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Drop-in center for homeless youth: ?- Housing Hub: Connects youth experiencing homelessness or at risk of being homeless with a Housing Specialist to provide housing problem solving. Housing Specialists can assist the youth with practical solutions, identify sources, alternatives, and mediate conflict resolution between friends or family. The initial access point to be connected with a Housing Specialist is short-term with a 30-day timeframe. After 30 days initial contact, households with no other pathways identified will be connected to a Housing Assessor and placed on the Housing Registry.

• Provides computers for homework and job searches, a game room, kitchen, lockers, showers, storage areas, and a washer and dryer

• Staff help youth get help with employment and housing searches, connect to resources, and receive basic need items (clean clothes, food, sleeping bags, and toiletries)

Provides a daily drop-in and resource center serving those experiencing homelessness and those at-risk of homelessness. Provides access to basic needs such as: ?- Clothing

• Food (shelf stable foods)

• Hygiene supplies

• Phone and computer access

• Referrals to organizations such as Southern Minnesota Legal Services (SMRLS), state and county housing programs, and Coordinated Entry assessments

• Respite room and lounge space

• Tents

Public library system

• Provides the public with general library services without charge to all residents of a given district, community, or region
• Includes computer access, Internet, reference assistance, and other informational resources
• Story hour for children

Public library system

• Provides the public with general library services without charge to all residents of a given district, community, or region
• Includes computer access, Internet, reference assistance, and other informational resources
• Story hour for children

• Computer Classes: Business Resources, Computer Basics, Internet Basics, Word 2010, Your Library Online, and more

• Copier and scanner

• Home library service

• iLab with makerspace technologies

• Interlibrary loans

• Online research tools

• Print and non-print materials including regular and large print books, books on CD, paperbacks, music CDs, video games, audio tapes, DVDs, described videos, newspapers, pamphlets, and magazines

• Public meeting rooms

• Reference and information services including Internet and web access

• Sponsors and hosts book clubs

• Streaming and downloadable media (audiobooks, eBooks, movies, music, and television programs)

• Storytimes and summer reading program for youth

After school and summer program that increases community involvement and provides educational, recreational, and cultural activities:

• Computers and Legos

• Community service projects

• Field trips and excursions

• Social skills training

• Cooking classes

• Nutrition education

• Visiting artists nurture art skills and a creative experience

• Adult services, including consumer information

• Children's services and programs, including story hour

• Computer classes

• Homebound service delivers audiobooks, books, magazines, movies, and other library materials to individuals who cannot get out of their homes

• Information and entertainment through book loan, eBooks, newspapers, audiobooks, eMagazines, magazines, and videos

• Interlibrary loan is used to request titles not owned by Anoka County Library

• Library hold lockers for use outside of non-business hours at Johnsville, Mississippi, Northtown, and Saint Francis branches.

• Microfilm readers and copy machines

• Meeting space at Centennial, Crooked Lake, Johnsville, Mississippi, Northtown and Rum River branches

• Public Internet access computers at each library available on a first come first serve basis.

• Printers and copy machines available at each library

• Reference center with access to government documents at Northtown

• Wireless internet access is available at all libraries

• Lawshe Memorial Museum houses a research center library of county and regional histories, books, documents, maps, genealogical collections, online databases, oral history tapes, and related items. County newspapers going back to 1857 are microfilmed and readers are available to examine them. On file are hundreds of photographs, articles, and clippings. Copying services offered in research center.

• Museum display area has historical exhibits including a mural that is over 80 feet long which depicts scenes from around the county

• Special events and educational programming offered on periodic basis

• Gift shop has books, prints, and souvenirs for sale

• LeDuc Historic Estate provides guided tours, history events, and programs

• Sibley Historic Site provides guided tours, history events, and programs

• Sites can be rented for events

Public library system

• Provides the public with general library services without charge to all residents of a given district, community, or region
• Includes computer access, Internet, reference assistance, and other informational resources
• Story hour for children

