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- Educates the public about the dangers of secondhand smoke and the need to reduce children's access to tobacco products - Helps the lodging industry create smoke-free hotels and motels - Mentors young people to adopt healthy, tobacco-free lifestyles - Works to protect the public from secondhand smoke - Works with youth groups and communities to develop and implement tobacco-free parks and recreation areas - Works with landlords to develop and implement smoke-free policies and thus increase the availability of smoke-free rental housing

- American Indian cultural activities for youth and families - Drum and Dance - Family outings and events - Language tables and classes provide students with opportunities to practice speaking and understanding the languages they study - Pow-wows - Prevention education regarding alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs

Classes and educational training include: - Car seat education - Chronic disease prevention - Environmental health, (toxic materials, lead screening, water quality consultation, and public nuisance control) - Injury prevention - Sexuality education/family planning/AIDS/HIV - SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrome - Tobacco prevention - Violence prevention - Wellness presentations

Monitors diseases and promotes a healthy community. Services include:

- Adult and children's vaccinations and information. Vaccinations are offered at the Horizon Public Health Office in Alexandria.

- Community education resources to protect and prevent diseases from insects, common infections, lead poisoning, and viruses

- Safe drinking water testing and helps address common concerns, including arsenic, coliform bacteria, lead, manganese, and nitrate and support treatment of contaminants in private wells

- Substance misuse prevention resources

Monitors diseases and promotes a healthy community. Services include:

- Adult and children's vaccinations and information. Vaccinations are offered at the Horizon Public Health Office in Alexandria.

- Community education resources to protect and prevent diseases from insects, common infections, lead poisoning, and viruses

- Safe drinking water testing and helps address common concerns, including arsenic, coliform bacteria, lead, manganese, and nitrate and support treatment of contaminants in private wells

- Substance misuse prevention resources

• To provide direct service to students experiencing difficulties with chemical use/abuse of parents

• To develop a school chemical abuse prevention policy

• Provides sexual assault services

• Provides child protection services

• Provides violence prevention services

• Provides youth development services

• The interventionists also help students with non-drug related problems

• The offer support groups for common teen/family problems

• These groups are offered during the school day for ease of access

• College and career readiness

• Academic counseling

Administers public health programs for Band members such as:

- Communicable disease follow-up

- Medication management and setup

- Statewide Health Improvement Program: Reduce obesity, diabetes, and discourage commercial tobacco use

- Tobacco Program: To advance commercial tobacco-free policies, tobacco education, traditional tobacco information, coordinates and funds signage, supplies, and other items for use at MLBO events and government buildings

Provides information on: - Heart Disease - Diabetes - Nutrition - Lyme Disease - Cancer - AIDS/HIV and STD's - Family Planning - Smoking/Tobacco - Other health related topics

Providing community health education speakers, offering information over the phone for people with health concerns, and emergency preparedness information. In addition public health nursing staff will provide blood pressure screenings, heart rate screenings, and respiration evaluations.

The public health nursing office also offers education and prevention programs regarding alcohol, drug, and tobacco use.

Monitors diseases and promotes a healthy community. Services include:

- Adult and children's vaccinations and information. Vaccinations are offered at the Horizon Public Health Office in Alexandria.

- Community education resources to protect and prevent diseases from insects, common infections, lead poisoning, and viruses

- Safe drinking water testing and helps address common concerns, including arsenic, coliform bacteria, lead, manganese, and nitrate and support treatment of contaminants in private wells

- Substance misuse prevention resources

Offers the following health services:

- Blood pressure and blood sugar screenings

- Child and adult immunizations

- Cholesterol screening

- Dental varnishing/fluoride treatment

- Disease prevention and control

- Flu shots

- Foot care

 -Hearing and vision screenings

- Height and weight checks

- Hemoglobin testing

- Hepatitis C and HIV screenings

- Lead testing

- Mantoux (TB) testing

- WIC clinics

Provides community health programs such as: - Child and Teen Checkup Outreach: Helps families find a doctor, dentist, psychologist, and transportation - Disease and Prevention Control: Monitor and investigate potential disease processes through adult/child immunizations, communicable disease prevention programs, emergency preparedness plans, surveillance of the county's environment, and tuberculosis screening - Environmental Health: Help protect the residents from environmental health hazards through programs to reduce exposure to health risks, such as food and waterborne diseases, radiation, occupational health hazards, and public health nuisances. Provides radon, lead, and well water education. - Follow-Along Program: Provides parents with information about their child's development during infancy and early childhood through mailing questionnaires - Health Promotion: Provides presentations and/or materials on health topics for small and large groups. Topics may include chemical and tobacco use prevention, family health, mental health, nutrition, and physical activity - Public Health Preparedness for Emergencies: Funded by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in partnership with local, state, and territorial public health departments to provide assistance to public health departments across the nation. Helps health departments strengthen abilities to effectively respond to a range of public health threats, including infectious diseases, natural disasters, and biological, chemical, nuclear, and radiological events.

- Internet, telephone, and face-to-face support groups follow the AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) 12-Step program to help people recover from dependency on tobacco - Provides online educational materials, literature, pamphlets, books, and a newsletter. Information and assistance available on how to start a meeting.

