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Provides the following resources for seniors: Community Health Promotion

• ??Diabetes Support Group

• Laughter Yoga classes

• Nurse-provided blood pressure clinics at various community locations

• Tai Chi for Health exercise classes

• Senior Art Classes (typically in the fall & spring)

• Senior Social & Health Talks (held monthly)

• Technology Clinic (1:1 help with technology)

Individual Support Services

• Caregiver support, respite, and education

• Chore/shopping services (limited)

• Companion services through "Friendly Visitor" volunteers

• Fall prevention assessments

• Foot and home care services

• In-home nurse visits, including vision consultations, and low-vision products

• Information, referral, and advocacy

• Rapid Screen assessments

• Rides to local medical appointments (based on volunteer availability)

Provides opportunities for older adults to use their skills, talents, and life experiences to support people in their community. Functions as a large volunteer network connecting older adults with meaningful service roles. Volunteer opportunities include driving, escorting, children and youth services, education and mentoring, environmental projects, public safety, health and human services, libraries, and museums. Services and programs include:

• A Matter of Balance: Education series that emphasizes practical strategies to reduce fear of falling and increase activity levels

• Bone Builders: Exercise and nutrition program to prevent and manage osteoporosis

• Caregiver respite and support

• Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP)

• Friendly Visiting: Companion program for adults age 60+ offering peer support and social connection

• Living Well programs: Including Living Well with Chronic Conditions, Diabetes, and Chronic Pain

• Powerful Tools for Caregivers: Self-care education for family caregivers

• Stay Active and Independent for Life (SAIL): Strength, balance, and fitness program

• Telephone Reassurance Program: Regular check-in calls to support safety and social connection

Medical clinic services:

• Bike Share Program

• Birthing Services

• Cardiology

• Chronic Pain Program

• Clinics - Sleepy Eye and Morgan

• Counseling Services

• Diabetes and Nutrition Services

• Emergency Services

• Health Care Home

• Hospice

• Imaging Services

• Laboratory Services

• Lung Cancer Screening (CT)

• Mammography

• MRI

• Nuclear Medicine

• Nutrition Counseling

• Occupational Therapy

• Orthopedics

• Outpatient Therapy

• Physical Therapy

• Podiatry

• Rehabilitative Services

• Respiratory Therapy

• Sleep Studies

• Speech Therapy

• Support Groups

• Surgical Services

• Swing Bed Services

• Transitional Care Services

• Ultrasound

• UrologyX-ray

Offers family caregivers assistance through coaching and counseling, classes, emergency care planning, respite care, support groups, and volunteers

Various support groups. Call for current list and times. Groups include:

• Brain tumor support group

• Caregivers support group

• Lung cancer group

• New Parent Connection

• Parkinson's Disease support group

• Pregnancy and infant loss support

• Reach to Recovery for women recovering from breast surgery

• Stroke support group

• Way to Wellness for depression and anxiety

• Caregiver coaching/counseling

• Dementia empowerment service: Provides emotional support with dementia/early-stage memory loss, support system planning, goal setting, and community resources

• Educational workshops

• Support groups for caregivers

• Volunteer in home and out of home respite care

Provides the following support groups: ?- BIPOC Connection Support Groups: NAMI offers free support group for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) adults living with mental illness. Groups meet regularly to support attendees, build awareness and understanding, and to connect with others in the community who face similar challenges. Groups and facilitators offer privacy and confidentiality. Click here for a full list of support groups.

• Dual Diagnosis Support Groups: NAMI Minnesota's dual diagnosis support groups are for adults living with both a mental illness and a substance use disorder or addiction. Groups are free and meet weekly for 90 minutes. Participants can find support, learn skills to deal with substance abuse, and connect with others who face similar challenges. More groups may be added, please check regularly. Click here for a full list of support groups.

• LGBTQ Connection Support Groups: NAMI offers free support groups for adults in the LGBTQ+ community (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual) living with mental illness. Groups meet weekly to support attendees, build awareness and understanding, and to connect with others in the LGBTQ+ community who face similar challenges. Groups and facilitators offer privacy and confidentiality. Click here for a full list of support groups.

• Mindfulness Creations: For individuals with mental illness and want to engage in art

• NAMI Connection: NAMI Connection is a support group for adults living with mental illness. Groups are free and meet for 90 minutes. All groups are led by trained facilitators who also live with mental illness. Groups provide a welcoming, safe, judgment-free space to share challenges, successes, and learn from one another. Click here for a full list of support groups.

• NAMI Open Door Anxiety and Panic Support Groups: NAMI Minnesota's Open Door support groups provide ongoing support for individuals with an anxiety or panic disorder. Groups are free and meet for 90 minutes. Groups are a place to find support, learn new skills and strategies, and better understand and manage anxiety in daily life. The Open Door program is based on the book Embracing the Fear: Learning to Manage Anxiety and Panic Attacks by Judith Bemis and Amr Barrada. All groups are facilitated by people with lived experience with anxiety and panic attacks. Click here for a full list of support groups.

