This program connects older adults to community services, resources, and opportunities to enhance their quality of life. These resources and services include: - Memory loss enrichment programming - Resources to churches: Parish Nurse Ministry Resource group, the Care Ministry Network, and presentations on topics related to aging - Support for informal family caregivers: memory loss support groups, caregiver coaching, access to resources, educational classes, and respite opportunities - Wellness and enrichment opportunities: evidence-based wellness classes, art programs, and online discussions

Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) - Employment opportunities for persons 55 and older who are economically disadvantaged and seeking employment - Job search skills, job development, and community service training Minnesota Indian Area Agency on Aging - Advocacy, outreach, training and technical assistance - Transportation and homemaker services - Congregate dining and home delivered meals grants - Legal services and legal education - Nutrition support and health protection - Annual conference Title VI Nutrtion and Supportive Services - Congregate and home delivered meals - Nutrition information

- Provides information and resources for Littlefork and Big Falls area - Provides information about community activities

Offers a military help line exclusively for current members and veterans of the military and their families. Service members or eligible family members stationed in the United States or overseas, they can also access the help line, based on their telephone operator or using the Defense Switched Network (DSN). The help line provides: - Assistance with immigration-related information - Checking the status of military member's Form N-400 Application for Naturalization - Notifying a new mailing address or duty station - Obtaining posthumous citizenship for a deceased member of the U.S. armed forces - Offers information about naturalization through military service under special provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) - Provides information for immediate relatives of the United States armed forces member who died from combat-related injuries while on active duty for certain survivor immigration benefits, including citizenship - Submitting an application for expedited processing of military N-400 and N-600 applications

Assist people with disabilities to locate available services such as: - Accessible and affordable housing - Adaptive equipment - Support services - Transportation options

Provides the following services: - Information and referrals for individuals needing resources for a disability - Individual advocacy - Independent living skills training - Peer mentoring - Resources and materials on accessibility guide, ADA, disability laws, etc. - Systems advocacy (to implement changes where needed) - Transition services

Offers confidential support to women facing unplanned pregnancies. Services offered include: - Emotional support and compassionate companionship - Free and confidential assistance with no pressure or judgment - Guidance on parenting skills and adoption information - Pregnancy testing and education on pregnancy options - Provision of maternity and baby items - Referrals to medical care, counseling, and community resources

Provides triage services for situations as needed and reviews county case information. Services include: - Assistance with housing and basic needs - Community Collaborative Fund: Initial assessment for households at risk of homelessness. Individuals must have been denied by the Saint Louis County EGA or EA program, or have already used EGA/EA within the last 18 months. ESG (Emergency Solutions Grant) funds are determined to be used for rent, rental deposit, mortgage, or utilities. NOTE: There is currently no funding at this time. - Forms and certificate assistance for county programs such as SNAP, WIC, EGA/EA, GA, child care assistance, MFIP, Minnesota Supplemental Aid, or Housing Support. Also, follow up with issues regarding MNsure applications. - Referrals to community services, mental health, and chemical dependency services outside of Saint Louis County

The following services are provided: - Community referrals for physicians and clinics, housing, legal services, childbirth and parenting classes, adoption agencies, and public assistance - Education on pregnancy, abortion, and adoption - Free pregnancy testing - Free STD Testing (Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis) - Limited Obstetrical Ultrasounds - Men's services include limited sexually transmitted infection evaluation, skin inspection, and lesion evaluation. - Women's services include gynecological evaluations, testing for bacterial vaginosis, yeast, and trichomoniasis, and performing a cervical cancer screening and visual exam.

- Referrals for anyone dealing with end of life issues - Referrals for women and men with issues relating to pregnancy

- Provides assistive technology to assist with safety, communication, and automation. Assists with installation, programming, and training the user and caregiver on how to use the assistive technology. - Automation: Technology to automate can help convert traditional items to accessible items including things like voice-controlled appliances, motion sensors to open or close doors, etc. - Communication: Ipads and smart speakers can be utilized to help with eye tracking, screen reading software, and text-to-speech communication. - Safety: Helps design components or full systems to provide a safe environment for each individual's needs. Examples include window alarms, GPS tracking watches, personal emergency devices, etc.

- Provides tourist and community information

The Women's Shelter and Support Center provides a 24-hour domestic violence outreach program. Satellite offices are located in Dodge and Fillmore Counties. Services include: - Emergency telephone assistance and in person crisis intervention - Information and referrals and safety planning - Emergency services including a safe shelter for women and their children leaving any type of current domestic violence relationship - Emergency food, clothing, and transportation, etc. - Legal advocacy including harassment restraining orders/injunctions and court support - Provides general domestic violence information for the public - Assistance with arrangements for pets may be available

Provides workforce development services, including: - Assistance with education, training, and job placement as required for employment - Employment support for blind and visually impaired adults - Employment-related services provided based on an individually developed employment plan - Information about access technology, including hands-on demonstration and assessment - Referral to resources for housing, independent living skills, and additional relevant services - Support to retain, regain, or advance in employment if eligible for services - Students ages 14 - 21 who are blind or visually impaired can apply for transition services

