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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.

Accepts and responds to and/or investigates reports of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Services may include:

• Accepting reports of abuse

• Assessment of the initial referral

• Consultation to individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

• Dependency investigation?

• Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home?

• Works with the family toward unification or reunification

?NOTE: In addition to taking reports, child protection screeners are available to explain the reporting statutes, answer questions regarding agency practices and discuss other resources and strategies when reports do not meet criteria for assignment for child protection investigation.

?Provides investigative and intervention services for child abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment. Services include:

• Accepting reports of abuse

• Assessment of the initial referral

• Consultation with individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

• Consultation with mandated reporters

• Dependency investigation

• Explanation of reporting statutes and answer questions regarding agency practices

• Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home

• Works with the family toward unification or reunification

Services include: - Individual and group information and support

• Referrals

• Accompaniment to area resources including:

• Medical

• Legal

• Law enforcement

• Other available community services

• Community Education

• Networking with community groups and professionals

• Culturally appropriate services for Native American survivors of sexual violence

Agency Contact Bemidji Bemidji Office 1510 Bemidji Avenue Bemidji, MN 56601 (218)444-9524 or (800)708-2727 8 am - 5 pm Monday - Thursday; 8 am - 12 noon Friday Bemidji State University Student Center for Health & Counseling - Cedar 111 Bemidji, MN 56601 10 am - 1 pm Mondays, 1 pm - 4 pm Tuesdays Northwest Technical College Student Success Center Bemidji, MN 56601 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm Thursdays Aitkin Aitkin Office 312 Minnesota Avenue N, Suite 2009 Aitkin, MN 55431 (218)927-6226 or (866)-747-5008 8 am - 5 pm Monday - Thursday; 8 am - 12 noon Friday Park Rapids Park Rapids Office 323 Main Avenue S Park Rapids, MN 56470 (218)237-0300 or (800)-708-2727 8 am - 5 pm Monday - Thursday; 8 am - 12 noon Friday Bagley Bagley Office 79 Spencer Avenue Bagley, MN 56621 (218)308-6244 or (800)708-2727 8 am - 5 pm Monday - Thursday; 8 am - 12 noon Friday Grand Rapids Grand Rapids Office 9 Willow Lane Grand Rapids, MN 55744 (218)326-5008 or (866)-747-5008 8 am - 5 pm Monday - Thursday; 8 am - 12 noon Friday MN North College - Itasca Campus Backes Student Center - 105A Grand Rapids, MN 55744 11 am - 2 pm Monday, Wednesday Walker Walker Office 609 Minnesota Avenue WWalker, MN 56484?(218)547-4892 or (800)708-2727?8 am - 5 pm Monday - Thursday; 8 am - 12 noon Friday ?

Court related services:

• Adaptive aids or special equipment
• Adolescent life skills training
• Family based services
• Foster care
• Placement
• Licensing
• Respite care
• Case management
• Public guardianship
• Referrals to counseling
• Transportation

Responds to and/or investigates reports of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Additonal services include:

• Assessment of the initial referral???

• Child welfare services

• Consultation with individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

• Extended foster care services

• Minor parenting supports

• Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Parent Support Outreach Program (PSOP)

• Prevention services for eligible families

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home

• Works with the family toward reunification if child is out of home

NOTE: In addition to taking reports, child protection screeners are available to explain the reporting statutes, answer questions regarding agency practices and discuss other resources and strategies when reports do not meet criteria for assignment for child protection investigation.

Provides police and emergency response for the city of Pillager and surrounding area

Provides investigative and intervention services for child abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment. Services include:

• Accepts reports of abuse

• Assessment of the initial referral

• Consultation to individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

• Dependency investigation

• Explanation of reporting statutes and answer questions regarding agency practices

• Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home

• Works with the family toward unification or reunification

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.

Accepts and responds to and/or investigates reports of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Services may include:

• Accepting reports of abuse

• Assessment of the initial referral

• Consultation to individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

?- Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home?

• Works with the family toward unification or reunification

?NOTE: In addition to taking reports, child protection screeners are available to explain the reporting statutes, answer questions regarding agency practices and discuss other resources and strategies when reports do not meet criteria for assignment for child protection investigation.