• Young Adult NAMI Connection: Young Adult NAMI Connection is a support group for young adults ages 16-20 or 18-30, depending on the group. Groups are facilitated by young adults who live with mental illness and are doing well in recovery. Click here for a full list of support groups.

Provides opportunities for older adults to use their skills, talents, and life experiences to support people in their community. Functions as a large volunteer network connecting older adults with meaningful service roles. Volunteer opportunities include driving, escorting, children and youth services, education and mentoring, environmental projects, public safety, health and human services, libraries, and museums. Services and programs include:

• A Matter of Balance: Education series that emphasizes practical strategies to reduce fear of falling and increase activity levels

• Bone Builders: Exercise and nutrition program to prevent and manage osteoporosis

• Caregiver respite and support

• Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP)

• Friendly Visiting: Companion program for adults age 60+ offering peer support and social connection

• Living Well programs: Including Living Well with Chronic Conditions, Diabetes, and Chronic Pain

• Powerful Tools for Caregivers: Self-care education for family caregivers

• Stay Active and Independent for Life (SAIL): Strength, balance, and fitness program

• Telephone Reassurance Program: Regular check-in calls to support safety and social connection

Offers a variety of educational, social, and recreational programs to community members who are 50 and older. Programs include:

• Educational Classes and Programs: Defensive driving, painting classes, health programs, topics related to seniors, and financial programs

• Exercise/Fitness: Seated exercise, aerobics, bocce ball, shuffleboard, and walking club

• Health services including blood pressure screening, foot care, and insurance counseling

• Information and Referral: Outreach, forms assistance, nutrition, support groups, senior companion/friendly visitors, and peer counselors

• Recreational/Leisure Activity Programs: Bridge, bingo, 500, games, movies, cribbage, picnics, and parties

• Resource center on senior issues

• Social activities and programs

• Travel/Trips: Short outings and day trips

Provides a full range of women's health services for all ages. Services include:

• Breast care such as breast cancer detection education, breast exams, support groups, and mammography services

• Eating disorders treatment and support groups

• Midwifery

• Obstetrics and gynecology

• Pap smears

• Prenatal care

• Sexual dysfunction, fertility preservation, and reproductive medicine

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 medicine with OB (Obstetrics) including prenatal care 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 Dietitian Imaging and radiology Lab services Medication management

• Mental health counseling for conditions including:

ADD ADHD Adjustment disorders Anxiety Bipolar disorder Body dysmorphic disorder Borderline personality disorder Conduct disorder Depression Dysthymia Grief Impulse control disorders Obsessive-compulsive disorder Panic disorder Personality disorders Phobias Post-traumatic stress disorder Psychiatric disorders Psychosis Stress Physical therapy Sleep medicine

• Substance use disorder office-based opioid treatment services including:

Connection to community resources Education regarding medication for opioid use disorder Medication for opioid use disorder with Suboxone Screening and diagnosis Treatment plan to help with withdrawal symptoms

• Transgender care including:

Adult and pediatric endocrinology Hormone treatments Primary care, which includes basic health screenings Referrals to community resources; mental health counseling; specialists, including in gynecologic surgery and urological surgery; transgender support groups Surgery including breast augmentation surgery and masculinizing chest surgery Voice training from speech-language therapist

• Aqua and senior aerobic fitness classes

• Eyeglasses recycling

• PediCare foot clinics first and fourth Thursday of the month, call (612)356-0207 for an appointment

• Speakers on various health issues?

?- Take off Pounds Sensibly (T.O.P.S)

Provides information, resources, and referrals for services to older adults and their caregivers. Assistance may include application assistance with financial programs, homecare and support group resources, healthcare directive completion, food programs, issues related to caring for someone living with dementia and more. Advocates can assist by telephone, home visit, or a family meeting.

Celita Center: A drop-in center where youth can develop positive relationships with adults, find homework help, a positive social network, and support for whatever is happening in their lives. This program is often a bridge between young people in the communities Neighborhood House serves and more formal, structured programs. Health and Wellness: Program which combines sporting activities and discussion groups to help youth learn how to regulate emotions and promote positive social interactions. Kids Imagine: Combines daily enrichment and tutoring services to impact the lives of children and subsequently their families and community. With staff guidance, kids receive academic support and gain social and emotional learning. Partners with community advocates to allow opportunities for youth to gain experience with art, theatre, and sports. Summer Sunrise: Day camp for 8 weeks of camp activities in the summer Youth Advisory Council: Program for teens Youth Community Meal: Provides a drop-in meal for all youth in the community and those enrolled in Neighborhood House programs

Deployment Services

• Coping With Deployments Course: Spouses, parents, siblings and significant others learn skill-building techniques that help them respond to the challenges of the deployment cycle

• Mind-Body Workshops: Offer an alternative method of healing that engages both the mind and body to address common stress reactions that occur within military families and communities

• Post-Deployment Support Resources: Information and workshops to help families re-adjust to being together after a loved one's deployment

• Pre-Deployment Preparedness Tool for Family Members: Makes sure families are prepared with information they may need throughout the deployment

• Reconnection Workshops: Enhance the likelihood of positive reconnections among family members and successful re-engagement of service members and veteran in civilian life

Emergency Communications?