The Urban Offices offer: - Band hunting and fishing licenses - Computer use - CPR/AED and First Aid classes - Educational/Ojibwe language cultural arts and crafts classes - Elder outings and meetings - Monthly community meetings on issues, programs, and services for urban area and on the reservation - Referrals to Band services including Indian Child Welfare Act Social Workers, legal services, traditional healing, and other services - Smoke alarms - Special and family events including a holiday party and community picnic - Star award for youth in grades Kindergarten - 12 - Transportation to major Mille Lacs Band events - Tribal updates - Twin cities voting site for Mille Lacs Band Tribal elections - Urban Honoring Our Pre-Schoolers - UHOPS: Celebrates the success of students in Head Start or early education for Kindergarten preparation - Urban update supplement to the Band Ojibwe Innaiimowin newspaper - Volunteer appreciation

- 24/7 Crisis Hotline - Law enforcement accompaniment - Legal advocacy (assistance filing Orders for Protection, Harassment/Restraining Orders, and reparations claims, including help through the court system) - Outreach and education (programs for domestic and sexual violence prevention for all ages) - Relationship abuse advocacy - Resources and referrals - Safe exchange - Safety planning - Sexual assault advocacy - Supervised visitations - Support groups - Supportive/transitional housing New Beginnings Housing - Supportive housing on site with six units of safe, affordable units

The Office of the Foster Youth Ombudsperson handles complaints from anyone, prioritizing concerns from young people about their rights, care, safety, and placement in Minnesota foster care, including youth in Extended Foster Care and those who have recently aged out of care. Services may include: - Communicate what happens after a complaint is submitted - Consider all sides of a question in an impartial way - Follow requirements for confidentiality and data privacy - Help to answer questions about rights in foster care - Investigate complaints in a fair and neutral manner - Listen to people in foster care about concerns and complaints - Make recommendations to agencies and workers - Provide information and resources - Write reports to the governor, legislature, and the public

Information and referral service to members of organized labor and their families

A mental wellness application that allows individuals to text one-on-one with trained empathetic listeners. Connects LGBTQ+ older adults and their caregivers with a real person if individuals need someone to talk to when they are feeling lonely, stressed, or anxious. Services include: - Confidential and anonymous service available 24 hours/7 days a week - Information about elder LGBTQ+ community support resources for counseling and emotional support programs to combat loneliness, Anxiety, Depression, burnout, or stress - Offer culturally competent support and empathy without judgment

Provides support services to victims and survivors including: - Domestic violence prevention for youth/teens - Specialized information and referral - Legal advocacy for issues resulting from domestic violence - One-on-one support - Safety planning

Connects and provides older adults and their caregivers with services in their community to allow them to live long, healthy, and independent lives in their own homes. Services include: - Food Assistance: Congregate dining locations offering low-cost meals, low-cost frozen meals, home-delivered meals, NAPS, and SNAP - Healthy Living: Blood pressure checks, fall prevention screenings, telehealth conferences, Tai Chi and yoga sessions, and stretching/balance education - Information Services: Offers memory loss education and Dementia Friends, Medicare counseling and assistance, fraud/scam identification and prevention, assistance with internet search, assistance with Healthcare Directives and Power of Attorney forms, and classes to older adults - Mobile Community Center: Brings services and socialization to the door or community. The vehicle is equipped with high-speed internet, flat-screen TV, applications for programs, and meeting space for coffee and conversation. - Social: Offers card parties, coffee and conversation time, caregiver respite, karaoke parties, video calls and chats with friends, and social media assistance

- Statewide information and assistance program for seniors - Will also assist people of any age in locating information on and completing applications for prescription drug coverage options/prescription discount programs and pharmaceutical companies' free drug programs.

Services for individuals who have experienced domestic abuse/violence: - Emergency residential women's shelter with no-cost services for women and their children - 24-Hour crisis, Information and Referral line - Community education: Public speaking and professional training - Legal advocacy: Assist with safety planning, support, filing orders for protection and harassment restraining orders, including accompaniment and support during court hearings - Support groups

Offer resources, referrals, and support, including: Financial - Access to free financial literacy materials and programs - Emergency funds assistance through various organizations - Personal financial counseling for service members - Tax assistance Home - Connect with local veteran and community resources for homelessness support - Home repair and maintenance assistance Health and well-being - Access to free drug and alcohol screening and classes for service members - Childcare assistance - Food insecurity support - Provide information on a wide range of military-friendly counseling services and resources, including free non-medical counseling - Tricare medical and dental insurance information Education - Connections with veteran services through Minnesota State schools - Information on grants and scholarships for current service members, spouses, and children - Military education benefits Career - Assistance in connecting with employment placement - Connect to Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) for employer/employee legal support and employer/employee recognition - Federal employment opportunities through USAJobs - Hiring resources through the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development - Minnesota National Guard full-time job opportunities

A web-based application providing: - Information on critical supports and services such as access to street and school outreach workers, locations and hours of drop-in centers, food, teen clinics, basic needs (clothing, showers, laundry) and parenting - Real-time shelter bed availability for homeless youth throughout the Twin Cities metro area; how to access the shelter and bus route information - Youth can sign up to receive text or email notification when a shelter bed becomes available