Services are provided to families through an incoming child maltreatment incident report on a child who is a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

Responsibilities of the County Attorney's Office include:

• Child and adult protection representation

• Child support enforcement

• Crime prevention initiatives

• Criminal and delinquency prosecution

• Legal representation of county board and county departments

• Prosecutor in all cases involving juvenile offenders

• Victim/witness assistance

Provides assistance, investigates, and/or intervenes on behalf of vulnerable adults that are 18 years or older, who are unable to act on their own behalf, manage their own affairs, or who are in immediate danger due to physical or emotional abuse, unsafe or hazardous living conditions, exploitation, neglect, or abandonment. Services may include:

• Authorization for medical treatment
• Consultation to individuals who suspect abuse
• Removal of the individual to safer surroundings
• Services necessary to remove the conditions which have created a threat to life

NOTE: Complaints, questions, or concerns involving incidents in facilities licensed by the Health Department - such as hospitals, nursing homes, boarding care homes, supervised living facilities, and assisted living and home health agencies - can be referred to the MN Office of Health Facility Complaints numbers.

Accepts and responds to and/or investigates reports of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Services may include:

• Accepting reports of abuse

• Assessment of the initial referral

• Consultation to individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

• Dependency investigation?

• Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home?

• Works with the family toward unification or reunification

Provides investigative and intervention services for child abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment. Services include:

• Accepts reports of abuse

• Assessment of the initial referral

• Consultation with individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

• Dependency investigation

• Explanation of reporting statutes and answer questions regarding agency practices

• Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home

• Works with the family toward unification or reunification

In addition to taking reports, child protection screeners are available to explain the reporting statutes, answer questions regarding agency practices and discuss other resources and strategies when reports do not meet criteria for assignment for child protection investigation. NOTE: Call 911 If you believe a child is in immediate danger

Providing the following services:

• Intensive in-home treatment program designed for families where there is a risk for out-of-home placement for at least one child in the home.
• The Family Resource Program works with families to provide life management and parenting skills.

Provides investigative and intervention services for child abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment. Services include:

• Accepts reports of abuse

• Assessment of the initial referral

• Consultation to individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

• Dependency investigation

• Explanation of reporting statutes and answer questions regarding agency practices

• Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home

• Works with the family toward unification or reunification

Provides investigative and intervention services for child abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment. Services include:

• Accepts reports of abuse

• Assessment of the initial referral

• Consultation with individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

• Dependency investigation

• Explanation of reporting statutes and answer questions regarding agency practices

• Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Refers to the Family Resources program to assist families with basic parenting and referrals to other related programs regarding Indian Child Welfare programs

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home

• Works with the family toward unification or reunification

Provides investigative and intervention services for child abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment. Services include:

• Accepts reports of abuse

• Assessment of the initial referral

• Consultation with individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

• Dependency investigation

• Explanation of reporting statutes and answer questions regarding agency practices

• Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home

• Works with the family toward reunification

Provides police and emergency response for the city of Coleraine and surrounding areas

Provides investigative and intervention services for child abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment. Services include:

• Accepts reports of abuse

• Assessment of the initial referral

• Consultation with individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

• Dependency investigation

• Explanation of reporting statutes and answer questions regarding agency practices

• Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Refers to the Family Resources program to assist families with basic parenting and referrals to other related programs regarding Indian Child Welfare programs

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home

• Works with the family toward unification or reunification

• Advocacy for domestic abuse violence victims

• Advocacy for child victims of domestic violence

• Provides emergency shelter/referrals

• Provides emergency transportation

• Accompanies victims to court hearings

• Provides assistance with OFP's

• Support groups & one on one appointments

• Assistance with safety plans for family violence waiver

Provides investigative and intervention services for child abuse, neglect, and/or abandonment. Services include:

• Accepts reports of abuse

• Assessment of the initial referral

• Consultation with individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

• Dependency investigation

• Explanation of reporting statutes and answer questions regarding agency practices

• Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home

• Works with the family toward unification or reunification

In addition to taking reports, child protection screeners are available to explain the reporting statutes, answer questions regarding agency practices and discuss other resources and strategies when reports do not meet criteria for assignment for child protection investigation. NOTE: Call 911 If you believe a child is in immediate danger

Provides law enforcement and emergency response for Lake of the Woods County

Responds to and/or investigates reports of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment. Additonal services include:

• Assessment of the initial referral???

• Child welfare services

• Consultation with individuals who suspect abuse

• Consultation with the family to determine the nature of the problem

• Extended foster care services

• Minor parenting supports

• Ongoing support services for children and their families

• Parent Support Outreach Program (PSOP)

• Prevention services for eligible families

• Temporary placement of children who are removed from the home

• Works with the family toward reunification if child is out of home

NOTE: In addition to taking reports, child protection screeners are available to explain the reporting statutes, answer questions regarding agency practices and discuss other resources and strategies when reports do not meet criteria for assignment for child protection investigation.