- Information and resources on prevention of alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse; violence and other health problems - Information and resources on building assets and healthy communities - Technical assistance to community organizations and partnerships - Training and networking opportunities - Simple Steps Walking Program: Individuals can sign up to earn rewards for walking. Participants are eligible to earn lunch boxes, pedometers, and gift cards.

Diversion services help youth make better choices and parents recognize signs and symptoms. Topics include: - Chemical Awareness Program (CAP) (tobacco, e-cigs, alcohol, and drugs) (not a treatment program) - Restorative Justice Conferencing: Mediation that includes offender, victims, and their respective support groups - Community work service hours - Creative Responses to Conflict (helping the youth to develop alternative ways in dealing with conflict) - Restitution - Bullying Awareness Program (BAP) - Distracted Driving Awareness Program (DDAP) (helping young drivers become educated on how to prevent risky behaviors and attitudes while driving or prior to being a licensed driver) - Responsible Social Media Use (RSMU) (helping youth who are struggling to use social media in a healthy way) - Theft Awareness Program (TAP) - Teen Intervene Program (TI)

Offers a year-round program (offered Monday - Friday, occasionally Saturday) for American Indian youth ages 5 - 18 who reside in south Minneapolis, including: - Activities provided with a cultural emphasis that help youth to develop skills to make healthy life choices including physical activities and field trips, the American Indian Youth Olympics, and evening meals - Homework help in Math, Reading, and Social Studies - Youth intervention services for youth who experience challenges with truancy, the judicial system, chemical dependency, and/or have dropped out of school - Youth leadership activities geared toward tobacco prevention

Diversion services help youth make better choices and parents recognize signs and symptoms. Topics include: - Chemical Awareness Program (CAP) (tobacco, e-cigs, alcohol, and drugs) (not a treatment program) - Restorative Justice Conferencing: Mediation that includes offender, victims, and their respective support groups - Community work service hours - Creative Responses to Conflict (helping the youth to develop alternative ways in dealing with conflict) - Restitution - Bullying Awareness Program (BAP) - Distracted Driving Awareness Program (DDAP) (helping young drivers become educated on how to prevent risky behaviors and attitudes while driving or prior to being a licensed driver) - Responsible Social Media Use (RSMU) (helping youth who are struggling to use social media in a healthy way) - Theft Awareness Program (TAP) - Teen Intervene Program (TI)

Program is a community based alternative for youth committing first time, low level offenses. Services defined through a contract created with youth and parents that include topical seminars, community service, restorative justice, and restitution. Chemical Awareness Seminar: Co-sponsored by area police departments targeted toward adolescent chemical abuse and experimentation Theft Awareness Seminar: Co-sponsored by area police departments, targeted toward adolescent shoplifters and their parents Tobacco Awareness Seminar: Co-sponsored by area police departments and area schools, targeted toward adolescent tobacco users

After school and summer programs offering education, literacy, and academic assistance to youth in the American Indian community. Academic and Activity program

• Homework help and tutoring
• Recreational activities and fields trips
• Prevention of at-risk behavior

Indigenous Scholars Summer Program

• Literacy program with focus on cultural teachings

Sacred Sisters Podcase

• Podcast that tells the stories of Murdered and Missing Indigenous women

The Right Path (TRiP)

• Teaches the use of culture and life skills to prevent drug and alcohol abuse

Provides health education and advocacy with a focus on families who reside on the Northside of Minneapolis; services include: - Assistance signing up with available insurance programs, including MNSure, in partnership with the Southeast Asia Resource Action Center - Chemical health, tobacco and narcotics prevention and education - Hepatitis B awareness and education - Women's health and breast cancer awareness

Provides community data, information and education in: - Alcohol, tobacco and other drug use prevention - Healthy eating - Increasing physical activity - Obesity prevention - Suicide prevention

• Smoking cessation and prevention

• Childbirth education

• Breastfeeding support

• CPR instruction

• Weight management

Monitors diseases and promotes a healthy community. Services include:

- Adult and children's vaccinations and information. Vaccinations are offered at the Horizon Public Health Office in Alexandria.

- Community education resources to protect and prevent diseases from insects, common infections, lead poisoning, and viruses

- Safe drinking water testing and helps address common concerns, including arsenic, coliform bacteria, lead, manganese, and nitrate and support treatment of contaminants in private wells

- Substance misuse prevention resources

- Blood pressure and hearing screening

- Disease and disability information

- Drug abuse education and prevention

- Employer worksite wellness program - Health education classes and training

​​- Health fairs - Test kits for water testing

​​​- Outreach programs - Smoking education and prevention ​​​

Program is a community based alternative for youth committing first time, low level offenses. Services defined through a contract created with youth and parents that include topical seminars, community service, restorative justice, and restitution. Chemical Awareness Seminar: Co-sponsored by area police departments targeted toward adolescent chemical abuse and experimentation Theft Awareness Seminar: Co-sponsored by area police departments, targeted toward adolescent shoplifters and their parents Tobacco Awareness Seminar: Co-sponsored by area police departments and area schools, targeted toward adolescent tobacco users