• The American Red Cross independently verifies an emergency, enabling the service member's commander to make an educated decision regarding emergency leave and then provides transportation assistance and/or financial assistance if needed

Financial Assistance?

• The American Red Cross works in partnership with Military Aid Societies to provide financial assistance which includes funds for emergency travel, burial of a loved one, emergency food and shelter, etc. Aid Societies determine the financial assistance package that will be offered - a grant or loan. The Red Cross is the mechanism to expedite access to these financial resources.

Information and Referral Services?

• Offers confidential services to all members of the military, veterans and their families by connecting them with local, state and national resources through the network of American Red Cross chapters. Local chapters develop and maintain relationships with community partners. Military families rely on the local chapter to help them identify their needs and connect them to the most appropriate chapter and community resources. These services range from responding to emergency needs for food, clothing and shelter; referrals to counseling services (e.g. financial, legal, mental health, etc.); respite care for caregivers; and other resources.

Military and Veteran Caregiver Network?

• Peers engage to exchange experiences, empathy, education and encouragement

• Connect Online: Connect with caregivers in a secure, custom, peer-moderated online community

• Share With a Mentor: Share with caregivers in an understanding, one-on-one, peer mentor relationship

• Join a Support Group: Join caregivers in confidential, peer-facilitated support groups in the community and online

Veteran Services?

• Veterans Claims for Benefits: Assists veterans and their families in preparing, developing and obtaining evidence to support applicants' claims for veterans' benefits. Also assists claimants seeking to appeal to the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA).

Encourages independent living for elderly refugees by empowering their caregivers. CAPI works with caregivers who provide for their elderly relatives, serving as a resource to help with economic, social, and medical difficulties often associated with caring for their loved ones. Services include:

• Educational caregiver workshops on stress relief, legal, and financial services

• Information, resources, referral, and support services

• Monthly caregiver support group

• Personal Care Assistant skill building and training

Rebuilding Lives is an employment and training program for those who have provided unpaid household services, were dependent on the financial support of another, and now lack income due to divorce, separation, the death or disability of a spouse or partner, or loss of public assistance. The program provides:

• Assistance with employment goals

• Career clothing and community referrals

• Funding for education and training

• Individual and family support

• Transportation

Addiction Busters Support Group: For people struggling with chemical or behavioral addiction. Discuss alternative, cognitive approaches that may help battle addiction in new and different ways.

• Open to all genders

Choosing Healthy Sexual Boundaries Support Group: For men who are committed to gaining and maintaining healthy sexual behavior. Inappropriate sexual behavior can carry social, legal, and even criminal consequences. Provides a confidential, non-confrontational, and non-judgmental place to talk with other men about healthy sexual boundaries.

• Open to men only

Gay Issues Support Group: Men express feelings about life's challenges and experiences, and what it means to be gay and male (you don't have to be gay to attend).- The Gay Issues Support Group is a place where men can discuss issues of sexuality, coming out, relationships, and cultural attitudes in an open, affirming, and supportive environment. Members of this group support each other to build a positive sense of self and community, find friendships that affirm and help understand, accept, and cope with family, workplace, and relationship issues.

• Open to men only

General Men's Issues/Relationship Issues Support Group: For men to express feelings about the process of life's challenges and experiences, and what it means to be a man in our culture. Many men also share feelings, thoughts, and opinions about general issues that interfere with healthy living, personal crises, loss of meaning, and men's health and wellness. Men express feelings about separation, divorce, breaking up with a lover, and topics such as child custody/legal hassles, parental problems, financial woes, etc., and find men in the group who have been through similar life challenges and are always ready to listen and provide emotional support.

• Open to men only

ManKind Project Open Circle: Serves as a place where men can develop their emotional intelligence, practice accountability to their commitments of service to others, and practice authenticity in Actions and declarations. It was formed to make a place for men who are not affiliated with any of the existing groups to have a place to meet on a drop-in or visitor basis. Enables participants to witness other men practice clarity of self-expression from their hearts rather than their heads.

