- Referrals to Gamblers Anonymous groups across the country - Information about gambling compulsion/addiction - Offers a listing of state gambling hotlines

Partners with the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs (MDVA) to support military members, veterans, and their families in maintaining their wellbeing through CORE which stands for Casework, Outreach, Referral, and Education. CORE services can foster greater peace of mind and resiliency, support the development of new skills to cope with challenges, and improve relationships. Services include: Behavioral Health Counseling - Deployment and reintegration support - Diagnostic assessment - Family counseling and support - Individual and couples counseling - Trauma-focused behavioral therapy Caregiver Support and Respite - Caregiver coaching and counseling - Caregiver respite - Caregiver support groups - Caregiver training and education - Emergency planning for caregivers - Telephone reassurance Case Management - Case managers assess each individual's situation and create a personalized plan identifying services and resources found at Lutheran Social Services or through a network of providers across Minnesota Financial Counseling - Budgeting - Credit Improvement - Debt Management - Homebuyer Education - Student Loan Counseling Homeless Initiative - Referrals to short and long term shelter options Support Groups - Men's Veterans PTSD Support Group - Women's Support Group for Family Members of Veterans

Offers a variety of support groups. - Abuse Tuesdays: Provides a safe place for those recovering from an abusive relationship. Provided at the Lakeville campus. - Cancer Support Group: For individuals with cancer or their loved ones. Provided at the Lakeville campus. - Codependency: Encourages the development of healthy boundaries for individuals who experience an emotional or psychological reliance on someone else, possibly due to an illness or addiction. Provided at the Lakeville campus. - Divorce Care: For individuals who are divorced, separated, or in the process of divorce. Provided at the Lakeville campus. - Freedom from Addictions and Abuse: Provides a safe place for individuals recovering from addictions related to gambling, drugs, alcohol, food, and more. Provided at the Lakeville campus. - Freedom from Anxiety: Support for people struggling with anxiety. Provided at the Lakeville campus. - GriefShare: Offers support and encouragement for those who are grieving the death of a loved one. Provided at the Lakeville, Shakopee, and Northfield campuses. - Grief's Road to Emmaus: Provides care and support for those experiencing the loss of a child. Provided at all campuses. - Hispanic Spanish Life and Faith Group: Provides a supportive environment for people looking to make healthier choices in life and their faith journey. Provided at the Lakeville campus. - Men's Purity group: Provides healthy steps toward freedom from pornography and sexual addictions. Provided at the Lakeville campus. - TreeHouse for Teens: Provides mentoring for youth ages 10 -18 to receive support, guidance, and practical skills in making better choices. Provided at the Lakeville campus. - Victory Over the Struggles of Life: Provides a supportive and encouraging environment for people encountering depression, emotional stress, boundary issues, mental health, and more. Provided at the Lakeville campus.

- Comprehensive assessment (Rule 25) - Intensive outpatient programming - Safety Net: Consist of a team of providers and community support services to help each individual succeed in their own recovery goal - Substance use group: Topics may include DBT skills, living in recovery, 12 steps, mental health, and relapse prevention Testing: On-site rapid substance testing via urinalysis and offer further extensive testing with contracted lab facility

Provides substance use prevention, intervention, education, and support services to those in need. Services provided: - Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders Outpatient Treatment Program: Offers a thorough assessment, treatment, peer support, and educational classes to adults. The outpatient program is designed to help individuals understand their substance use, mental health, and the negative impact it has on their lives. - Substance Use Assessments: Offers a comprehensive substance use assessment to adults and adolescents age 13 and older. The assessment is conducted to evaluate the person's substance use history, physical and mental health, medications, past treatment experiences, daily life, and legal issues related to substance use. - Substance Use Counseling and Group Sessions: Offers individual and group sessions for outpatient treatment and aftercare programs. Clients meet with clinicians to develop treatment goals and monitor progress. The program utilizes culturally specific and evidence-based practices such as Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and recovery management skills.

