- A food shelf is available to clients and assists individuals with special dietary needs on a case by case basis - Offers assistance to those facing landlord/tenant disputes. Does not provide financial assistance. - Paulsen Parents: Gathers stories and information on discrimination/denials of service regarding parenting with a disability. This program is available to parents with disabilities at no cost. - Publications and presentations on disability awareness

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

Provides bullying prevention resources, social and educational activities for teens with disabilities, and puppet shows for all young children that promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. These programs include: - Fun Times: Offers a free program that connects youth ages 13 - 20 with and without disabilities in the Minneapolis and Saint Paul metro area. The program offers free activities and events during the school year. - National Bullying Prevention Center: Provides resources to prevent childhood bullying so that all youth are safe and supported in their schools, communities, and online. - Puppet Program: Provides a message of disability awareness and social inclusion to young children in the Minneapolis and Saint Paul metro area through shows featuring child-sized puppets.

Provides training on topics related to deaf/blindness and working with deafblind consumers, such as: - Best practices for working with deafblind consumers - Communication with deafblind individuals; low vision, tactile and pro-tactile modes - Consultation for agencies, organizations or families regarding deaf/blindness, service provision, and supports for deafblind individuals and families of deaf/blind children - Deaf/Blindness awareness and sensitivity - Deaf/Blind culture - Human guide skills - Interpreting for deafblind individuals - Intervenor Service Provider skills - Vision and hearing loss with seniors - Services and supports to families with deafblind children - Support Service Provider (SSP) skills - What is deafblindness (combined vision and hearing loss)?

- Provides referrals regarding disability discrimination issues and rights under the law - Training, information, and legal advocacy to parents of children with disabilities to help them secure the education and services guaranteed to their children by law - Legal representation (only takes a few cases each year) to adults and children with disabilities, in both individual and class action cases involving their rights to employment, education, transportation, housing, and access to public accommodations - Training and speakers for the disability community, public entities, and private businesses on the provisions of the ADA and its relationship to other state and federal laws - Education for legislators and policy-makers on issues affecting the rights of people with disabilities - Training for law students through the Disability Clinical Legal Education Program, including a consortium of 5 law schools and DREDF, offering a course in disability rights law and a clinic in which students work on DREDF cases

- 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