic Services and Supports: Works with youth to manage emotional disturbances that impair or interfere with the youths ability to function independently. Youth and families will learn skills in areas such as anger and aggression, following directions or rules, and building relationships with peers along with many other skill building areas.

• Psychiatry

• Specialized Therapy:

• Child Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Intensive Treatment in Foster Care (ITFC)

• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

• Targeted Case Management

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Trained coaches, who have overcome similar barriers, work with participants to learn to be successful individuals, fathers, employees and citizens through:

• GED completion

• Job skills preparation and job search instruction

• Stable housing assistance

• Life and empowerment skills instruction such as getting a drivers license, paying child support, money management, parent education

• Development of individual life plan

• Mentoring newer participants

• Remaining drug free with no recent criminal offenses

• Up to 3 months of continuing relationship after graduation to assure a positive transition

Counseling specialties include:

• Relationship Issues: Marital and pre-marital couples therapy, communication skills, conflict resolution and sexuality issues

• Mood/Anxiety Disorders: Depression, anxiety, bi-polar disorders, panic attacks, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and obsessive-compulsive disorders

• Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT): State-certified, evidence-based DBT programming for adults and a modified program for adolescents

• Anger Management: Group and individual therapy

• Other: Trauma related issues; foster care/adoption issues; adult ADHD; grief and loss; stress management; self-esteem; geriatric/aging; life transitions; gay/lesbian/transgender issues

Counseling, support group referrals, volunteer outreach, and education services for individuals and families experiencing loss or grief from death, separation, or a related tragedy.

Offers programs and resources to support educators, parents, and students with dyslexia, including:

• Conferences for the interaction and education of parents and professionals

• Educational literature

• List of tutors for students with dyslexia

?- Parent support

• Teacher training workshops on multi-sensory structured phonics (Orton-Gillingham approach) and related reading skills, written expression, and spelling

Family Medicine General and Preventive Care

• Diagnosis and treatment of illnesses and injuries, including:

Ear infections Minor burns Sinus infections Skin conditions, like rashes or warts Sprains and strains Strep throat Family planning/birth control Growth and development monitoring Health education on nutrition and exercise Male- and female-specific health concerns

• Management of chronic conditions including:

Asthma Bone and joint conditions, like arthritis Diabetes High blood pressure Heart disease Mental health concerns, like anxiety and depression Preventive care such as well-child checkups and routine screenings Vaccinations Services and Specialty Care Cardiology Diabetes education Dietitian Medication management Orthopedics and sports medicine Podiatry Substance use disorder Tobacco cessation

Group Exercise Classes: Members can attend a variety of free fitness classes, including cardio and strength, dance, strength, yoga and pilates, ForeverWell, Kids and Family, and water exercise. Note: Not all classes are offered at all locations. Personal Training and Assessments: Rates for members and non-members. Members can receive a free one-on-one 60-minute assessment session with a certified personal trainer. Personal training sessions are available virtually via Zoom (included in membership or a monthly fee). Small Group Training Programs:

• Provides opportunities for small group training and flex training. Available classes vary by location. Rates for members and non-members.

• Wellness 180 provides a series of lessons that will help educate participants in and out of a classroom setting on how gradual lifestyle changes can positively impact their health. Rates for members and non-members.

• Wellbeats is for kids ages 3 to 14 who are participants of Kids Stuff or child care (must be a member). Kids Stuff provides free drop-off child care while parents/caregivers work out (must be a member).

Elder Care: Provides specific programs and services to support older adults age 55 and older, including in-person activities and free classes.

• ForeverWell: Provides members with wellness activities for older adults age 55 and older including virtually online or in-person options. Must be a member for the virtual online activities. Also provides wellness checks for senior ForeverWell members. The George Wellbeing programs offer guidance, virtually or one-on-one in a group setting, with a board-certified coach, to help participants navigate healthy choices.

Adult Sports Leagues: Provides team, doubles, and individuals sport activities. Opportunities for members and non-members. Kids Sports: Provides year-round activities and program for kids of all ages and skill levels, including youth sports leagues and classes, summer sports, Homeschool Physical Education, and adult sports leagues. Members and non-members are welcome to participate. Offers youth with disabilities age 8 and up opportunities to participate in the Blazing Stars Special Olympics Team. The Young Athletes program introduces children ages 2 to 7 with and without intellectual disabilities to the world of sports. Orthology: Provides physical therapy and chiropractic services Kids and Families: Provides exercises classes, adventure racing, free child care while members work out, Parents Night Out provides child care for an evening out, family friendly fitness centers, and youth and family fitness cards that outlines an entire workout from warm-ups to cool down stretches. Journey to Freedom: Provides an 8 week session where participants meet in small-group discussions, read, reflect, find support, and heal. The goal of the program is to build community and support successful life change in a safe place. Specialty series include Freedom from Body Image and Food Issues, Freedom from Low Self-Esteem, Freedom from the Pain of Grief and Disappointment, and Freedom from Fear. Condition Specific Programs: Include tailored health and fitness programs for people with health conditions including Parkinson's disease and pre-diabetes. Water Safety Program: Provides reduced cost water safety instruction for kids ages 5 - 14 and swimming lessons for ages 6 months to adult. Offers parent and child, school-age children, preschool children, and teen and adult swimming lessons and water safety instruction. Member and non-member rates available. Provides trainings and certifications for lifeguard training, CPR and first aid, babysitting safety, safety training for coaches and instructor level training. Classes are offered in a traditional classroom and blended where lessons are online and skills are practiced in class.

Outpatient mental health clinic offering individual, couples, and family counseling to all ages. Also offers a full range of career, vocational assessment, and counseling. Services include:

• Adolescent/youth counseling

• Anger management

• Anxiety disorders including agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, social phobia, and specific phobias

• Bereavement/grief counseling

• Child guidance

• Christian counseling

• Depression

• Family violence counseling including adult incest survivor, child abuse counseling, elder abuse counseling, parent abuse counseling, and spousal abuse counseling

• Health problems counseling including infertility, chronic pain, or illness

• LGBTQ and sexual orientation counseling

• Marriage, divorce, and premarital counseling

• Parenting

• Physical and emotional abuse

• Play and music therapy

• Postpartum counseling

• Sexual assault counseling for adults and children

• Sexuality counseling

• Stress management

• Vocational assessment