The purpose of the health program is to help refugees and immigrants overcome language, cultural and economic barriers to healthy lifestyles. Program includes: - Health information published in Vietnamese and Karen - Health classes on diseases and prevention - Health insurance application assistance - Karen Mental Health Project (assessment, support groups, referral to mental health providers) The Cancer Program: Breast and cervical cancer education and screening in 7 county metro area and Stearns County; cancer survivor support groups

- Comprehensive assessment (Rule 25) - Intensive outpatient programming - Safety Net: Consist of a team of providers and community support services to help each individual succeed in their own recovery goal - Substance use group: Topics may include DBT skills, living in recovery, 12 steps, mental health, and relapse prevention Testing: On-site rapid substance testing via urinalysis and offer further extensive testing with contracted lab facility

Provides information, resources, and a 24-hour helpline about problem gambling. The Department of Human Services created the website and helpline, https://getgamblinghelp.com/, to address and offer aid to those struggling with compulsive gambling. Information for gambling and treatment is available, free of charge, for qualifying individuals throughout Minnesota. To participate in a motivational text messaging program, text HOPE, a text program offering the option to talk with a live counselor, information about problem gambling, encouragement to change, tips, and suggestions on how to make the changes.

- A professionally facilitated group providing support and education for people with co-occurring substance use disorders and mental illness

- Support group for families of persons with mental illness - Provides information, support and feedback

Treatment programming services available by location: Offered in Saint Cloud - Aftercare/continuing care (follow-up to primary co-occurring disorders group) - Anger/emotional management - Dialectic Behavioral Skills - Domestic violence/domestic abuse counseling program - Driving the Right Way - DUI program - Intensive Intervention Program (chemical dependency) - Men's Recovery (gender-specific chemical dependency group) - Moral Reconation Therapy - cognitive restructuring - Primary co-occurring disorders (substance abuse and mental health) - Psychiatric medication assessment & management - Relapse prevention - Women's Recovery (gender-specific chemical dependency group) Offered in Little Falls - Aftercare/continuing care (follow-up to primary co-occurring disorders group) - Anger/emotional management - Dialectic Behavioral Skills - Moral Reconation Therapy - cognitive restructuring - Primary co-occurring disorders (substance abuse and mental health) - Psychiatric medication assessment & management - Relapse prevention

Domestic Violence Prevention and Intervention: An intervention and healing program for Native women, girls, and Two Spirit people who have experienced intimate partner violence, including domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and/or commercial sexual exploitation. Offers counseling and community-based education activities to clients that encourage healing, build resilience, reduce risk of repeat traumas, etc. Healing Journey: A structured peer support group for adult American Indian women ages 18 and over who are challenged by chronic mental health, substance use, and trauma histories. ?Safe Harbor Initiative: A supportive program for youth ages 24 and under who have experienced sexual exploitation or are at risk of sexual exploitation. ?Sexual Assault Advocacy: Provides crisis intervention, individual and group counseling, forensic examination support, and court advocacy for American Indian survivors of sexual violence. Street Outreach: A collaborative street outreach program designed to facilitate a path towards a healthier life for people who are ready to make a positive change. Wawokiye: Provides outreach and services for youth and adults who are experiencing sex trafficking, unsheltered relatives, and those who need services realted to opioid addictions.

Groups for mental health, including: - Anger management and conflict resolution - DBT skills - Hope and loss - Illness, management and recovery - Relapse prevention

Daily virtual peer support group where individuals can share their experiences with others who will understand. Sessions focus on specific topics such as recovery support, recreational activities, LGBTQ+ support, and more. Visit website for more information on daily activities, sessions, and meetings.