• Open to men only

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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

Offers peer support groups for people looking to connect with others who can understand the experience of leaving incarceration and can provide guidance and encouragement as they work together to build healthy, positive lifestyles. Support groups include:

• Reflections Support Group: Weekly peer support group where people with criminal records can come together to discuss challenges and offer each other ideas on responding to them and building a healthy lifestyle

Sisters Helping Sisters Support Group: Innovative program specially designed for women leaving Minnesota correctional facilities

Provides Individual, couple, family, adolescent, and child counseling services, including

• After-hours telephone emergency counseling/referral service

• Diagnostic assessments and psychological testing

• Early childhood behavioral health

• Group therapy and support groups available

• Services to clergy

• Sexual abuse counseling

• Veteran caregiver support group

Outpatient community mental health center providing couples, family, group, and individual counseling, including:

• Adolescent/youth counseling and support groups

• Anger management counseling and groups

• Anxiety counseling

• Bereavement/grief counseling

• Child guidance

• Chronic/severe mental illness counseling

• Clutterer/hoarder counseling

• Crime victim counseling

• Diagnostic assessment

• Disability counseling

• Disaster counseling

• Divorce counseling

• Employment transition/retirement counseling

• Family Preservation Services provides family therapy to families whose children are at risk of out-of-home placement

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

• Forensic mental health evaluations

• Gambling counseling

• Gender identity counselling

• Geriatric counseling

• Juvenile delinquency counseling

• Marriage counseling

• Overspenders counseling

• Parent counseling, support groups, and education groups for parents, foster parents, educators, and guardians

• Postabortion counseling

• Postpartum counseling

• Premarital counseling

• Psychiatric disorder counseling

• Psychological assessments

• Rule 20 court evaluations

• Runaway counseling

• Sexual assault counseling for adults and children

• Sexual orientation counseling

• Shoplifting counseling

• Terminal illness counseling

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.

Audiology and Speech: Diagnose and treat conditions affecting hearing, speech, or balance. Audiology (612)467-1100, Speech-Language Pathology (612)629-7797, 7:30 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday Dental Service: Room 2U-122, (612)467-2039, 7 am - 4 pm Monday - Friday; General Dentistry, Endodontics, Prosthodontics, Oral Surgery, Dental Hygiene, Periodontics, Sleep Dentistry; Northwest Metro Community Clinic, 7545 Veteran's Drive, Ramsey, MN 55303 provides general dentistry and dental hygiene to eligible veterans among other VA health services. Gastroenterology and Hepatology Service: Gastroenterology and Hepatology Clinics 3V, (612)725-2000, 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday Hematology-Oncology (Cancer Care) Service: Hematology-Oncology Clinics 3V and 3F, (612)725-2000, 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday HIV and PrEP Clinic/Minneapolis Retroviral Treatment Center (MRTC): MRTC Clinic, 3D, 3rd Floor, (612)725-2000, 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday LGBT Care: (612)725-2000 Lodging: Provides several choices in overnight accommodations for patients or families or military service members being treated at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, including Building 10 for patients who live outside the Twin City metro area and need a place to stay for one night or more, the Fisher House Program is a home away from home for patient's families and significant others who have Veterans and active duty soldiers receiving care at the VA Medical Center. Lodging Office, (612)467-5602, 7 am - 4:15 pm Monday - Friday MADE (Minneapolis Adaptive Design & Engineering Program): Develops and disseminates adaptive technologies and interventions to help Veterans with physical disabilities maximize their function and participation in activities. (612)725-2000, 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday MOVE! Weight Management Program: Minneapolis VA and Outpatient Clinics, (612)629-7388 or (866)414-5058 Ext. 7388, 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday Nutrition & Food Services: (612)467-2004, 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday Optometry and Ophthalmology: Medical Center 2E, offers routine eye exams, vision testing, treatment, prescription eyeglasses, and other assistive devices. Optometry/Ophthalmology (612)467-3451, Optical Shop (612)467-7432 or (612)467-5972. Pharmacy: Room 1R-101, (612)467-2090, 8:15 am -10 pm Monday - Friday; 9 am - 5:30 pm weekends/holidays Primary Care: Family and internal medicine, including immunizations and vaccinations. (612)467-1100, 7:30 am - 5 pm Monday - Friday Radiology (Diagnostic & Imaging)/X-Ray: 1R-128 and Basement, (612)725-2000, by appointment Sleep Medicine: Diagnose and treat sleep problems such as sleeping and breathing difficulties while sleeping (612)467-4406; 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday Spinal Cord Injury and Disorders Center (SCI/D): (612)629-7005, 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday; ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis); spinal cord injuries Surgery: (612)725-2000, 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday; Tele-ICU, 24 hours/7 days a week Telehealth offering video visits, remote care, and care by telephone Tobacco Cessation: (612)467-4212, 8 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday

Winona County Restorative Justice Program offers restorative circles, truancy intervention and diversion, conflict resolution and bullying prevention, and alternatives to detention circles.