Medtronic: Recruits for 2nd and 3rd shift jobs and offers an interactive course at Medtronic. The course helps participants build resumes, develop interview skills and offers personalized job coaching and training. EMERGE Career and Technology Center (ECTC), 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Career Essentials Workshops: Learn how to professionally write a resume or conduct a successful job search through a 2-part MFIP/DWP workshop that provides the tools to develop career skills. Learn more about: Basic resume writing, formatting tricks, basic resume etiquette Insight to job searching tools and practices How to write a targeted cover letter Importance of professional emails Workshop schedule and expectations Computer lab for youth and adults EMERGE Career and Technology Center, 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 North @ Work: North @ Work is a collaborative meant to facilitate career training and employment services for African-American males, age 25 or older, living in north Minneapolis and looking for a career. This workshop is free and can connect participants to resources, training and a career with an employer. Choose a career path Attend training while working Be guided by step-by-step partnerships to help reach goals Launch a career with employers that are hiring now Twin Cities R!se, 1301 Bryant Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Hire Ground: Helps participants learn the power of self-advocacy, soft and hard professional skills and habits. Participants also have the opportunity to discover their values, personality type, learning style, and learn how to talk about their skills and value they can bring to a professional audience and workplace. Develop effective strategies for job searching Learn the power of self-advocacy and habit Practice interviewing skills Resume and cover letter building Modern day job market insight and know-how EMERGE Career and Technology Center (ECTC), 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Cedar-Riverside Opportunity Center (CROC), 505 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55454 Global Career Development Facilitator Training An intense high impact course designed to equip career services employees with the needed industry tools to guide participants in their career planning and guidance. This GCDF® / CCSP Training course is intended for anyone providing career services in employment and workforce development, one stops, career centers, secondary and post-secondary education, veteran career development, career coaching, career advisors, human resources, government or other professionals that desire nationally recognized career training.

• Lawshe Memorial Museum houses a research center library of county and regional histories, books, documents, maps, genealogical collections, online databases, oral history tapes, and related items. County newspapers going back to 1857 are microfilmed and readers are available to examine them. On file are hundreds of photographs, articles, and clippings. Copying services offered in research center.

• Museum display area has historical exhibits including a mural that is over 80 feet long which depicts scenes from around the county

• Special events and educational programming offered on periodic basis

• Gift shop has books, prints, and souvenirs for sale

• LeDuc Historic Estate provides guided tours, history events, and programs

• Sibley Historic Site provides guided tours, history events, and programs

• Sites can be rented for events

Drop-in center that provides hospitality and assistance to people experiencing poverty, homelessness, and loneliness. Offers hygiene products, access to private showers and bathrooms, clothing (when available), meals, beverages, over the counter medication, and assistance in searching for resources. Additional services include:

• ACCESS/People Inc. (mental health outreach) site

• Arts enrichment and health/wellness classes

• Assistance in filling out forms and applications

• Guest computers available, with internet access

• Lockers for storage

• Outreach to veterans

• Socializing and hospitality, spiritual and emotional support

• Twin Cities Community voicemail site

?- Use of phone for local and long-distance calls

• Adult services, including consumer information

• Children's services and programs, including story hour

• Computer classes

• Homebound service delivers audiobooks, books, magazines, movies, and other library materials to individuals who cannot get out of their homes

• Information and entertainment through book loan, eBooks, newspapers, audiobooks, eMagazines, magazines, and videos

• Interlibrary loan is used to request titles not owned by Anoka County Library

• Library hold lockers for use outside of non-business hours at Johnsville, Mississippi, Northtown, and Saint Francis branches.

• Microfilm readers and copy machines

• Meeting space at Centennial, Crooked Lake, Johnsville, Mississippi, Northtown and Rum River branches

• Public Internet access computers at each library available on a first come first serve basis.