This 24-hour hotline provides: - Emergency shelter/ safe housing - Information and referrals - Legal support - Mental health counseling - Personal, legal, and systems advocacy - Public and professional education - Support groups - Transportation Mental Health Counseling: - CBT - For adults, adolescents, and children who have experienced trauma or violence - Individual and group therapy options - Interpersonal therapy - Strengths-based and person-centered work

- Academic Wellness and Success Program: School-linked program designed to increase the availability of mental health services to children Pre-K to 18 years old of African descent who are uninsured or underinsured in their homes, schools, communities, and in the African American Child Wellness Institute offices through the use of face-to-face and telehealth platforms. Provides approximately 8-10 hours of direct mental health services including mental health screenings, diagnostic assessments, and psychotherapy treatment including individual, group, and family sessions through the use of cultural specific providers. - Counseling, Outreach, and Public Education Campaign: Addresses COVID-19 prevention and vaccine hesitance within the community by mobilizing four different teams that serve a region that includes the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Services include a 24-hour Community Mental Health and COVID-19 hotline, individual and group crisis counseling (within multi-family settings and outside of the home), individual and group outreach services, as well as brief educational or supportive contact, public education, assessment, referral, and resource linkages, as well as community networking and support. ? - Healing Circle, The: Provides a sacred space where community-based challenges are addressed in an orderly manner. Life and death issues such as COVID-19, community violence, and systemic racism are discussed. Provided in collaboration with the Conversations with Al McFarlane program which airs of KFAI Radio Station and is streamed live on Facebook and YouTube. - Mura Moms: Pre-meditated pregnancy and motherhood project which provides alternative methods of engaging African American women in the process of examining how their stress, depression, anxiety, and substance use are harmful to their own well-being as well as that of their baby, and to allow them to learn culturally appropriate stress reduction techniques and coping mechanisms in supportive environments. Overall goal is to improve birth outcomes among low income African American women struggling with chemical use and/or mental health issues. To accomplish this, both parents are invited to develop knowledge, partnerships, skills, and behaviors that promote wellness, safety, and respect in their homes and in the community. Provides intensive support including intake, education, mentorship, and wellness coaching services to up to 15 women per class. - Project Mura: Pre-meditated parenting BootCamp which provides three intensive BootCamp trainings annually for parents who are raising uninsured or underinsured children of African descent ages birth - 18 years old. Services include diagnostic interviews, individual psychotherapy, family therapy, group therapy, crisis intervention, and other services. Clinicians provide cultural consultations and care coordination services with other mental health providers, schools, medical personnel (such as nurses, primary care providers, personal care attendants, pediatricians, and psychiatrists) as well as other entities such as religious and social service organizations to provide multi-systemic support. Individual wellness coaches facilitate the development of family wellness plans for each program participant. Services are provided within an African-centered context.

Provides a drop-in center for individuals with mental illnesses. Activities and services include: - Assistance with paperwork related to benefits (SSI, food support, employment applications) - Family education - Outreach and linkage to other programs and agencies - Peer support services - Recreational activities - Resources for housing programs - Supportive counseling - Social and recreational activities

Offers life skills classes such as: - Employment Strategies: Classes will provide participants an opportunity to assess their values and career preferences, create and build a resume, prepare for interviews, and network with potential employers - Life and Empowerment Coaching: Participants will work one-on-one with a certified Life Coach for a period of up to nine months assessing their life and setting goals to improve in areas they identify - Mental Health Support Groups: Groups are regularly scheduled by covering various topics and offer a safe place to be heard and create community. All are welcome to attend. - Nutrition Basics: Classes offered each month on various nutrition topics to help participants prepare healthier meal options - Personal Finances and Budgeting: Based on Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University, the class covers budget topics to help participants have a strong starting point to begin using a budget and handle their finances better

Supports adults with mental illnesses as they cope with the challenges of daily living. Services including: - Assistance with independent living - Community outreach - Crisis Assistance - Help and support in obtaining: - Government benefits - Housing - Medical services - Quality mental health services - Transportation, advocacy - Job support - Medication assistance and education - Psycho social rehabilitation and social opportunities - Service coordination - Support groups for clients and families

Provides a full spectrum of outpatient services to adolescents and adults who have a substance use disorder or who have co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders. - Assessment - Case management - Co-occurring treatment program - Individual and family sessions available - Court order assessment - Individuals dealing with DWI/DUI and similar situations - Individual counseling - Inpatient treatment - Mental health disorder counseling - Outpatient group therapy - Psychiatric services - Residential therapy NOTE: An assessment will be scheduled with the chemical health counselor and treatment will be determined by the chemical health counselor.