• Printers and copy machines available at each library

• Reference center with access to government documents at Northtown

• Wireless internet access is available at all libraries

• Computer Classes: Business Resources, Computer Basics, Internet Basics, Word 2010, Your Library Online, and more

• Copier and scanner

• Home library service

• iLab with makerspace technologies

• Interlibrary loans

• Online research tools

• Print and non-print materials including regular and large print books, books on CD, paperbacks, music CDs, video games, audio tapes, DVDs, described videos, newspapers, pamphlets, and magazines

• Public meeting rooms

• Reference and information services including Internet and web access

• Sponsors and hosts book clubs

• Streaming and downloadable media (audiobooks, eBooks, movies, music, and television programs)

• Storytimes and summer reading program for youth

Drop-in center for homeless youth: ?- Housing Hub: Connects youth experiencing homelessness or at risk of being homeless with a Housing Specialist to provide housing problem solving. Housing Specialists can assist the youth with practical solutions, identify sources, alternatives, and mediate conflict resolution between friends or family. The initial access point to be connected with a Housing Specialist is short-term with a 30-day timeframe. After 30 days initial contact, households with no other pathways identified will be connected to a Housing Assessor and placed on the Housing Registry.

• Provides computers for homework and job searches, a game room, kitchen, lockers, showers, storage areas, and a washer and dryer

• Staff help youth get help with employment and housing searches, connect to resources, and receive basic need items (clean clothes, food, sleeping bags, and toiletries)

Public library system

• Provides the public with general library services without charge to all residents of a given district, community, or region
• Includes computer access, Internet, reference assistance, and other informational resources
• Story hour for children

• Adult services, including consumer information

• Children's services and programs, including story hour

• Computer classes

• Homebound service delivers audiobooks, books, magazines, movies, and other library materials to individuals who cannot get out of their homes

• Information and entertainment through book loan, eBooks, newspapers, audiobooks, eMagazines, magazines, and videos

• Interlibrary loan is used to request titles not owned by Anoka County Library

• Library hold lockers for use outside of non-business hours at Johnsville, Mississippi, Northtown, and Saint Francis branches.

• Microfilm readers and copy machines

• Meeting space at Centennial, Crooked Lake, Johnsville, Mississippi, Northtown and Rum River branches

• Public Internet access computers at each library available on a first come first serve basis.

• Printers and copy machines available at each library

• Reference center with access to government documents at Northtown

• Wireless internet access is available at all libraries

Public library system

• Provides the public with general library services without charge to all residents of a given district, community, or region
• Includes computer access, Internet, reference assistance, and other informational resources
• Story hour for children

Offers computers, WiFi access, and many other supplies on-site to help those seeking refuge find the resources needed for stability. Including:

• Access to 24/7 snack bar
• Street meal kits, a food pantry, where individuals can pick and choose
• Warm meals

Provides legal resources including:

• Computer to access public records

• Law Library: Current text and legal periodicals accessible to the public

• Legal Self-Help Center: Remote services where individuals can find information about their legal problem if they are not represented by an attorney. Legal information includes court forms and tools to help complete court forms, answers to general questions about court processes or procedures, and help preparing for a day in court.

• Access to internet and Microsoft Office 2007 via computers

• Adult reading programs

• Books, eBooks, audiobooks, and DVDs available to check out

• Children Services: Story times and summer reading programs

• Computer Classes: Vary from beginner classes (Computer Basics, Internet Basics, Email basics) to classes on Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more

• Copy machines available at all sites except Watertown

• Homebound delivery available to anyone homebound for any reason

• Interlibrary loan

• Law library is located in the lower level of the Judicial Building in the Carver County Government Center and staffed by a law library paralegal

• Magazine, newspaper, and encyclopedia articles

• Meeting room

• Teens: Events, programs, and classes for teens, including book clubs, Teen Advisory Group, etc.

• Web access from home/business computers to search and reserve materials from on-line catalog; access to electronic databases in-library and remote

• WiFi access?

Medtronic: Recruits for 2nd and 3rd shift jobs and offers an interactive course at Medtronic. The course helps participants build resumes, develop interview skills and offers personalized job coaching and training. EMERGE Career and Technology Center (ECTC), 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Career Essentials Workshops: Learn how to professionally write a resume or conduct a successful job search through a 2-part MFIP/DWP workshop that provides the tools to develop career skills. Learn more about: Basic resume writing, formatting tricks, basic resume etiquette Insight to job searching tools and practices How to write a targeted cover letter Importance of professional emails Workshop schedule and expectations Computer lab for youth and adults EMERGE Career and Technology Center, 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 North @ Work: North @ Work is a collaborative meant to facilitate career training and employment services for African-American males, age 25 or older, living in north Minneapolis and looking for a career. This workshop is free and can connect participants to resources, training and a career with an employer. Choose a career path Attend training while working Be guided by step-by-step partnerships to help reach goals Launch a career with employers that are hiring now Twin Cities R!se, 1301 Bryant Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Hire Ground: Helps participants learn the power of self-advocacy, soft and hard professional skills and habits. Participants also have the opportunity to discover their values, personality type, learning style, and learn how to talk about their skills and value they can bring to a professional audience and workplace. Develop effective strategies for job searching Learn the power of self-advocacy and habit Practice interviewing skills Resume and cover letter building Modern day job market insight and know-how EMERGE Career and Technology Center (ECTC), 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Cedar-Riverside Opportunity Center (CROC), 505 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55454 Global Career Development Facilitator Training An intense high impact course designed to equip career services employees with the needed industry tools to guide participants in their career planning and guidance. This GCDF® / CCSP Training course is intended for anyone providing career services in employment and workforce development, one stops, career centers, secondary and post-secondary education, veteran career development, career coaching, career advisors, human resources, government or other professionals that desire nationally recognized career training.

Youth development and a drop in center for youth activities and engagement:

• Computer access

• Cooking activities

• Field trips and special recreational activities

• Homework help and subject tutoring

• Job information and career guidance

• Leadership development opportunities

• School guidance, college tours, and assistance applying for continuing education

• Sports programs

Medtronic: Recruits for 2nd and 3rd shift jobs and offers an interactive course at Medtronic. The course helps participants build resumes, develop interview skills and offers personalized job coaching and training. EMERGE Career and Technology Center (ECTC), 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Career Essentials Workshops: Learn how to professionally write a resume or conduct a successful job search through a 2-part MFIP/DWP workshop that provides the tools to develop career skills. Learn more about: Basic resume writing, formatting tricks, basic resume etiquette Insight to job searching tools and practices How to write a targeted cover letter Importance of professional emails Workshop schedule and expectations Computer lab for youth and adults EMERGE Career and Technology Center, 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 North @ Work: North @ Work is a collaborative meant to facilitate career training and employment services for African-American males, age 25 or older, living in north Minneapolis and looking for a career. This workshop is free and can connect participants to resources, training and a career with an employer. Choose a career path Attend training while working Be guided by step-by-step partnerships to help reach goals Launch a career with employers that are hiring now Twin Cities R!se, 1301 Bryant Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Hire Ground: Helps participants learn the power of self-advocacy, soft and hard professional skills and habits. Participants also have the opportunity to discover their values, personality type, learning style, and learn how to talk about their skills and value they can bring to a professional audience and workplace. Develop effective strategies for job searching Learn the power of self-advocacy and habit Practice interviewing skills Resume and cover letter building Modern day job market insight and know-how EMERGE Career and Technology Center (ECTC), 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55411 Cedar-Riverside Opportunity Center (CROC), 505 15th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55454 Global Career Development Facilitator Training An intense high impact course designed to equip career services employees with the needed industry tools to guide participants in their career planning and guidance. This GCDF® / CCSP Training course is intended for anyone providing career services in employment and workforce development, one stops, career centers, secondary and post-secondary education, veteran career development, career coaching, career advisors, human resources, government or other professionals that desire nationally recognized career training.

• AARP safe driving classes

• Bi-monthly newsletter - Thompson Times

• Creative Arts (Crafts, crocheting, knitting, watercolor/drawing instruction, etc.)

• Discussion groups including Technology, Entertainment, and Design (TED Talks)

• Enrichment and educational programs (Computer lab/tech assistance, language/culture, etc.)

• Fitness classes including line dancing, walking clubs, and more

• Foot care

• Health insurance counseling

• Intergenerational opportunities

• Legal advice (Fraud/scam prevention, and self defense)

• Musical performances and jam sessions

• Mystery book club

• Social and recreational activities including bingo, bridge (duplicate/open), hand and foot, mahjong, and more

• Special events

• Tax assistance

• Trips and tours

• Volunteering opportunities