Offering: - Depression and bipolar support group - Here and now support group: focus on learning to take advantage of the opportunities and possibilities open to the person everyday, to live in and appreciate the moment and to learn how to build on the positives in their lives - Schizophrenia support group

- Academic Wellness and Success Program: School-linked program designed to increase the availability of mental health services to children Pre-K to 18 years old of African descent who are uninsured or underinsured in their homes, schools, communities, and in the African American Child Wellness Institute offices through the use of face-to-face and telehealth platforms. Provides approximately 8-10 hours of direct mental health services including mental health screenings, diagnostic assessments, and psychotherapy treatment including individual, group, and family sessions through the use of cultural specific providers. - Counseling, Outreach, and Public Education Campaign: Addresses COVID-19 prevention and vaccine hesitance within the community by mobilizing four different teams that serve a region that includes the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Services include a 24-hour Community Mental Health and COVID-19 hotline, individual and group crisis counseling (within multi-family settings and outside of the home), individual and group outreach services, as well as brief educational or supportive contact, public education, assessment, referral, and resource linkages, as well as community networking and support. ? - Healing Circle, The: Provides a sacred space where community-based challenges are addressed in an orderly manner. Life and death issues such as COVID-19, community violence, and systemic racism are discussed. Provided in collaboration with the Conversations with Al McFarlane program which airs of KFAI Radio Station and is streamed live on Facebook and YouTube. - Mura Moms: Pre-meditated pregnancy and motherhood project which provides alternative methods of engaging African American women in the process of examining how their stress, depression, anxiety, and substance use are harmful to their own well-being as well as that of their baby, and to allow them to learn culturally appropriate stress reduction techniques and coping mechanisms in supportive environments. Overall goal is to improve birth outcomes among low income African American women struggling with chemical use and/or mental health issues. To accomplish this, both parents are invited to develop knowledge, partnerships, skills, and behaviors that promote wellness, safety, and respect in their homes and in the community. Provides intensive support including intake, education, mentorship, and wellness coaching services to up to 15 women per class. - Project Mura: Pre-meditated parenting BootCamp which provides three intensive BootCamp trainings annually for parents who are raising uninsured or underinsured children of African descent ages birth - 18 years old. Services include diagnostic interviews, individual psychotherapy, family therapy, group therapy, crisis intervention, and other services. Clinicians provide cultural consultations and care coordination services with other mental health providers, schools, medical personnel (such as nurses, primary care providers, personal care attendants, pediatricians, and psychiatrists) as well as other entities such as religious and social service organizations to provide multi-systemic support. Individual wellness coaches facilitate the development of family wellness plans for each program participant. Services are provided within an African-centered context.

Mental health services include: - Assessments for cognitive function - Psychiatric medication services - Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) program - Support groups for a variety of needs such as interpersonal and relationship concerns, trauma, parenting, depression, or chemical and mental health concerns are available. Some support groups require a referral from a therapist.

Support groups and education: - Alanon: Support group for families and friends of alcoholics or chemical abusers - Monday 7 pm - Alcoholics Anonymous: Monday 7 pm; Tuesday 6 pm (women only); Thursday 7:30 pm - Debtors Anonymous: Twelve-step program of men and women who meet to help each other recover from compulsive debting - Saturday 10:30 am - Divorce Care: Meets Thursdays; register online or email [email protected] - Gamanon: Thursday 7 pm - Gamblers Anonymous: Thursday 7 pm - Six Weeks Dealing with Grief - Job Transition: Support group for those currently unemployed or looking for a job. Meets each Monday 7:15 am. Contact JTSG 952-656-1075 or email [email protected]

- Chemical and psychiatric assessment and referral services - Chemical health prevention and education, including youth - Continuing care, relapse prevention, bereavement groups, mental health groups, and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings - Individual counseling, psychiatric case management, medication referrals, and reviews - Naloxone Access Point - Rule 25, inpatient, and outpatient chemical dependency treatment - Residential short-term treatment (30 days or less) and residential long-term treatment (more than 30 days) - Support groups, sweat lodge, and other ceremonies